At 1 p.m., the ambient temperature was 72 degrees with a relative humidity of 61 percent and winds from the north-northeast at 3mph. Skies were cloudy. The track temperature was 99 degrees, according to Firestone engineers.

            Top lap, event: #26 Carlos Munoz, 1:13.5625 (Friday practice)

1 p.m. - GREEN.

 1:04 p.m. - RED FLAG. #8 Karam stopped off course in Turn 2 after light contact with the guardrail. Karam will lost fastest lap in the session for causing the red flag.

1:10 p.m. - GREEN.

 1:20 p.m. - With 25 minutes remaining in the session, fastest is #5 Dempsey at 1:14.6552.

1:30 p.m. - With 15 minutes remaining in the session, fastest is #5 Dempsey at 1:14.4228.

1:32 p.m. - #7 Chaves takes P1 with a lap of 1:13.9336.

1:33 p.m. - #5 Dempsey takes P1 with a lap of 1:13.6942. LOCAL YELLOW in Turn 5. #28 Jefferies has spun is stopped on course.

1:38 p.m. - #8 Karam has returned to the track after crew made repairs to the car.

1:42 p.m. - #5 Dempsey lowers his fastest time to 1:13.647. #26 Munoz is P2 at 1:13.647.

1:45 p.m. - CHECKERED. #7 Chaves takes pole with a lap of 1:13.3306 on his final lap.

FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS QUALIFYING NOTES:

            This is the first career Firestone Indy Lights pole for Gabby Chaves. His previous best starting position was third this year at Pocono and Toronto.

            Peter Dempsey qualified second, matching his career-best qualifying performance. He has been on the front row four times, most recently at Edmonton in 2012.

            Carlos Munoz failed to qualify on the front row for only the second time this season. He qualified fourth, the same position he qualified at Milwaukee.

 FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS QUALIFYING QUOTES:

 GABBY CHAVES (No. 7 Schmidt Peterson c/w Curb-Agajanian): "I knew I had the car from the first lap. And we struggled in the practice, but we just kept our heads down and focused. Really, when my engineer told me 'One lap to go, this is it,' I put everything I had down on the table. I'm so happy, I'm so, so happy." (On how big the pole will mean for getting to his first victory) "Absolutely. We've yet to get on the front row for qualifying, so this is the first. For it to be a pole position and to get the first place on the starting grid for tomorrow, hopefully we'll go for our first victory." (On how important qualifying up front is at Mid-Ohio) "Yeah, I think it's going to be huge. My job is to get to the first corner first, and stay in front the whole race."

 PETER DEMPSEY (No. 5 Belardi Auto Racing): "We had a tough weekend with gearbox trouble.  We had two practices, and the first practice was damp this morning so we didn't get much track time.  We knew from the test we'd have a fast car here and we knew Gabby (Chaves) was going to be fast too.   He just nipped me there at the end, so congratulations to him on the pole.

JACK HAWKSWORTH (No. 77 Schmidt Peterson c/w Curb-Agajanian):  "This wasn't the qualifying session we were hoping for after we were fastest yesterday. The conditions changed a bit and we just weren't quite as quick as we need to be. We'll be ready for the race tomorrow though, and hope to make up a few positions on the track."

 SAGE KARAM (No. 8 Schmidt Peterson c/w Curb-Agajanian): "I went out there and pretty much repeated the same mistake I made in Toronto. I drive too hard on the first set of tires, and I'm not sure why I'm doing that. I'm always going for the Pole lap each time which is good, but I need to remember that I'm never going to win pole on the first set of tires. I dropped a wheel on the exit of Turn 1, hooked it and hit the inside wall. The team is so incredible. They worked so hard to get the car back out there at the end of the session which saved me a few spots for tomorrow. Those two or three spots on the grid are huge, but it's going to be very tough."

JORGE GONCALVEZ (No. 4 Belardi Auto Racing):  "Our plan was to do three sets of tires for qualifying but we only used two sets. We didn't make a really fast lap to be in the top 5 but we did a good job. We qualified P8. That's not bad because I think we have a good car for tomorrow's race. The car felt good but we still need to work on it to be better for the race."

 GIANCARLO SERENELLI (No. 6 Belardi Auto Racing):  "After yesterday I feel a lot more comfortable in the car. This morning was a good session for me because it was wet so I had a chance to feel the limits of the car which made me more comfortable going into qualifying. I started with a new set of tires and with each lap I felt more and more comfortable. When we switched to the second set of tires, I was only able to get one good lap with the new tires before there was a problem with the engine. I felt that I could've been closer to the fastest times as I got more confident with every lap but the engine problem stalled our progress."