TOP STORY: Sunday, May 22

Tagliani clinches Indy 500 pole as favorites struggle

Alex Tagliani and Sam Schmidt Motorsports earned a sensational pole position for the 100th Indianapolis 500 as they proved their practice and early qualifying form was no fluke in the final "Fast Nine" pole shootout.

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Andretti squad baffled by lack of pace

Marco Andretti, Mike Conway, Danica Patrick and Ryan Hunter-Reay admitted that they had no idea why their team was finding it so hard to get up to speed at Indianapolis.

Servia sure of very strong race

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