Willie B
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… The Indy time trials started at 1 PM… NBC channel 4 in Los Angeles…
Arie Luyendyk set the four-lap qualifying record in 1996 at 236.986Dixon wins the pole. All time fastest qual at Indy
Arie made that run on the second day of qualifying, and in 1996 the run for the pole only counted on the first day. So while he still holds the record for the fastest four lap qualifying speed, Dixon's run today is a new four lap pole qualifying record speed.Arie Luyendyk set the four-lap qualifying record in 1996 at 236.986
I was there to witness it.
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Arie made that run on the second day of qualifying, and in 1996 the run for the pole only counted on the first day. So while he still holds the record for the fastest four lap qualifying speed, Dixon's run today is a new four lap pole qualifying record speed.
Arie's chief mechanic has passed on, but the stories he told me of how they juiced the qualifying engine to get that speed were awesome. It was a four lap grenade, they just hoped it wouldn't blow before Arie took the checkers.