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Penske Bookends The Field At Milwaukee
By Andrew Cutler
May 31 2009
If Helio Castroneves wants to cap off his already impressive month of May with another win, he will have to come from the back of the grid to do it. The Indy 500 winner crashed during his qualifying run for today's race at Milwaukee, and will start from the 20th position.

Considering that he won last year's season finale at Chicagoland from the 28th grid spot, and finished 2nd this past April at Kansas after starting 22nd, I wouldn't write him off just yet!

Meanwhile, his Penske teammate, Ryan Briscoe, will be defending his maiden IndyCar Series victory from the pole, with NHL driver Graham Rahal alongside in the 2nd spot. Speaking to reporters yesterday, the Aussie said; "We won from 11th last year, so hopefully starting on the front row can get me away from the chaos that always happens the first couple of laps. I had a good race car last year, so hopefully we can replicate that tomorrow."

Here is the complete starting grid:

http://www.indycar.com/grid

The race starts at 3:30pm ET/7:30 pm GMT. It will be preceeded by a Firestone Indy Lights race, which begins at 12:30 pm ET/4:30 pm GMT. Both should be available for viewing via video streaming at indycar.com.

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