Scheckter

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Teammates Tomas Scheckter and Scott Dixon will start on the front row Saturday night in the Indy Racing League's Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Scheckter earned the pole with a lap of 219.300 mph in qualifying Thursday night at the 1½-mile track. Dixon, who moved to the IRL this year after two seasons in CART, ran a lap of 218.654 mph.

It is the first pole of the season and fourth of his career for Scheckter, in his first year with Target Chip Ganassi. His first career pole came last June at Texas, when as a rookie for Eddie Cheever's team he led 107 laps before a clutch problem on his last scheduled stop ended his night.

Scheckter finished fourth at last month's Indianapolis 500, leading a race-high 63 laps in his best finish of the season. Dixon won the season-opening race at Homestead, Fla., but hasn't finished another race this season.

Series points leader Tony Kanaan starts fourth (217.149), on the outside of Tora Takagi (218.027).