 When Tracy learned of this, he ran at a reduced pace and used scrubbed tyres so he could save an additional set for the race.Tracy thus took the 14th pole position of his career, his first since the 2000 Michigan 500, and his first on a road course since the 1994 Grand Prix of Monterey.Third-placed Junqueira altered his car, but the changes created excessive understeer he and could not push hard.