...Ayrton Senna, 1994, San Marino GP. Ricardo Paletti, 1982, Canadian GP. Gilles Villeneuve, 1982, Belgian GP. Scott Brayton, 1996, Indianapolis. Jovy Marcelo, 1992, Indianapolis. Gordon Smiley, 1982, Indianapolis. Swede Savage, 1973...

...No first-year driver has won the pole since Teo Fabi in 1983. Tony Stewart started first in 1996 after polesitter Scott Brayton was killed in practice. Since 1978, only five rookies -- Rick Mears (1978), Fabi, Stewart, Vincenzo Sospiri...

...average was the best by a pole-winner since 1996. He became only the fourth pole-sitter to go faster than 230. Scott Brayton did it in 1995 and 1996, and Roberto Guerrero did it in 1992. Junqueira also became the first Brazilian to win the...

...10 minutes before the race ... such memories." There also is a certain sorrow. He'll never forget 1996, when Scott Brayton won the pole but died in a crash while practicing for the race. "He crashed in turn 2 and I was in turn 3 when it...

...the Speedway, including pre-Indy 500 races of 1909-10. The last death was on May 17, 1996, when pole-winner Scott Brayton was killed in a crash during Indy 500 practice. There have been no fatalities in the Brickyard 400. NASCAR Craftsman...