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Kimball gets 1st IndyCar pole, record run at repaved Texas

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Charlie Kimball woke up to the rain Friday and had flashbacks to last season, when the IndyCar race in Texas was finished 2 1/2 months after it started because of wet weather.

“But it was incredible, as soon as the rain stopped, the track dryers went to work and it did not take very long to dry,” Kimball said.

Kimball, who earned his first IndyCar Series pole, and everyone else quickly got going fast on the 1 1/2-mile track that was completely repaved earlier this year.

With his two-lap average speed of 222.