CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) 聙聯 Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., captured his third pole of the season in preparation for Sunday聙聶s SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires race. Teammate Michal Galati, of Olmsted, Ohio, made it an all-Tindol Motorsports front row for Round Nine of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport at Mosport International Raceway.Herr wasted no time around the 2.459-mile, 10-turn course in Bomanville, Ontario, clicking off a fast lap of 1:29.736 (98.649 mph) on his first flying lap of the 20-minute session. This is the third-consecutive year Herr will start on the front row at Mosport, but the first year he聙聶ll do it in the No. 97 Mazdaspeed/Tindol Motorsports MAZDA6.聙聹I think [my success at Mosport] goes back to racing Spec Miata and what a momentum track this is,聙聺 Herr said. 聙聹I did really well with the Audi too, but it rained on those races, which helped a lot. Tindol Motorsports have been giving me the best car all year. This is the best it聙聶s felt, because I聙聶ve been learning all year, and this is all new to me. Michael Galati聙聶s been a great mentor. To run within less than 0.1-second of each other all weekend and now have a Tindol Motorsports front row is amazing. I feel really good about the car. It聙聶s been a great weekend, and I聙聶ve got to thank my crew Barry , Paul , Chris Tindol and Dave Wood Mazda. It really is a team effort.聙聺With a qualifying lap of 1:29.836 (98.539 mph), Galati will start his No. 95 Mazda North America/Tindol MAZDA6 alongside his teammate. Jason Saini, of Fort Worth, Texas, will start his No. 74 Mazdaspeed/Stoptech/Racinghart MAZDA6 third after entering a 1:30.124 (98.224 mph) in qualifying. Saini only needs to start Sunday聙聶s race to clinch the Rookie of the Year title in SPEED Touring Car.Herr was not only excited to be starting next to his teammate, but to have three Mazdas at the front of the grid as well.聙聹This is huge,聙聺 Herr said. 聙聹I don聙聶t know how it聙聶s going to pan out. It聙聶d be great if I could keep the lead and Galati would hang in there behind me and make his car wide. We have a Mazda one-two-three on the grid right now and it would be great if we could hang onto that to show Mazda how hard we聙聶ve worked. Acura聙聶s pretty much wrapped up the Manufacturers聙聶 Championship, so it makes it difficult to put a dent in that, but it looks good at the end of the year and going into 2009.聙聺Road America race winner James Clay, of Blacksburg, Va., will start his No. 36 BimmerWorld BMW 325i fourth. Clay turned a 1:30.337 (97.993 mph) in qualifying.Currently third in the point standings, Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., qualified the No. 43 Acura/RealTime/Eibach/Red Line Oil Acura TSX in fifth with a 1:30.360 (97.968 mph).Clay聙聶s BimmerWorld teammate, Seth Thomas (BMW 325i), will start sixth, followed by rookie Jim Daniels (MAZDA6). Point leader Kuno Wittmer (Acura TSX) qualified a disappointing eighth, but the man chasing him in the points, Peter Cunningham (Acura TSX), will start one spot behind in ninth. Charlie Putman (MAZDA6) completes the top 10 on the grid.The Mosport SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires race, the penultimate round of the SPEED Touring Car Championship, will commence at 10:45 a.m. (EDT) on Sunday, Aug. 24. Live timing and lap notes will be available at race will air on SPEED, Wednesday, Aug. 27, at noon (EDT).BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada - Starting lineup for Sunday's Mosport SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport at Mosport International Raceway, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, fastest lap time, and speed in miles per hour.1, (97), Chip Herr, Lititz, Pa., MAZDA6, 1:29.736, 98.649.2, (95), Michael Galati, Olmsted, Ohio, MAZDA6, 1:29.836, 98.539.3, (74), Jason Saini(R), Fort Worth, Texas, MAZDA6, 1:30.124, 98.224.4, (36), James Clay, Blacksburg, Va., BMW 325i, 1:30.337, 97.993.5, (43), Pierre Kleinubing, Coconut Creek, Fla., Acura TSX, 1:30.360, 97.968.6, (38), Seth Thomas, Cumming, Ga., BMW 325i, 1:30.398, 97.927.7, (75), Jim Daniels(R), Germantown, Tenn., MAZDA6, 1:30.532, 97.782.8, (44), Kuno Wittmer, Montreal, Quebec, Acura TSX, 1:30.675, 97.627.9, (42), Peter Cunningham, Milwaukee, Wis., Acura TSX, 1:30.695, 97.606.10, (96), Charlie Putman, Mills, Wyo., MAZDA6, 1:30.891, 97.395.11, (46), Dino Crescentini, Mahattan Beach, Calif., Acura TSX, 1:31.059, 97.216.12, (45), Patrick Lindsey(R), Santa Barbara, Calif., Acura RSX, 1:31.124, 97.146.13, (34), Nick Esayian, San Diego, Calif., BMW 325i, 1:31.532, 96.713.14, (73), Charles Espenlaub, Lutz, Fla., MAZDA6, 1:31.626, 96.614-30-.