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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- He might be Australian, but
Ryan Briscoe is as quick with an American pop culture reference as he is on the racetrack.
Asked what his secret was to going fast on 1.5-mile oval tracks in the IndyCar series, Briscoe pulled out a famous Tom Cruise line from the 1980s jet fighter-jock movie "Top Gun."
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you," he joked.
Briscoe won the pole position for the IndyCar series race at Chicagoland Speedway, turning a lap average of 216.346 mph in Friday's qualifying session for Saturday night's race.
"The car today was just spot on," Briscoe said. "You never want to be too overconfident, but I was thinking after that run, I was like, 'Man, that's got to be hard to beat.' "
It's the third straight pole position start at Chicagoland for Briscoe, the defending race winner.
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