Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan, constants in the first three rows of IndyCar Series road/street course events, will hook up in another spirited competition in the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Tissot.

The longtime friends and rivals will occupy the front row for the second IndyCar Series race on the 3.37-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International circuit.

The grid was set based on June 2 combined practice times. Single-car qualifying and the “Firestone Fast Six” session were wiped out because fog precluded the trauma helicopter from landing at the facility before cars were scheduled to get on the track. The Indy Racing League requires an evacuation helicopter at each race it sanctions.

“Part of me is disappointed that we didn’t have a qualifying session because we showed we were quick yesterday in practice and it would have been nice to try and qualify on pole, but we’ll take a pole position how ever we can get it,” Castroneves said.

Castroneves, the IndyCar Series point leader driving the No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Honda/Firestone, topped the speed chart June 2 with a quick lap of 1:30.6688 (133.806 mph) in the afternoon session. Kanaan had a quick lap of 1:31.0462 (133.251 mph) in the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone.

Starting lineup for the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix IRL IndyCar Series event on the 3.37-mile Watkins Glen International natural-terrain road course, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed. Starting lineup determined by Friday’s combined practice speeds after qualifications were cancelled:

1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 133.792

2. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 133.251

3. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 133.067

4. (9) Scott Dixon, Panoz-Honda, 132.973

5. (10) Dan Wheldon, Panoz-Honda, 132.450

6. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 132.090

7. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 132.061

8. (4) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 131.837

9. (7) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 131.610

10. (5) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 131.495

11. (15) Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 131.481

12. (55) Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 131.082

13. (17) Jeff Simmons, Panoz-Honda, 129.830

14. (8) Scott Sharp, Panoz-Honda, 129.737

15. (2) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 129.338

16. (16) Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 129.236

17. (51) Eddie Cheever Jr., Dallara-Honda, 128.827

18. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 127.602

19. (14) Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Honda, 127.565