Power on pole again in Long Beach

Will Power remains unbeatable in qualifying in the 2011 Izod IndyCar Series – scoring his third consecutive pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Andretti Autosports’ Ryan Hunter Reay traded fastest times with the Australian in the final session, but fell 0.08s short when the chequered flag fell.

Power has finished second and third at Long Beach over the last two seasons, and is predicting a challenging race.

“That was definitely a tough one,” said Power, of qualifying.

“I think Ryan had me there right till the end. I know how fast Hunter Reay is around here from the race last year. He’s bloody hard to beat.

“You know, it’s going to be a tough race, but qualifying the way we did I think we put ourselves in the best possible position.”

See below for the full result

1	Will Power	Penske	102.582mph
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti	102.469mph
3	Mike Conway	Andretti	101.733mph
4	Oriol Servia	Newman/Haas	101.672mph
5	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold	101.487mph
6	Helio Castroneves	Penske	101.440mph
7	Dario Franchitti	Ganassi	101.788mph
8	Scott Dixon	Ganassi	101.737mph
9	Alex Tagliani	Sam Schmidt	101.720mph
10	Tony Kanaan	KV	101.596mph
11	James Hinchcliffe	Newman/Haas	101.484mph
12	Ryan Briscoe	Penske	101.466mph
13	Vitor Meira	AJ Foyt	101.066mph
14	Marco Andretti	Andretti	101.298mph
15	Sebastian Saavedra	Conquest	101.046mph
16	Graham Rahal	Ganassi	100.368mph
17	EJ Viso	KV	101.000mph
18	Simona De Silvestro	HVM	100.293mph
19	Raphael Matos	AFS	100.711mph
20	Danica Patrick	Andretti	100.091mph
21	Sebastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne	100.061mph
22	Takuma Sato	KV	100.040mph
23	James Jakes	Dale Coyne	99.984mph
24	Charlie Kimball	Ganassi	99.973mph
25	Paul Tracy	Dragon	99.751mph
26	Ana Beatriz	Dreyer & Reinbold	99.738mph
27	JR Hildebrand	Panther	99.100mph