Power nabs Indy road course pole with record lap

Penske gun Will Power pulled out record laps to claim the top spot in qualifying for the second running of the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Covering the 14-turn, 3.9km road course, Power topped the Fast Six in 1:09.48s.

Scott Dixon (1:09.72s) continued his slick qualifying form to claim his third consecutive front row start in second for Chip Ganassi while Penske’s Helio Castroneves and Juan Montoya are next on the second row.

“To have a pole here at Indianapolis – at this track – is just such a great feeling and I felt like I was strong all week (in three practice sessions),” Power said.

“I just missed out on pole at Barber (Alabama on April 25) so I was pretty determined today and the guys did a great job with the car.”

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Simon Pagenaud sees four Penske cars in the top five with Dixon’s team-mate Tony Kanaan to start out of sixth for the 82-lap race.

Earlier Dixon had ensured KV Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais would miss a berth in the Fast Six with the Frenchman to start from seventh.

Power had been dominant from the start of qualifying on his way to eclipsing Pagenaud’s record from last year of 1:09.6716s which he converted to victory in the inaugural race.

The reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Power has now recorded 38 poles which sees him placed sixth on the all-time qualifying list.

Sebastian Saavedra will start from eighth with Luca Filippi and rookie Stefano Coletti completing the top 10.

Jack Hawksworth is the fastest Honda runner and will start from 11th.

See below for full Indianapolis road course qualifying

Pos	Car No.	Driver	Manufacturer	Time	Speed	Round
1	1	Will Power	Chevrolet	1:09.48s	126.357mph	Firestone Fast Six
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chevrolet	1:09.71	125.946	Firestone Fast Six
3	3	Helio Castroneves	Chevrolet	1:09.73	125.904	Firestone Fast Six
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	1:09.80	125.781	Firestone Fast Six
5	22	Simon Pagenaud	Chevrolet	1:09.87	125.665	Firestone Fast Six
6	10	Tony Kanaan	Chevrolet	1:10.27	124.940	Firestone Fast Six
7	11	Sebastien Bourdais	Chevrolet	1:10.02	125.393	Round 2 / Top 12
8	8	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet	1:10.15	125.153	Round 2 / Top 12
9	20	Luca Filippi	Chevrolet	1:10.19	125.082	Round 2 / Top 12
10	4	Stefano Coletti (R)	Chevrolet	1:10.36	124.778	Round 2 / Top 12
11	41	Jack Hawksworth	Honda	1:10.45	124.623	Round 2 / Top 12
12	21	Josef Newgarden	Chevrolet	1:10.83	123.961	Round 2 / Top 12
13	5	James Hinchcliffe	Honda	1:10.62	124.320	Qual / Group 1
14	83	Charlie Kimball	Chevrolet	1:10.50	124.539	Qual / Group 2
15	6	JR Hildebrand	Chevrolet	1:10.63	124.301	Qual / Group 1
16	98	Gabby Chaves (R)	Honda	1:10.52	124.495	Qual / Group 2
17	15	Graham Rahal	Honda	1:10.64	124.284	Qual / Group 1
18	25	Justin Wilson	Honda	1:10.57	124.408	Qual / Group 2
19	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Honda	1:10.83	123.957	Qual / Group 1
20	7	James Jakes	Honda	1:10.67	124.236	Qual / Group 2
21	26	Carlos Munoz	Honda	1:10.87	123.879	Qual / Group 1
22	14	Takuma Sato	Honda	1:10.73	124.124	Qual / Group 2
23	18	Carlos Huertas	Honda	1:12.50	121.103	Qual / Group 1
24	27	Marco Andretti	Honda	1:11.16	123.383	Qual / Group 2
25	19	Francesco Dracone (R)	Honda	1:12.58	120.973	Qual / Group 2