Will Power earned his second PEAK Performance Pole Award by posting the quickest lap in the Firestone Fast Six qualifying session. Power, driving the in the No. 12 Penske Truck Rental car, turned a lap of 1 minute, 1.0133 seconds (116.414 mph) on the 1.973-mile, 14-turn Edmonton City Centre Airport circuit.
It was the quickest lap of the weekend and came in the final minute of the 10-minute shootout that sets the first three rows on road/street courses.
Power will start next to Ryan Briscoe, last year’s pole sitter who recorded his second front-row start in the past three street/road events (1:01.1232) in the No. 6 Team Penske car.
Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves (1:01.2033) will join Dixon (1:01.2046), driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, on Row 2.
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Graham Rahal (1:01.952), driving the No. 02 McDonald’s car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, and IndyCar Series points leader Dario Franchitti (1:01.8344) will share Row 3.
Qualifying Saturday for the Rexall Edmonton Indy IndyCar Series event on the 1.973-mile Edmonton City Centre Airport, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses:
1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.0133 (116.414) 2. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.1232 (116.205) 3. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.2033 (116.053) 4. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.2046 (116.050) 5. (02) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.6952 (115.127) 6. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.8344 (114.868) 7. (5) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.5337 (115.429) 8. (2) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.5685 (115.364) 9. (15) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.6768 (115.162) 10. (06) Robert Doornbos, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.6844 (115.147) 11. (24) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.9064 (114.735) 12. (27) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.1678 (114.252) 13. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.2723 (114.060) 14. (13) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.4240 (113.783) 15. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.4009 (113.825) 16. (23) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.4280 (113.776) 17. (34) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.6459 (113.380) 18. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.5059 (113.634) 19. (98) Richard Antinucci, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.8364 (113.036) 20. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.5184 (113.611) 21. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.9996 (112.744) 22. (4) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.8369 (113.035) 23. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 1:03.4342 (111.971)
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