Will Power continued his dominance in the early 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season by capturing the pole for Sunday’s inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.
Power, who has won the first two races this season, turned a lap of one minute, 10.1356 seconds on the 2.38-mile, 17-turn road course.
The 29-year-old Aussie has been perfect so far at Barber by topping the charts in both Friday practices and taking the pole. He also posted the fastest laps when the series’ held it pre-season open test sessions here in February.
Power will attempt to become the first driver in the series’ 15-year history to win the first three races of the season. Sam Hornish Jr. is the only other driver to start a season with back-to-back victories. Hornish did it in 2001, the same year he won his first of three IndyCar titles. MiamiHerald.com
Mike Conway will make his first front-row start, posting a quick lap of 1:10.6501 in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing car. His previous best was sixth in back-to-back races at Watkins Glen and Toronto in ’09.
“I owe a big thank you to the team who has spent a lot of time getting the car ready for this weekend,” said Conway, who posted one top-five finish (third at Infineon) in his rookie season of ‘09. “They are doing a great job, but we still have some work to do tonight before the race.”
Power’s teammate, Helio Castroneves, will share Row 2 with Marco Andretti, who will make his second consecutive top-six start in the No. 26 Team Venom Energy car for Andretti Autosport.
Scott Dixon, who extended his series record for top-10 starts to 35, will be on Row 3 in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car. He’ll be joined by rookie Takuma Sato, who earned his highest start of the season in the No. 5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology car.
Dario Franchitti, who missed out on reaching the Firestone Fast Six by less than a tenth of a second, will be on Row 4 in the No. 10 Suave entry for Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Tony Kanaan in the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven entry for Andretti Autosport. IndyCar.com
Danica Patrick of Andretti Autosport will start 19th of the 25 drivers.
Click Here to Read More:
IZOD IndyCar Series: Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Race Line-Up
| 
|