IndyCar Harvest GP: Power takes pole for Race 2
Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Will Power scored his fourth pole position of the year, while championship contenders Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon will start this afternoon’s race only ninth and 15th respectively.
Pole sitter Will Power, Team Penske Chevrolet
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In Group 1, Alex Palou of Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh used two fresh sets of red tires to set a 69.2 and then a 69.1584 but Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport-Honda then responded with a 69.1017 which remained unmatchable, although teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay drew within one-tenth of this pair to land P3. Herta thus grabbed a championship point and a guaranteed front row start.
Felix Rosenqvist was fourth for Chip Ganassi Racing, but yesterday’s polesitter Rinus VeeKay was only seventh after making a mistake on his quickest lap.
In Group 2, Takuma Sato’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda car went straight out on reds and set a 69.7584, while Team Penske’s Will Power turned a 69.9 on the harder compound Firestone primaries.
Switching to reds, Power then delivered the killer punch with a 68.9767sec around the 2.439-mile road course, a quarter second faster than next fastest in group, Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport, with Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward third. They will start third and fifth respectively, alongside Palou and Hunter-Reay.
Yesterday’s winner Josef Newgarden was fifth fastest so will roll off ninth, while his championship adversary Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing was eighth so will start 15th.
Lap times in Group 2 were all within one second of Power’s pole, which is the 61st of his career, his fourth of the season and his fifth on the IMS road course.
Group 1
Cla | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Colton Herta | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport | 1'09.101 | 127.065 | |
2 | Alex Palou | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | 1'09.158 | 0.056 | 126.961 |
3 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 1'09.175 | 0.073 | 126.929 |
4 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'09.298 | 0.197 | 126.703 |
5 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 1'09.325 | 0.224 | 126.654 |
6 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco & Curb-Agajani | 1'09.373 | 0.271 | 126.568 |
7 | Rinus van Kalmthout | Ed Carpenter Racing | 1'09.405 | 0.304 | 126.508 |
8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'09.410 | 0.309 | 126.499 |
9 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 1'09.673 | 0.572 | 126.021 |
10 | Helio Castroneves | Arrow McLaren SP | 1'09.776 | 0.674 | 125.837 |
11 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 1'09.915 | 0.814 | 125.585 |
12 | Charlie Kimball | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 1'09.966 | 0.864 | 125.495 |
13 | Dalton Kellett | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 1'10.196 | 1.094 | 125.084 |
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Group 2
Cla | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Will Power | Team Penske | 1'08.976 | 127.295 | |
2 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | 1'09.231 | 0.254 | 126.827 |
3 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | 1'09.247 | 0.271 | 126.797 |
4 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | 1'09.421 | 0.444 | 126.479 |
5 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 1'09.455 | 0.479 | 126.417 |
6 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan | 1'09.479 | 0.502 | 126.375 |
7 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | 1'09.575 | 0.598 | 126.200 |
8 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'09.582 | 0.605 | 126.187 |
9 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 1'09.607 | 0.631 | 126.141 |
10 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | 1'09.921 | 0.944 | 125.575 |
11 | Sébastien Bourdais | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 1'09.942 | 0.966 | 125.537 |
12 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | 1'09.953 | 0.976 | 125.518 |
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Grid line-up with starting tire compound
START | DRIVER | TIRE |
---|---|---|
1 | Will Power | Alternate (Red) |
2 | Colton Herta | Alternate (Red) |
3 | Alexander Rossi | Alternate (Red) |
4 | Álex Palou | Alternate (Red) |
5 | Pato O'Ward | Alternate (Red) |
6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Primary (Black) |
7 | Jack Harvey | Alternate (Red) |
8 | Felix Rosenqvist | Alternate (Red) |
9 | Josef Newgarden | Alternate (Red) |
10 | Graham Rahal | Primary (Black) |
11 | Santino Ferrucci | Alternate (Red) |
12 | Marco Andretti | Alternate (Red) |
13 | James Hinchcliffe | Alternate (Red) |
14 | Rinus VeeKay | Primary (Black) |
15 | Scott Dixon | Primary (Black) |
16 | Marcus Ericsson | Primary (Black) |
17 | Takuma Sato | Alternate (Red) |
18 | Max Chilton | Primary (Black) |
19 | Simon Pagenaud | Primary (Black) |
20 | Helio Castroneves | Alternate (Red) |
21 | Sebastien Bourdais | Primary (Black) |
22 | Sage Karam | Alternate (Red) |
23 | Conor Daly | Primary (Black) |
24 | Charlie Kimball | Alternate (Red) |
25 | Dalton Kellett | Primary (Black) |
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