Will Power scored the pole for Saturday night’s Izod IndyCar Series season finale at Auto Club Speedway. Photo by Chris Jones
Team Penske swept the front row in qualifications for the IZOD IndyCar Series championship-deciding MAVTV 500 on Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway.
Will Power recorded a two-lap average of 220.775 mph (session-high 221.057 mph on lap 1) on the 2-mile D-shaped oval to claim his third Verizon P1 Award of the season and 32nd pole of his career to tie Michael Andretti for seventh on the all-time list.
Helio Castroneves, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner who enters the race 25 points behind championship front-runner Scott Dixon, posted a two-lap average speed of 219.677 mph to place second and A.J. Allmendinger (218.894 mph) was third.
Power’s pole took away the bonus point from Castroneves.
“It’s hard to predict the lap you’re going to do anyway, but obviously would have been nice for Helio to get the point,” Power said. “He needs to lead the most laps and I’ll just do whatever I can to help him out. I want to have a good race, and if that means just sitting behind him all day, that’s fine. It’s about the team. Scott didn’t (get the bonus point), so it still kind of keeps it alive.”
Dixon posted a two-lap average of 217.979 mph to qualify seventh. The final race of the season on a superspeedway will feature a three-wide start.
Both Dixon (Honda) and Castroneves (Chevrolet) will receive a 10 grid spot penalty for an unapproved engine change for the 250-lap race.
IZOD IndyCar Series
Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, CA
MAVTV 500 Qualifying – Oct. 18, 2013
1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 220.775
2. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 219.677
3. (2) AJ Allmendinger, Dallara-Chevy, 218.894
4. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 218.513
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6. (16) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 217.979
7. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 217.979
8. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevy, 217.958
9. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 217.932
10. (67) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 217.871
11. (27) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, 217.798
12. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 217.566
13. (10) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 217.419
14. (5) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Chevy, 217.050
15. (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, 216.898
16. (77) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 216.447
17. (4) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Chevy, 216.213
18. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 216.106
19. (98) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 215.967
20. (55) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, 215.207
21. (78) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Chevy, 214.679
22. (6) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 213.262
23. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, no speed
24. (18) Pippa Mann, Dallara-Honda, no speed
25. (14) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, no speed
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