Team Penske’s Will Power has earned pole position for the upcoming Saturday night's IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway after dominating the charts at the 1.5 mile oval.
The Australian set a two-lap average of 219.182mph which is way in front of his closest rival Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) who could only produce a 217.553mph average effort.
Andretti’s teammate and current IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-reay was third just ahead of Ganassi’s Dario Franchitti.
Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan showed a lot of speed on his first lap but, without reason lost more than 3mph on his second pass to finish a distant 15th.
Neither Tristan Vautier nor Takuma Sato set times, both had to sit out the session, Vautier had to wait for his Schmidt Peterson squad to change his engine while Sato had his new gearbox installed.
Qualifying results – Texas (IndyCar)
1.Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 219.182 mph (352.739 kmh)
2.Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.553
3.Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.524
4.Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 217.504
5.Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.244
6.Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 217.100
7.Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 216.693
8.Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 216.570
9.Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 216.552
10.James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 216.487
11.Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 216.447
12.Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 216.396
13.James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 216.248
14.Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 215.727
15.Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 215.474
16.Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 215.406
17.Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 214.839
18.Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther DRR - 214.586
19.Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 213.888
20.Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 213.217
21.Pippa Mann (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 212.785
22.Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 207.807
23.Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - no time
24.Tristan Vautier (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - no time
The Australian set a two-lap average of 219.182mph which is way in front of his closest rival Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) who could only produce a 217.553mph average effort.
Andretti’s teammate and current IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-reay was third just ahead of Ganassi’s Dario Franchitti.
Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan showed a lot of speed on his first lap but, without reason lost more than 3mph on his second pass to finish a distant 15th.
Neither Tristan Vautier nor Takuma Sato set times, both had to sit out the session, Vautier had to wait for his Schmidt Peterson squad to change his engine while Sato had his new gearbox installed.
Qualifying results – Texas (IndyCar)
1.Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 219.182 mph (352.739 kmh)
2.Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.553
3.Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.524
4.Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 217.504
5.Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 217.244
6.Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 217.100
7.Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 216.693
8.Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 216.570
9.Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 216.552
10.James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 216.487
11.Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 216.447
12.Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 216.396
13.James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 216.248
14.Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 215.727
15.Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 215.474
16.Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 215.406
17.Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 214.839
18.Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther DRR - 214.586
19.Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 213.888
20.Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 213.217
21.Pippa Mann (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 212.785
22.Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 207.807
23.Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - no time
24.Tristan Vautier (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - no time