Will Power earned Penske's its eight consecutive pole of the current IZOD IndyCar season at the Watkins Glen road course today followed by team- mate Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe.
Castroneves put in a last minute assault as he was only 0.15s slower than Power but unfortunately for him he spun into the gravel at Turn 8 on his final run.
An impressive Takuma Sato (KV Racing) took fifth, the Japanese having been a frontrunner all session while last year's race-winner Justin Wilson (Dreyer & Reinbold) could only managed a 6th place start. Outside the Fast Six, the star of the session was debutant Adam Carroll. After a deliberately low-key practice performance, AFS/Andretti Autosport's new signing breezed through his first qualifying group and took 10th on the grid. Paul Tracy made it into the second leg of qualifying on his return with Dreyer & Reinbold and will start 12th for his first IndyCar race in almost a year. Meanwhile Alex Tagliani was still struggling and will start from the 19th spot for FAZZT Racing. Watkins Glen Qualifications results Pos Driver Team Time Session 1. Will Power Penske 1m29.3164s Fast six 2. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m29.4608s Fast six 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m29.9346s Fast six 4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m29.9600s Fast six 5. Takuma Sato KV 1m30.1410s Fast six 6. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m30.2667s Fast six 7. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m30.1389s Top 12 8. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m30.2042s Top 12 9. Mario Moraes KV 1m30.2643s Top 12 10. Adam Carroll AFS/Andretti 1m30.4886s Top 12 11. Raphael Matos De Ferran Dragon 1m30.5276s Top 12 12. Paul Tracy Dreyer & Reinbold 1m30.8413s Top 12 13. Tony Kanaan Andretti 1m31.1933s Group 1 14. Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas 1m31.1723s Group 2 15. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m31.3268s Group 1 16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m31.4333s Group 2 17. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m31.4088s Group 1 18. Mario Romancini Conquest 1m31.5797s Group 2 19. Alex Tagliani Fazzt 1m31.5218s Group 1 20. Dan Wheldon Panther 1m31.5987s Group 2 21. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m31.5328s Group 1 22. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 1m33.9832s Group 2 23. Bertrand Baguette Conquest 1m32.1888s Group 1 24. Milka Duno Dale Coyne 1m40.4911s Group 2 25. EJ Viso KV Group 2
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