The off-season was six months long, but Will Power hasn’t forgotten his way around the street course in St Petersburg. For the seventh time in the last eight years, Power earned pole position for the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg. It is the 45th career pole for Power, and Team Penske has now claimed…

Championship points leader Simon Pagenaud extended his lead over teammate Will Power by another point today, by qualifying on pole for tomorrow’s season-ending race at Sonoma. It’s the 8th pole of the season for Pagenaud, which ties Power (2010, 2011) for the most poles in a season. Simon now has a 44 point edge heading…

There were many surprises on Saturday at Watkins Glen International, but seeing Scott Dixon earn Pole position was not one of them. Dixon led all three practice session prior to qualifying, and captured his 25th career pole with a lap of 1:22.5259 seconds around the 3.37-mile road course. A familiar face will join Dixon on…

Mikhail Aleshin has only raced at Pocono one time. That was in 2014, when he started 12th and finished 7th in his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda. Today, he became the first Russian driver to claim a Pole in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The 29-year old had a two-lap average speed of 220.445 mph around the…

Another qualifying session, another Pole for Simon Pagenaud. The Team Penske driver earned his 6th pole position of the season, and will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday. He added another point to his lead (48 points) over Will Power in the championship, and the two will start alongside each other tomorrow,…