Carpenter Wins Pole for Indianapolis 500

He did it again. Ed Carpenter, the hometown favorite, captured his second straight Indianapolis 500 pole today, barely edging out Andretti Autosport driver James Hinchcliffe on the final qualifying run of the day. Carpenter becomes just the 11th driver in the history of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing to win the pole two years in…

Saavedra Scores Pole for GP of Indianapolis

Mother Nature provided plenty of curve balls on Friday, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The excitement was non-stop with the changing weather conditions, as teams and drivers had to adjust on the fly. In the end, it was Sebastian Saavedra who won the Verizon P1 Award, and will start on pole for tomorrow’s race. This is…

Power on Pole at Barber

Tomorrow’s IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park is sure to have an exciting start. The current championship leader, Will Power, won the pole. The top four starters are the four drivers that were involved in the big incident at Long Beach two weeks ago. James Hinchcliffe is starting beside Power on the front row, with…

Hunter-Reay Earns Long Beach Pole

It will be an Andretti front row to start the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday. Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole, and James Hinchcliffe will start beside him. It’s the sixth career pole for Hunter-Reay, his first since Mid-Ohio last year. Sebastien Bourdais and Josef Newgarden claimed row two, and Jack Hawksworth and…

Sato on Pole at St Petersburg

Takuma Sato won the pole for Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg. While this may have been a shock a few days ago, it was almost expected today. The writing was on the wall for the Japanese driver. The formula had already been put together. The track was wet (advantage Sato), the Honda engines…