Pole winner Will Power
SONOMA, Calif./ARNews/August 27, 2011 " Will Power earned his sixth PEAK Performance Pole Award of the season as Team Penske swept the top-three spots in qualifying for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway. Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe determination create next and third, respectively.
Power, who won the contest in 2010 to wrap up the primary Mario Andretti Road Trophy, is the primary to earn back-to-back poles at the technically and physically challenging circuit.
Point leader Dario Franchitti determination create site as,at the same time as his teammate Scott Dixon determination create fifth. Rookie James Hinchcliffe, heavy the No. 06 Sprott car for Newman/Haas Racing, reached his primary Firestone Fast Six.
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE QUALIFYING NOTES:
· Will Power won his sixth PEAK Performance Pole Award of 2011. He too won poles at St. Petersburg, Barber, Long Beach, Sao Paulo and Toronto.
· Power won the pole place at Infineon Raceway for the second-straight season. The pole sitter has won the contest in every of the previous inquisitiveness races at Infineon Raceway.
· Power is the merely intended to contain fit for Firestone Fast Six for each contest petroleum season.
· Helio Castroneves fit second, his next front row create in 2011. He too in progress next at Milwaukee. It is Castroneves the majority excellent qualifying presentation on a road/street route in 2011.
· Ryan Briscoe fit third, his site top-five create in 2011.
· James Hinchcliffe fit for Firestone Fast Six for the primary occasion in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. His sixth preliminary spot is his the majority excellent preliminary place on a road/street course.
· Ana Beatriz determination create 10th. It is her the majority excellent create in her IZOD IndyCar Series career.
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE QUALIFYING QUOTES:
WILL POWER (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske, PEAK Performance Pole Award winner): œThis qualifying sitting was as ideal as it might go. We now a small worried following do,put into practice and didnt be acquainted with if we had the pace or not, but we complete a number of high-quality profits preceding to qualifying. We now clever to put a ideal lap jointly so as to was mistake gratis and hit all of the sectors and so as to was the key to posting the quickest lap. I am extremely content by means of the efforts of Verizon Team Penske and attention all inquisitiveness Team Penske cars up top nowadays was indicative of the labor we contain done. We now struggling a small bit on street converse so we contain worked firm on civilizing the car and petroleum is a consequence of the firm work.
RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Penske Truck Racing, fit third): œThe firm labor of Team Penske is paying off and now we appear to be executing the car. This is a huge attainment as of our standpoint of the No. 6 crew side. We didnt contain the the majority excellent of existence yesterday as we had construct by means of the brakes. We came on physically powerful nowadays and now fighting for the top spot all day long. It large huge and hopefully we can go,shift up a small tomorrow as well.
DARIO FRANCHITTI (No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, fit fourth): œWe worked actually firm on receiving together of the Target cars prepared for qualifying and to contain high-quality equilibrium on the Firestone black tires. We inappropriately enclosed the red tires on and the car was terrible. We inappropriately to put up a quick lap and get the occasion we needed. We complete a pair of profits all through the sitting but now didnt fairly contain it. We contain a lot of labor to do tonight since we are leaving to contain to use the red tires for one segment of the contest tomorrow.
SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (No. 19 Boy Scouts of America, fit eighth): œI screwed up. Its not bad bad but it be hypothetical to contain person's name better. I anticipated the path counting get grippier and better, but it didnt. Its on me. Tomorrow determination be a game of not creation mistakes.
SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, fit fifth): œThe cars now high-quality petroleum morning in cool weather but on one occasion the path heated up we actually struggled by means of the grip. Im astonished we didnt increase so as to a great deal on red tires and Penske seemed to wait the similar as come again? contain now the morning, so its a small bit frustrating. We clearly messed up fairly a bit there. I believe petroleum is now concerning our worst qualifying on street converse petroleum year. I believe so as to together cars determination be physically powerful in the contest but its actually rough to qualify particularly at what time the length of at petroleum time in Sonoma at what time you cant pass.
HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Guidepoint Systems Team Penske, fit second): œWow, Im so content to be preliminary on the front row in our Guidepoint Systems car. It has person's name awhile as,because Ive in progress up front and at petroleum time and it large awesome. It is a huge consequence for Team Penske to create 1-2-3. I contain to thank all my guys for all completely firm labor and thank everybody for amalgamation by means of me from side to side come again? has person's name a hard season. Now, tomorrow we now contain to go out present and come to an end the job and transport house a physically powerful consequence for the team.
Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Qualifying Results
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