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IndyCar: 2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 qualifying results – Will Power takes pole

ByAsher Fair|
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 10: Will Power, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, does a burnout following his win in the Verizon IndyCar Series Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 10, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 10: Will Power, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, does a burnout following his win in the Verizon IndyCar Series Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 10, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

The qualifying session for the 2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 set the starting grid for the 15th of 17 IndyCar races this season. Who will roll off in what position tomorrow?

Team Penske’s Will Power took the pole position for the 2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 IndyCar race at the four-turn, 1.25-mile Gateway Motorsports Park oval in Madison, Illinois. The pole is the 50th of his career, which ties him for 3rd on the all-time list.

Power became the second final qualifier of an oval race in a row to take pole after Takuma Sato pulled it off last week at Pocono. In the final qualifying run of the day, Power bumped his teammate Josef Newgarden off of the top spot with a two-lap average of 189.642, which shattered the previous track record.

In pursuit of a 1-2-3-4 finish in the championship standings, the four Team Penske drivers will start 1st through 4th tomorrow night. Newgarden will start alongside Power, with Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud set to line up behind Power and Newgarden, respectively.

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The highest non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver on the speed chart was Ed Carpenter, who qualified in 5th place, giving Chevrolet a clean sweep of the top 5. The highest Honda driver on the speed chart was Takuma Sato, who will roll off in 6th.

Here are full qualifying results for the 2017 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, which is set to take place tomorrow night at 9:40 PM ET. It will be broadcast live starting at 9:00 PM ET on NBC Sports Network. The lone remaining practice session for the race takes place tonight at 10:00 PM ET.

  1. Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
  2. Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
  3. Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
  4. Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet
  5. Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
  6. Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
  7. Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
  8. Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
  9. Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
  10. James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
  11. Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
  12. Ed Jones, #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
  13. Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
  14. Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
  15. JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
  16. Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
  17. Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
  18. Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
  19. Sebastian Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
  20. Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
  21. Sebastian Saavedra, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda

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