IndyCar: Will Power takes pole for 2018 Grand Prix of Portland

By Asher Fair | Sep 1, 2018

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 08: Will Power, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, practices for the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

Will Power took the pole position for the penultimate race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Grand Prix of Portland, at Portland International Raceway.

Team Penske’s Will Power took the pole position for the Grand Prix of Portland, the 16th race on the 17-race 2018 IndyCar schedule. This pole position is his fourth of the season and 54th of his career, which moves him ahead of A.J. Foyt for second place on the all-time IndyCar poles list.

Power took the pole position for the 105-lap race around the 12-turn, 1.967-mile (3.166-kilometer) Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon by recording a top lap time of 57.3467 seconds (123.481 miles per hour) in the Firestone Fast Six, the third and final round of qualifying, in his #12 Chevrolet.

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden qualified in second place for the race in his #1 Chevrolet, giving Chevrolet and Team Penske a front row sweep on the starting grid.

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Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi is the highest qualifying Honda driver of the race. He qualified in third place in his #27 Honda. Honda drivers took each of the nine starting positions from third through 11th.

Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais qualified in fourth place in his #18 Honda. Andretti Autosport teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay, Zach Veach and Marco Andretti (Andretti Herta Autosport) in fifth, sixth and ninth in their #28 Honda, #26 Honda and #98 Honda, respectively.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe qualified in seventh place in his #5 Honda. Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Ed Jones and Scott Dixon qualified in ninth and 11th in their #10 Honda and #9 Honda, respectively. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal qualified in 10th in his #15 Honda.

Ed Carpenter Racing rookie Jordan King is the highest qualifying non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver of the race. He qualified in 12th place in his #20 Chevrolet.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway.

Qualifying Results

1st – Will Power

2nd – Josef Newgarden

3rd – Alexander Rossi

4th – Sebastien Bourdais

5th – Ryan Hunter-Reay

6th – Zach Veach

7th – James Hinchcliffe

8th – Ed Jones

9th – Marco Andretti

10th – Graham Rahal

11th – Scott Dixon

12th – Jordan King

13th – Jack Harvey

14th – Carlos Munoz

15th – Max Chilton

16th – Pietro Fittipaldi

17th – Spencer Pigot

18th – Santino Ferrucci

19th – Matheus Leist

20th – Takuma Sato

21st – Gabby Chaves

22nd – Simon Pagenaud

23rd – Alfonso Celis Jr.

24th – Tony Kanaan

25th – Charlie Kimball

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Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast of the Grand Prix of Portland tomorrow. It is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. The race itself is scheduled to begin at roughly 3:00 p.m. ET.