INDIANAPOLIS - Defending IndyCar champion Will Power won the pole for today's Grand Prix of Indianapolis with a qualifying record in the second-year event.
The Australian completed the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course Friday in 1 minute, 9.4866 seconds, breaking the mark he set a few minutes earlier in the second of three rounds of qualifications.
Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi will start second today after finishing in 1:09.7156.
It was a two-team race in qualifying. Team Penske put all four of its cars in the final round. Dixon and Tony Kanaan, who drive for Ganassi, rounded out the final six.
Former Indy 500 winners Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya will start third and fourth. Simon Pagenaud will start fifth as he tries to reach Victory Lane for the second straight year. Kanaan is starting sixth.
Team Penske has won all five poles this season, with Power and Castroneves each winning twice. Montoya, of Colombia, also won one.
And Chevrolet continued its early season domination, too, sweeping the top 10 and putting all 13 of its cars in the top 15. Chevy-powered cars have won all five poles and three of the first four races. The fastest Honda on Friday belonged to Jack Hawksworth, who will start 11th after going 1:10.4558.
The Penske drivers, who have been the fastest all week, nearly pulled off a clean sweep. They had the three fastest times heading into the finals, including Power's record-breaking 1:09.6443, and would have taken the top four starting spots if Dixon had not been able to break through.