Will Power won the pole for IndyCar's season-opening race at St. Petersburg while Kiwi Scott Dixon will start alongside him on the front row. It was a record seventh pole in eight years at St. Pete for Power, who also won the pole for this race last year. Power ran the course Sunday in his Team Penske Chevrolet with a lap of 1 minute, 1.0640 seconds (106.118 mph). It turned out Power had an ear infection, and not racing in the opener likely cost him a chance to win the championship. Power finished second in the IndyCar standings last year to Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 12, 2017 06:00 UTC