Will Power set a new track record in qualifying for the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit but had his two fastest times deleted for ‘qualifying interference’, handing pole to Simon Pagenaud. Qualifying was divided into two groups of 11 which received 15mins each, and in the first group, championship leader Pagenaud clocked a 1min14.0379sec in his Penske-Chevrolet to lead by 0.15 over teammate Helio Castroneves. Third fastest went to Mikhail Aleshin of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, with Jack Hawksworth clocking a strong fifth for AJ Foyt Racing-Honda ahead of Charlie Kimball’s Chip Ganassi Racing-Chevy. However, yesterday’s star Conor Daly had his fastest time deleted for...
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