By Mark J. Terrill, APWillpower of Australia, accelerating in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, won his third consecutive pole position.
By Mark J. Terrill, APWillpower of Australia, accelerating in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, won his third consecutive pole position.
Power edged champion Ryan Hunter-Reay to go 3-for-3 on poles this season. "He is the man now, said Hunter-Reay. specialist road and street opened the season with a pole and a second place finish in St Petersburg and followed up with a wire to wire win in Alabama last week. That gave him 94 points for the season, seven ahead of Dario Franchitti, the man who has the power to the League Championship series on the last race of the season 2010. food has been fast all weekend in Long Beachamong the leaders in practice and, secondly, after the first round of qualifying. Hunter-Reay had the lead on the final fast six segment before hitting the gas up later with a lap of 1 minute, 9: 06 seconds the entire circuit 11-turn, 1968-mile through the streets of the city centre.It was the third consecutive pole position of power in Long Beach, although he hasn't won on the circuit of the sea since the last Champ Car race in the layout in 2008 ".I mean a lot (the victory), "said Power, who hit 102,582 mph in qualifying. "Is one of my favorite tracks. I love it here. I've been trying to win the last two years, I've been knocking on the door. In the race, as you know, everything must be perfect and that is what we have to do tomorrow. "Hunter-Reay may have the right to where he wants it.Driving as a part-timer last season, RHR qualified in second place and won a great victory not only because he helped land a full-time gig with Andretti Autosport this season, but also because he grew up in Southern California. He qualified 0.8 seconds behind power and begin the first row next to it. "Best thing is that is a repeat of last year, "said Hunter-Reay, who proposed to his wife, Beccy, at a local restaurant last year. "We are starting second and we won there last year, so hopefully we can repeat."Mike Conway, who missed most of last season after a horrific crash in the Indianapolis 500, qualified third and Oriol Servia was fourth.The numbers on Sunday 85 laps of the race to be filled with emotion.The tight course is difficult and usually there are plenty of bumps and cars into the wall. New double-file restarts road IndyCar courses figure to add to the excitement, particularly with a barely-get-through the first corner and far away ".He is trying to predict how many cars you can get aligned at a certain point and what is acceptable and what is not, "said Justin Wilson, who qualified in fifth place and will start next to Helio Castroneves. "Nobody wants the team owners to spend $ 2 million in turn 1, therefore, is a fine line."Grand Prix of Long Beach lineup1. (12) willpower, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.0649 (102,582 mph) 2. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.1409 (102,469) 3. (27) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.6414 (101,733) 4. (2) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.6828 (101,672) 5. (22) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.8097 (101,487) 6. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.8423 (101,440) 7. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.6037 8 (101,788). (9) 01: 09.6385 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 9 (101,737). (77) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.6797 (101,720) 10. (82) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.7352 11 (101,596). (6) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.8122 12 (101,484). (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.8243 (101,466) 13. (14) 01: 10.1010 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 14 (101,066). (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 1: 09.9400 15 (101,298). (34) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.1146 16 (101,046). (38) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.5883 (100,368) 17. (59) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.1465 18 (101,000). (78) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.6407 (100,293) 19. (17) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.3477 20 (100,711). (7) 01: 10.7836 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 21 (100,091). (19) 01: 10.8050 Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 22 (100,061). (5) 01: 10.7672 Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 23 (100,040). (18) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 1: 10.8814 (99,984) 24. (83) 01: 10.8672 Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 25 (99,973). (8) 01: 11.0249 Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 26 (99,751). (24) 01: 11.0341 Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 27 (99,738). (4) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 1: 11.4916 (99,100)
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