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Daly and Newgarden score pole for the two IndyCar races at Iowa

by Kevin Dejewski
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Daly and Newgarden score pole for the two IndyCar races at Iowa

Conor Daly in his #59 Carlin Chevrolet during practice at Iowa Speedway.

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Carlin’s Conor Daly bounced back from a hard crash in Road America to claim his first ever pole position for the first race of the double-header at Iowa Speedway, and Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden narrowly claimed pole position for the second race on Saturday.

Daly laid down a blistering pace for both laps of the qualifying session, putting in early times of 18.3711 and 18.3951 seconds which earned him pole in one race and a third place start in race two. 

Daly drives for Ed Carpenter Racing for the season’s road courses, but drives for Carlin on the ovals due to Ed Carpenter driving his own car on the ovals.  Daly and Carlin both earned their first ever IndyCar pole with the strong effort by the 28-year-old Indianapolis native.

Newgarden scored his third pole of the season by setting a second lap time of 18.3559 second and an average speed of 175.333 mph.

The lineups for both races were set in a single qualifying session due to a unique format implemented to give the teams and drivers a more lenient schedule on the double-header weekend.

Each driver had the track to himself for a single run of two consecutive laps.  Instead of taking the average time of the two laps, the first lap set the grid for the first race tonight and the second lap set the lineup for the second race.

As has been the case in previous rounds this year, the Aeroscreen slowed the cars down from the speeds they had achieved the past few years.  Newgarden’s fastest pole speed was considerably off the pace on the 7/8-mile oval and only would have earned him a 12th place starting spot last year.

Newgarden and Team Penske team-mate Will Power will start second and third for the first race, while Power and Daly put in a good enough second lap to start second and third for the second race.

Alexander Rossi was one of the multiple drivers that put in a quick first lap, but lost considerable time on the second, leading to a widely different starting positions for the two days.

Simon Pagenaud will start from the back of the field in both races, as he suffered fuel pressure issues and did not take part in qualifying.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan team-mates Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato struggled with pace throughout practice and again struggled during qualifying.  Both drivers will start near the back of the pack for both races and hope that the cooler evening temperatures will help their cars power to the front.

The double-header races take place Friday and Saturday night from the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway, with the green flag dropping at 21:00 EDT (2:00 BST) on Friday and 20:30 EDT (1:30 BST) on Saturday.

Race 1 NameTimeSpeed
1Conor Daly18.3711175.188
2Josef Newgarden18.3796175.107
3Will Power18.4112174.807
4Colton Herta18.412174.799
5Alexander Rossi18.6831172.263
6Takuma Sato18.6975172.13
7Felix Rosenqvist18.7048172.063
8Pato O’Ward18.7534171.617
9Jack Harvey18.754171.611
10Marcus Ericsson18.7666171.496
11Santino Ferrucci18.7837171.34
12Ryan Hunter-Reay18.7905171.278
13Rinus VeeKay18.8205171.005
14Oliver Askew18.8344170.879
15Charlie Kimball18.8412170.817
16Ed Carpenter18.8584170.661
17Scott Dixon18.8631170.619
18Alex Palou18.8768170.495
19Tony Kanaan18.8782170.482
20Marco Andretti18.9951169.433
21Graham Rahal19.1109168.407
22Zach Veach19.452165.453
23Simon Pagenaud––
Race 2NameTimeSpeed
1Josef Newgarden18.3559175.333
2Will Power18.3883175.024
3Conor Daly18.3951174.96
4Ryan Hunter-Reay18.4705174.245
5Colton Herta18.5566173.437
6Jack Harvey18.6549172.523
7Alex Palou18.6702172.382
8Tony Kanaan18.7297171.834
9Marcus Ericsson18.7495171.653
10Felix Rosenqvist18.7841171.336
11Charlie Kimball18.7888171.294
12Pato O’Ward18.8102171.099
13Oliver Askew18.8244170.97
14Ed Carpenter18.8434170.797
15Rinus VeeKay18.8681170.574
16Santino Ferrucci18.8818170.45
17Marco Andretti18.897170.313
18Scott Dixon18.9841169.531
19Graham Rahal19.0136169.268
20Takuma Sato19.0242169.174
21Alexander Rossi19.0846168.639
22Zach Veach19.9487161.334
23Simon Pagenaud––
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