Power fastest in Vegas warm-up
Pole-sitter Will Power tightened his grasp on the Champ Car field as he finished Sunday morning warm-up in Las Vegas six tenths up on his nearest challenger
The Australian lapped the 2.44-mile street course in 1:20.534, with an average speed of 109.972mph, heading former teammate Alex Tagliani, who also continued his strong seam of form with the RSPORTS team.
Neel Jani put PKV Racing into third, ahead of the man who will start in that position this afternoon, Robert Doornbos of Minardi Team USA.
Sebastien Bourdais, who starts today's race from 16th on the grid, was fifth fastest, as Bruno Junqueira and Katherine Legge showed further encouraging form for Dale Coyne Racing with sixth and seventh.
Ryan Dalziel completed more laps than anyone as the Pacific Coast Motorsports team continue up their steep learning curve, but fellow rookie and reigning Atlantic champion Simon Pagenaud of Team Australia failed to complete a lap.
Matt Halliday's eighth place - ahead of such as Graham Rahal, Justin Wilson and Paul Tracy - hints that his Conquest Racing entry should show far more pace in the race than he demonstrated in qualifying.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Will Power Team Australia 1:20.534 2. Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 1:21.147 + 0.613 3. Neel Jani PKV 1:21.175 + 0.641 4. Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:21.487 + 0.953 5. S.Bourdais Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:21.507 + 0.973 6. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:21.557 + 1.023 7. Katherine Legge Dale Coyne 1:21.624 + 1.090 8. Matthew Halliday Conquest 1:21.777 + 1.243 9. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:21.882 + 1.348 10. Justin Wilson RSPORTS 1:21.882 + 1.348 11. Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship 1:21.928 + 1.394 12. Mario Dominguez Forsythe Championship 1:22.177 + 1.643 13. Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:22.348 + 1.814 14. Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 1:22.353 + 1.819 15. Tristan Gommendy PKV 1:23.467 + 2.933 16. Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:24.617 + 4.083 17. Simon Pagenaud Team Australia No time
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