Detroit IndyCar: Mike Conway takes race two pole on series return
Mike Conway will start the second of this weekend's IndyCar races in Detroit from pole position after a superb performance in qualifying at Belle Isle on Saturday morning
The Brit, who is making a one-off appearance in the second Dale Coyne Racing entry, set the fastest overall time in the first test of the new double-header qualifying system, comfortably leading the second group with late 1m18.0977s.
His nearest rival from the group was Penske's Will Power, who finished up 0.06 seconds in arrears and will start from third.
James Jakes will complete an all-British front row after setting the fastest time from the first group.
The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver's 1m18.1704s beat Ryan Hunter-Reay's lap by just 0.0590s. The reigning champion will start from fourth, with race one polesitter EJ Viso and Simon Pagenaud to complete the third row.
Several drivers from the first group were caught out when the session was stopped a couple of minutes early following a spin by Alex Tagliani.
The Canadian lost his two fastest laps for triggering a red flag, and will start from the rear of the field.
Pos Driver Team/Engine Time 1. Mike Conway Coyne/Honda 1m18.0977s Group 1 2. James Jakes Rahal/Honda 1m18.1704s Group 2 3. Will Power Penske/Chevy 1m18.7035s Group 1 4. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy 1m18.2294s Group 2 5. EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy 1m18.7810s Group 1 6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda 1m18.8147s Group 2 7. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda 1m18.7865s Group 1 8. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda 1m18.9558s Group 2 9. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy 1m18.8366s Group 1 10. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy 1m18.9742s Group 2 11. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy 1m19.0312s Group 1 12. AJ Allmendinger Penske/Chevy 1m19.4048s Group 2 13. Ryan Briscoe Panther/Chevy 1m19.2627s Group 1 14. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy 1m19.4625s Group 2 15. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda 1m19.5418s Group 1 16. Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda 1m19.5554s Group 2 17. Simona de Silvestro KV/Chevy 1m20.0460s Group 1 18. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda 1m19.6196s Group 2 19. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy 1m20.1511s Group 1 20. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda 1m19.7928s Group 2 21. Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 1m20.1557s Group 1 22. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy 1m19.9175s Group 2 23. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy 1m22.5913s Group 1 24. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda 1m20.7274s Group 2 25. Alex Tagliani Herta/Honda 1m22.4482s Group 1 All drivers use Dallara DW12 chassis
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