Hot on the heels of contending for victory at Mid-Ohio, Mikhail Aleshin earned his first ever pole position in the Verizon IndyCar Series, as speeds hit 220mph mark at Pocono Raceway. Late cloud cover coincided with the runs of Takuma Sato, Helio Castroneves and Josef Newgarden, making the 2.5-mile tri-oval quicker late in the session. Yet Aleshin’s 220.445mph average held strong and presented him his second pole in his sophomore IndyCar season. It also gave Schmidt Peterson Motorsports a sweep of poles on 2.5-mile superspeedways this year, as James Hinchcliffe took top spot for the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Newgarden and Castroneves were comfortably the quickest Chevrolet...
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