Simon Pagenaud produced a brilliant record-setting 63.87sec lap to beat teammate and title rival Will Power to pole position at Mid-Ohio, by 0.0681sec. The Frenchman, who despite leading the championship hasn’t won a race since the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in May, reminded everyone why he’s top of the points table with a drive that earned Team Penske its 244th pole position in Indy car competition. Best of the rest was Josef Newgarden whose Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet was a quarter-second off Pagenaud’s best, but two-tenths clear of Ryan Hunter-Reay’s Andretti Autosport-Honda. Another Honda driver to reach the Firestone Fast Six was last year’s Mid-Ohio winner Graham Rahal,...
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