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Honda Indy 200 qualifying results: Will Power on pole

By Brittany Frederick

MANSFIELD, OH - JULY 28: Will Power, of Australia, drives the #12 Chevrolet IndyCar on the track during practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 28, 2017 in Mansfield, Ohio. (Photo by Brian Cleary/Getty Images)
MANSFIELD, OH - JULY 28: Will Power, of Australia, drives the #12 Chevrolet IndyCar on the track during practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 28, 2017 in Mansfield, Ohio. (Photo by Brian Cleary/Getty Images) /
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Will Power captured his fifth pole for the Honda Indy 200. Here are the complete qualifying results for Sunday’s Verizon IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio.

The Verizon IndyCar Series’ most prolific polesitter added another one on Saturday, as Will Power captured the pole position for the Honda Indy 200 from Mid-Ohio. It is Power’s fifth pole award in 13 races in the 2017 IndyCar season, meaning the Team Penske driver has started up front for just shy of half the events this year.

Starting behind Will Power is his teammate Josef Newgarden, who comes into the Honda Indy 200 as IndyCar’s most recent race winner after taking the checkered flag at the Honda Indy Toronto. If Newgarden can win at Mid-Ohio, he would become the first three-race winner of the year.

But the top two in the championship standings, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves, also qualified well on Saturday and will be standing in Newgarden and Power’s way while they battle it out for the points. Dixon qualified sixth with Castroneves right ahead of him in fifth.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Mikhail Aleshin will start Sunday’s race at the back in his return to the grid after being pulled in favor of Sebastian Saavedra for Toronto. Does he need a result to hold onto his seat at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports?

And don’t forget about Ohio native (and 2015 Honda Indy 200 race winner) Graham Rahal, who laid down a hot lap at Mid-Ohio this weekend:

Below are the complete Honda Indy 200 qualifying results:

1. Will Power
2. Josef Newgarden
3. Takuma Sato
4. Graham Rahal
5. Helio Castroneves
6. Scott Dixon
7. Simon Pagenaud
8. James Hinchcliffe
9. Alexander Rossi
10. Ryan Hunter-Reay
11. Conor Daly
12. Esteban Gutierrez
13. Charlie Kimball
14. Marco Andretti
15. Ed Jones
16. Spencer Pigot
17. Tony Kanaan
18. Max Chilton
19. JR Hildebrand
20. Carlos Munoz
21. Mikhail Aleshin

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