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IndyCar Phoenix Grand Prix qualifying results: Helio Castroneves takes another pole

By Brittany Frederick

Helio Castroneves on track during qualifying for the Phoenix Grand Prix. Photo Credit: Chris Jones/Courtesy of IndyCar
Helio Castroneves on track during qualifying for the Phoenix Grand Prix. Photo Credit: Chris Jones/Courtesy of IndyCar /
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Helio Castroneves put Team Penske up front for the fourth straight Verizon IndyCar Series race. Here are the qualifying results for the Phoenix Grand Prix.

Team Penske’s domination of Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying sessions continued on Friday night as Helio Castroneves captured the Verizon P1 Award for the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix.

Castroneves came in front of his teammate Will Power. The two have alternated pole positions through the first four races of the 2017 IndyCar season, with Power taking the first spot in the races at St. Petersburg and Alabama, and Castroneves on pole in Long Beach and now at Phoenix.

Once again, Team Penske captured four of the Top 5 spots. The only non-Penske driver to start in the Top 5 is Ed Carpenter Racing’s JR Hildebrand, who returned to the track after missing last week’s race due to a hand injury. Hildebrand was the biggest surprise of Friday’s qualifying session by finishing in third place, ahead of his former teammate Josef Newgarden.

Some major names did not have good runs. Hildebrand’s teammate Ed Carpenter, in his first race of the year, will start last on Saturday night. Graham Rahal also endured a rough qualifying to wind up 17th.

Below are the complete qualifying results for the 2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix:

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

Next: Ed Carpenter discusses his history with Phoenix Raceway

The 2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix takes place Saturday, April 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The race will be nationally televised on NBCSN. For the latest IndyCar news throughout race weekend, follow the Motor Sports category at  FanSided here.