Power Takes Pole At Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, April 30, 2011: Will Power earned his fourth consecutive PEAK Performance Pole Award of the season and gave Penske Racing its 200th Indy car pole in qualifications for the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle.

Power, driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, set the track record of 1 minute, 21.8958 seconds with three minutes left in the 10-minute Firestone Fast Six shootout on the 2.536-mile, 11-turn street circuit.

Like at Long Beach two weeks earlier, Ryan Hunter-Reay will join Power on the front row. They finished 1-2 in the inaugural IZOD IndyCar Series race in Brazil, with Power starting the 2010 season with the victory.

"What a fantastic job they did repaving the track, and I believe it now sets the standard for street courses," Power said. "The second session for us was a little tight - I was P5 with one lap to go - and I put a lap together at the end to advance. In the Fast Six we were very comfortable and gave it everything we had."

Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe will share Row 2, while Graham Rahal and Dario Franchitti will be on the third row for the 75-lap race.