Will Power Puts Chevrolet on Pole at Sonoma; Wins Sixth Pole and Sets Fourth Track Record of Season

CHEVROLET IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
GOPRO GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA
SONOMA RACEWAY
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST QUALIFYING
AUGUST 29, 2015

Will Power Puts Chevrolet on Pole at Sonoma; Wins Sixth Pole and Sets Fourth Track Record of Season

SONOMA, Calif. (August 29, 2015) – Will Power put the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet on the pole at Sonoma Raceway with a track record-setting effort of one minute 16:2597-seconds/112.589 mph. It is the sixth Verizon P1 Award and fourth track record of the season for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series champion. Power, who is fourth in points, added the valuable one point for the pole heading into the season finale.

“Congratulations to Will Power and Team Penske for winning the pole today at Sonoma,” said Chris Berube, Chevrolet Racing Program Manager, Verizon IndyCar Series. “Will put down a stunningly fast lap in the Firestone Fast Six using the primary tires that are new from Firestone this weekend. In addition, congratulations to all of the Chevrolet teams whose drivers have started from the pole every race this season. All of our focus now turns to winning the championships tomorrow.”

For the 14th time this season, it will be an all-Chevrolet front row leading the field to the green flag. Josef Newgarden, No. 67 GoPro Hartman Oil CFH Racing Chevrolet, will start alongside Power. Newgarden enters tomorrow’s race sixth in the standings.

Simon Pagenaud will start the No. 22 Avaya Team Penske Chevrolet from the fourth position for the 85-lap race scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. PT Sunday.

Points leader Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, will start fifth in the 25-car field for the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. Third-place points sitter Scott Dixon qualified his No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet in the ninth starting position.

The final driver still in contention for the 2015 title, Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, will roll off in the 15th position on the grid.

The live television broadcast will start at 1:00 p.m. PT on NBC Sports Network. Live radio coverage will be on XM Radio Channel 209, and IMS Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 212. In addition, IndyCar live timing and scoring with the radio broadcast can be found at www.indy.car.com.