Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying Report
June 3, 2016
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Track: Raceway at Belle Isle
Race: Chevrolet Dual in Detroit #1
Date: June 3, 2016
No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Juan Pablo Montoya
Position: 3
Time: 1:15.5659 seconds
Speed: 111.955 mph
No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Helio Castroneves
Position: 2
Time: 1:14.9285 seconds
Speed: 112.908 mph
No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Will Power
Position: 9
Time: 1:15.7142 seconds
Speed: 111.736 mph
No. 22 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Simon Pagenaud
Position: 1
Time: 1:14.9166 seconds
Speed: 112.926 mph
Fast Time: 1:14.9166 (No. 22 – Pagenaud)
Recap: Simon Pagenaud won the pole position Friday for Saturday's Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans – the first of two Verizon IndyCar Series races this weekend – in the No. 22 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Team Penske Chevrolet with a lap of 1 minute, 14.9166 seconds (112.926 mph) in the final round of the Firestone Fast Six qualifying at the Raceway at Belle Isle. This is his third pole of the season, winning earlier in the season at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis to go along with his three race wins this year. It's also his fifth career Verizon IndyCar Series pole. Helio Castroneves set a new event record with his qualifying effort earlier in the session. Team Penske has won six of seven Verizon P1 Pole Awards this season and 19 of the last 23 dating back to last season. Team Penske drivers – Pagenaud, Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya – qualified 1-2-3 for weekend’s first of two races. Qualifying for Sunday's race will take place at 10:45 a.m. that morning.
Coverage: The Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans will be broadcast live on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET on both Saturday and Sunday. Additionally, the races will be live streamed on IndyCar.com along with radio coverage on Sirius 212 and XM 209.