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INDIANAPOLIS – It was back on April 20 at the Acura Grand Prix when Team Penske’s Will Power predicted what would happen in this year’s Indianapolis 500 qualifications. but the 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner was confident that Chevrolet power would lead to even bigger things at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was so confident; he predicted a Team Penske driver would win the pole and that he expected a Team Penske sweep of the Front Row for this year’s 108 Indianapolis 500.

“Because we’ve worked so hard,” Power explained Sunday night at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “I don’t think we’ve left anything on the table. I’ve said that for the last five years.



I haven’t said we’d be on pole. I’ve said we have a good shot. “This year I really feel like we’ve put everything together.

“We’ll see. I feel like one of our cars have a great shot at pole, if not all on the front row. “I hope so.

” The only time in Indianapolis 500 history the same team swept the front row for the race was in 1988 when Team Penske’s Rick Mears won the pole and went on to win the race. Teammates Danny Sullivan were in the middle of Row 1 and Al Unser started third and finished third. By the time Sunday’s Fast Six Indianapolis 500 Pole Day qualifications had concluded, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin won the pole with the fastest Indy 500 pole speed in history at 234.

220 miles per hour averaged over a four-lap run in the No. 3 Pennzoil Chevrolet. It was a record .

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