CHEVROLET RACING IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES
BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500
WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY, MADISON, ILLINOIS
TEAM CHEVY – WILL POWERS WINS NTT P1 AWARD
AUGUST 21, 2021
MADISON, ILL (August 21,2021) – For the 63rd time in his NTT INDYCAR Series career, Will Power will lead the field to the green flag.
With a scorching two-lap average of 180.618 MPH, Power grabbed his first NTT P1 Award of the season behind the wheel of his No. 12 Verizon 5G Team Penske Chevrolet. Today’s pole puts Power within four of the all-time record held by Mario Andretti – 67 career total.
Chevrolet drivers captured four of the top five starting positions and five of the top-10 for tonight’s race. Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Sonsio Team Penske Chevrolet will start second with teammate Simon Pagenaud, No. 22 Menards Chevrolet alongside in third.
Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet will roll of fifth and his teammate, Felix Rosenqvist, No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet will start in 10th position.
OTHER CHEVROLET QUALIFIERS:
11th Scott McLaughlin
19th Sebastien Bourdais
21st Conor Daly
22nd Ed Carpenter
23rd Rinus Veekay
24th Dalton Kellett
NBCSN will telecast the 260-lap Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 21. The race will also be broadcast live on INDYCAR Radio Network affiliates, Sirius 211, XM 205, Indycar.com, and on the INDYCAR Mobile app powered by NTT DATA.
WILL POWER QUOTE:
YOU WON THE POLE WITH MISSING A SHIFT. IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE IF YOU’D HAD A CLEAN LAP. I’M KIDDING. CONGRATULATIONS
“Well yeah, that one would have been just a little bit quicker. But I’m certainly stoked, man. Anything I get these days I’m so happy because the field is so fierce and so tough. Another number that’s closer to the goal. I thought if I didn’t get one this year it was going to be very tough to ever beat that record. But we could get it, we could get it.”
YOU’RE WITHIN SNIFFING DISTANCE, RIGHT?
“Yeah, if I get another pole this year I’d be like, there’s a chance I could get it.”
WHAT ABOUT FINISHING SEASONS STRONG, IS THAT HAPPENING AGAIN THIS YEAR?
“Yeah, I don’t know but I hope so. It gives a lot of confidence to the team after last week then this. In myself as well as I’ve struggled a little bit this year. So yeah, I hope so.”
About Chevrolet
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