Power over King in Indy GP practice 2

Will Power is the man to beat for pole

Will Power says the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s infield circuit is “probably my favorite road course." It’s easy to see why.

The Team Penske driver, a two-time winner and pole sitter at the INDYCAR Grand Prix, was fastest in today’s second practice session to set himself up as the favorite to claim the pole again in Verizon P1 Award qualifying later this afternoon.

Driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Power navigated the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course in 1 minute, 9.8759 seconds (125.657 mph) to lead the field of 24 entries during the 45-minute session. Power also was fastest in the morning practice.

“I love this track," Power said. “It's probably my favorite road course because it's so technical and smooth and European-like.

Jordan King, 2nd quick

“But man, they're all corners that lead into complexes. You've got Turn 1-2, so there's give-and-take there, and then you've got the (Turns) 7-8-9 complex, which is really technical. Yeah, all the sets of complexes are all equally fun and interesting."

Verizon IndyCar Series rookie Jordan King (shown above) continued to impress, running second in the second practice with a lap of 1:09.9122 (125.592 mph) in the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet. Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi was third in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda with a lap of 1:09.9806 (125.469 mph).

Both pre-qualifying practices ran without incident.

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