Defending IndyCar champion Power wins pole for Grand Prix of Indianapolis

Defending IndyCar champion Will Power won the pole for today’s Grand Prix of Indianapolis with a qualifying record in the second-year event.

The Australian completed the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course Friday in 1 minute, 9.4866 seconds, breaking the mark he set a few minutes earlier in the second of three rounds of qualifications.

Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi will start second today after finishing in 1:09.7156. It was a two-team race. Team Penske put all four of its cars in the final round. Dixon and Tony Kanaan, who drive for Ganassi, rounded out the final six.

Former Indy 500 winners Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya will start third and fourth. Simon Pagenaud will start fifth as he tries to reach Victory Lane for the second straight year. Kanaan is starting sixth.

Team Penske has won all five poles this season, with Power and Castroneves each winning twice. Montoya, of Colombia, also won one.

And Chevrolet continued its early-season domination, too, sweeping the top 10 and putting all 13 of its cars in the top 15. Chevy-powered cars have won all five poles and three of the first four races. The fastest Honda on Friday belonged to Jack Hawksworth, who will start 11th after going 1:10.4558.

Sprint Cup

Joey Logano drove his No. 22 Ford to a fast lap of 192.397 mph, easily besting the speed of Kasey Kahne and winning the pole for tonight’s Sprint Cup race.

The winner of last fall’s Chase race at Kansas, Logano cruised to his 12th career pole but first on the fast 1 1/2-mile track near downtown Kansas City.

Kahne posted a lap of 191.911 mph. He was followed by Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr. and local boy Carl Edwards.

Eighteen-year-old Erik Jones, driving the No. 18 for Kyle Busch, will open his first Sprint Cup start from the 12th position.

Truck Series

Matt Crafton conserved just enough fuel while the leaders kept running out in the final laps to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway.

All the trucks were forced to pit with 55 laps remaining, just on the upper end of the fuel window, when Ray Black Jr. blew his engine after a long green-flag run.

Erik Jones, the 18-year-old who had dominated the race, was the first to run out with five laps left. Tyler Reddick took over the lead, only to run out moments later.

Finally, Crafton passed Daniel Suarez when he ran out of gas with two laps remaining, then had just enough in his own tank to cross the finish line.

Ryan Newman finished second. Johnny Sauter was third.