– Will Power secured his 40th pole position in his Verizon IndyCar Series career, starting at the head of a Penske trio that swept qualifying at the Texas Motor Speedway on Friday.  Power was the very first car to set a two-lap average (218.519mph), letting the entire field of 22 other cars chase it unsuccessfully.The closest anyone came were his team-mates Simon Pagenaud, clocking a 218.441mph, and Hélio Castroneves, with a 218.069.  No one else could better a 218mph average, although the final car in qualifying came awfully close.Carlos Muñoz set a first lap pace of 218.089, but a slower second lap pushed him to the outside of the second row.  This was still good enough to...
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