Will Power scores second pole of the season

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Will Power hopes he follows up his Verizon P1 Award with a win, since his wife's family is from Texas and he's afraid he may not be able to go home to supper if he doesn't.

The fiery Aussie bumped Marco Andretti off the provisional pole with a two-lap average speed of 219.182 mph. Andretti wasn't too upset though; he said they hadn't practiced qualifying so he was pleased with starting on the front row. 

Andretti Autosport teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay starts third, with Dario Franchitti beside him. 

Alex Tagliani, who hoped to go for three in a row at TMS, didn't have enough speed to top Power. Tagliani rolls off 16th.

Last week's winner of the second half of the Detroit double-header Simon Pagenaud and Simona De Silvestro both will serve 10-grid penalties. 

Complete starting order: 

1. Will Power

2. Marco Andrett

3. Ryan Hunter-Reay

4. Dario Franchitti

5. E.J. Viso

6. Helio Castroneves

7. Josef Newgarden

8. Charlie Kimbell

9. Ed Carpenter

10. James Jakes

11. Scott Dixon

12. Simona De Silvestro

13. James Hinchcliffe

14. Simon Pagenaud

15. Tony Kanaan 

16. Alex Tagliani 

17. Sebastien Bordais 

18. Oriol Servia

19. Graham Rahal

20. Sebastian Saavedra 

21. Pippa Mann

22. Justin Wilson

23. Takuma Sato

24. Tristan Vautier