Will Power on the pole for Saturday's Firehawk 600

Will Power scored his second Verizon P1 award of the 2014 season with a blistering two-lap average of 218.896, knocking Josef Newgarden to P2 for Saturday's Verizon IndyCar Firehawk 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. The pole is Power's second in a row at the Great American Speedway, and the 34th of his career, moving him ahead of Dario Franchitti for sixth on the all-time list.

Newgarden's goal was a top-ten starting position; instead he laid down his career-best qualifying laps.

When the green flag flies Saturday night, 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan will start from inside the second row with Juan Pablo Montoya next to him in P4. Saturday's race marks Montoya's first race at TMS in an IndyCar after 14 NASCAR starts.

This year's Indy 500 polesitter, Ed Carpenter, rounds out the top five.

Power sits atop the Verizon IndyCar points standings with two wins in the seven races so far in the 2014 season, but he's not worried about points. The Team Penske driver says he's just focusing on the racing, that while points racing may work for some people, it just doesn't suit his personality.

Here's the starting order for the Firestone 600, broadcast on NBSCN beginning at 7:30 pm Saturday.

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Car	Speed
1	Will Power	12	Chevrolet	218.896
2	Josef Newgarden	67	Honda	217.835
3	Tony Kanaan	10	Chevrolet	217.826
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	Chevrolet	217.724
5	Ed Carpenter	20	Chevrolet	217.677
6	Simon Pagenaud	77	Honda	217.222
7	Scott Dixon	9	Chevrolet	217.128
8	Justin Wilson	19	Honda	217.007
9	James Hinchcliffe	27	Honda	216.967
10	Carlos Munoz	34	Honda	216.960
11	Mikhail Aleshin	7	Honda	216.880
12	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Honda	216.823
13	Ryan Briscoe	8	Chevrolet	216.667
14	Helio Castroneves	3	Chevrolet	216.591
15	Charlie Kimball	83	Chevrolet	216.151
16	Takuma Sato	14	Honda	215.376
17	Marco Andretti	25	Honda	214.843
18	Sebastien Bourdais	11	Chevrolet	214.108
19	Sebastian Saavedra	17	Chevrolet	213.153
20	Jack Hawksworth	98	Honda	212.411
21	Graham Rahal	15	Honda	212.675
22	Carlos Huertas	18	Honda	211.773

Janine, aka Lisa or LJ, Cloud, a fifth-generation Texan, lives in Houston and considers Texas Motor Speedway her home track.

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