ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The pole winning car for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will start from the back of the grid with substitute driver Oriol Servia as Team Penske's Will Power has been sidelined from the race with a stomach virus.
Power set a new track record on Saturday to earn his sixth St. Petersburg pole in the last seven years. But he felt too ill to attend a subsequent press conference and the symptoms worsened overnight.
Servia, a 41-year old Spaniard with nearly 200 Indy car starts, drove Power's No.