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Newgarden wins Gateway pole, his 3rd of season

MADISON, Ill. -- Josef Newgarden won the pole for Saturday night's IndyCar race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

It was the second pole in succession for the series points leader, his third of the season and the eighth of his career. Newgarden sat on the pole last week at Pocono by points after qualifying was rained out. Newgarden won the pole at the second race at Belle Isle in Detroit earlier this season.

Going out last of 22 cars, Newgarden had a two-lap average speed of 186.508 mph on Friday over the 1.