ESPN.com · Mar 9, 2019
Team Penske sweeps front-row in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Team Penske is out front again with a front-row sweep in qualifying for IndyCar's season-opening race on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg.
Will Power won the pole Saturday for the eighth time at St. Pete and 55th time in his career, second on the all-time list behind Mario Andretti. Josef Newgarden qualified second to make it a Penske front row for Sunday's race.
Penske driver Ryan Blaney is on the pole in Phoenix for Sunday's NASCAR race and Penske drivers have won the last two Cup events while reigning Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin swept last weekend in Australia.