Full qualifying results for Saturday night's MAVTV 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California - the final round of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series.
Will Power managed to salvage tenth place at Sonoma, snatching a victory of sorts from the jaws of defeat that keeps him on track for the 2014 IndyCar title.
Will Power purged old demons with a dominating run to the chequered flag at Auto Club Speedway, with the season finale and title decider turning into a gruelling war of attrition.
Simon Pagenaud survived a wild and heated race at Baltimore on Sunday to claim his second win in the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series ahead of Josef Newgarden and Sebastien Bourdais.
The unpopular delay on activating the push-to-pass overtaking system used on road and street courses has been dropped for the Grand Prix of Baltimore, IndyCar has announced.
Ryan Briscoe claimed his first win in the IZOD IndyCar Series in over two years, thanks to a late caution for a violent accident when Sebastien Bourdais crashed out of third place.
Helio Castroneves is far from calming down over the harsh penalty he received at the end of the race at Motegi, and has labelled race director Brian Barnhart "a circus clown".
Dario Franchitti topped both of the extended Thursday practice sessions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, while Will Power struggled and Pippa Mann crashed in the afternoon.
Dario Franchitti was certainly fired up after his victory in the Milwaukee 225 on Sunday, and the target of his anger and frustration was Penske's Helio Castroneves.
Will Power pulled third place from the blind draw that decided starting positions for the second race of the Firestone Twin 275 double header event, and he put it to the perfect use.
IndyCar confirmed that the series will still be going to Japan one last time in September - but that the recent earthquake means that the race will switch from oval to road course.
The final day of practice before qualifying is known as "Fast Friday," and it lived up to its reputation with six drivers topping 228mph - led by Penske's Helio Castroneves.
Helio Castroneves is facing renewed demands from the US Internal Revenue Service over allegedly unpaid taxes dating back over a decade, which nearly saw him go to jail in 2009.
Britain's Mike Conway staged a stunning victory at Long Beach by fighting back from early setbacks to find unbeatable pace following a final safety car for a collision between two Penske cars.
IndyCar has published the entry list for this year's running of the Indy 500. 42 cars will compete to line up on the starting grid, including four former winners and five rookies.