Will Power takes pole in Iowa

Will Power won the pole for the Iowa 250, grabbing the top spot for the fourth time this season and first on an oval track.

Power gives Team Penske a record seventh straight IndyCar pole position. He ran an average lap of 181.337 mph on the Iowa Speedway's .875-mile oval, beating out Scott Dixon by a fraction of a second.

Dixon joined Power on the front row for Sunday's race. Marco Andretti will start third and Helio Castroneves is fourth. Points leader Dario Franchitti, who won at Iowa in 2007 and 2009, will start fifth and Danica Patrick will start ninth.

Power won the first two races of the season and sits three points behind Franchitti in the points standings.