Last year's winner for Dale Coyne Racing at The Glen, Dreyer Reinbold Racing's Justin Wilson. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Series Tweeting The Glen 2010 - IZOD IndyCar Series Race #9
Team Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe had combined to win the first five poles since the IndyCar Series began racing at the storied road course in upstate New York's Finger Lakes region, but neither had delivered a victory.
This year, the stage is set for either a Penske win in a big way or a colossal failure in that Team Penske has placed all three drivers in the top three spots on the grid. ChampCar transition driver Will Power, in his first full season ride with Penske racing, who has won two of the eight races run this year, captured the pole for this year's running of the Camping World Grand Prix at Watkin's Glen.
This excerpted and edited from IndyCar.com -Will Power, the Mario Andretti Road Course Championship points leader, won the PEAK Performance Pole Award for the fifth time this season with a lap of 1 minute, 29.3164 seconds on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn circuit during the Firestone Fast Six shootout. Teammate Helio Castroneves (1:29.4609) was second – the first time this season a team has swept the front row – while Ryan Briscoe (1:29.9346) and reigning series champion Dario Franchitti will share Row 2. Team Penske started 1-2-3 at Edmonton in '09.
Takuma Sato made his third Firestone Fast Six appearance in the No. 5 Lotus KV Racing Technology car and will be on the third row with defending race winner Justin Wilson in the No. 22 Z-Line Designs car for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
The top six were separated by less than a second. Six different teams are represented on the first three rows.
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Will Power takes the PEAK Performance Pole Award for the 60-lap Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen ... a 3.4-mile, 11-turn road course. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar SeriesThe following are comments made via "tweets" on Twitter during the running of the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen ... the ninth race of this 2010 17 race season and the second round of twisty street/road courses that were the bread and butter on the former ChampCar World Series.
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Let's roll! RT @: @ car ready to go!
The fire is lit. Let's see a clean start drivers! Beer of the race ..... engaged. Start will be 2nd time by Some people are annoyed when they show NASCAR clips during races, I enjoy it because stock cars are (and look) soooo slow The command to start engine by the Camping World exec was kind of limp. Get that guy a Monavie or a Venom energy drink!
Almost time for the green flag... GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen gets started
Green Flag! Lap one complete @ Wow Sato almost took out Dixon at the start. watching indycar at watkins glen, and live commenting here: Top 5 after 3 laps: Power, Briscoe, Castroneves, Franchitti, Dixon. Dixon just passed JW... Top pick Paul Tracy on the IndyCar.com poll for surprise drive at The Glen is in 9th. Up 3 spots. For those who don't realize Adam Carroll has been out of competition for almost a year, and A1GP didn't have flying starts, yet he's 10th P1 Power P2 Briscoe -1.11286 P3 Dario -1.3630 P4 Wilson -4.88897 P5 Sato -5.4521 Dixon with front wing damage. Helio with left rear damage. Look for pit action. Dixon and helio get together @ P4 as a result of that (SI) Hunter-Reay secures sponsorship for rest of year last night TNT had their own version of side-by-side, have to say I liked it better, kept race full screen with box for commercials Huge mistake by Dixon runs into the back of Helio. Made up 2 positions in 2 laps! Rafa's on a hot streak! Top 5 after pit activity. Power, Briscoe, Franchitti, Wilson, Sato. @ is P9... Only comment so far is, understeer. 10 laps out of 60. Sato in #5 car is P5, Moraes in is P8 and Viso in #8 car has moved to P22. Power leadsa briscoe, then franchitti 
Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar SeriesYELLOW Flag - Full course caution - Dan Weldon gets tapped by Alex Lloyd and spins to a stall.
Somewhere a National Guardsman is punching a Boy Scout. Wilson is battling for position with Sato... Sato got around Wilson for 4th... trying not to jinx Takuma, so just mentioning pass is as close as I'll get watching IZOD Indy Car @ Watkins Glenn! I wanna be back there next year! Love the series and the track! Wheldon got it started. Still in the field. Pits Open -
Both JW and PT are pitting now...Both will get fuel, switch to the black tires, and get a turn of front wing... RHR Stalls - looses valuable positions
@ first stop 4 tires,fuel, and front wing adj. P15 some cars did not pit Lloyd issued penalty for avoidable contact. Green flag! Interesting mix at front of the field for the restart, and of course ABC is still at commercial... has Comcast merged with NBC yet? GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen - Restarts
Green Flag. After most of field pitted and Viso stayed out, he is now P2. Moraes P9, Sato P10. Lap 19 of 60 Top three cars stayed out ...
Top 5 after 19 laps. Dixon, Viso, Tagliani, Castroneves, Power. 
Found in the S's...Dixon's wing when he and & Helio made contact. Alex Lloyd charged with hitting Wheldon. Sent to the back. This is NOYB according to ABC but. ...RT @: Lloyd issued penalty for avoidable contact. Green flag! Since ABC doesn't care to notice I'll keep the Matos updates coming, he just got Dario for 7th (3rd of cars who pitted under yellow) Romancini has a little spin in front of Patrick and keeps going. 
Mario Romancini works a little magic at The Glen. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCar Mario romancing the wheel saves it.
BTW: D&R says it's "mix and match" with drivers the rest of the season. I gathered it will be Graham at Toronto, but they wouldn't commit. There's been black flags for less. RT @: @ total chop by tracy. If danica does that? But for tracy it is ok for some reason. Somebody need to share with Alex Lloyd where the passing zones are and maybe do an eye exam. Random driver updates after 23 laps. Viso in 2nd, Matos in 7th, Mutoh in 15th, Tracy in 19th. Lap 23....JW P13 and PT P19.. Top 5 Dixon Viso Helio Tagliani Power
If you're not in front of a TV, you can follow live video and timing & scoring online, here: Viso will b pitting from 2nd place next lap. Alternate tires and fuel. I love Marty Reid, he's so surprised Dixon is still out there, yet Helio (who pitted on same lap) is not all that surprising in the least Dixon and Castroneves in to pits, moving Moraes to P5 and Sato to P10. hahaha even coming out of the pits Milka is too slow so Helio has to make it 3 wide between turns 1-2 This might bite me, but early returns on Adam Carroll are very good. Alex Lloyd retires from the race - mechanical (I think the Boy Scout couldn't handle being in the back of the pack) Lloyd has retired. It's lap 29 and Power is back in P1. Marco has been trying to pass TK for about 10 laps now, curious if he'd be more aggressive if it were someone else Uh Marco, exactly why would you expect @ to "let" you by? Top 3 are Power, Briscoe and Rafa @ You Goooooo CCWS! Rafa has lost telemetry and can now only communicate via radio with crew Is Will Power driving with his knees? Push-To-Pass - Of the top three, Matos has only 5 of his 20 pushes left.
Lap 35, Moraes P5, Sato P10 & Viso P18. Window for pitting is next few laps. Sato pitting lap 37, Moraes lap 38 Everyone in unison: That Power kid ain't bad. It's beautiful up there in Upstate NY, Watkins Glen gorge is amazing. Fun weekend, great place to watch racing! Def comng back @Power leads by 1.57 seconds and a couple of more P2P's and coming into the pits on LAP 37. Power and Briscoe take REDS
Briscoe beats Power out of the pits, don't think Power is going to settle for that even if they are teammates YELLOW Flag - Full course caution - DeSilvestra collects the ARAMCO barrier
The leaders who pitted before the Yellow, should be good to go 'till the end boo every time we're about to get a crazy set of strategies against each other we always manage to get a yellow to negate it all Yellow Flag lap 39 for de silvestro. Moraes and Sato have already pitted. Viso will pit once the pits are opened. Yellow flag. Grab another drink and enjoy the rest of the race. Dixon looses ground with the YELLOW Flag - will pit and end up at the end of pack ... Viso - REDS and Castroneves - Blacks also come in
New goal of Dixon and Helio: Get what they can. Hope it's a war, that is. @ Ill take Dario then... @ - You like a race like I like a race ... UGLY - War's on between Briscoe and Power @ came in for a slash of fuel to be able to run hard to the end @ I've never been fan of holding races on holiday wknds as people want to travel 2b w/ friends and family, not necessarily sports @ yeah agreed. The late local time of this race makes it a tough travel too. I didn't get home until 2 am in 2007 GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen - Restarts
Power takes Briscoe in the Bus Stop - Way to go! Power is a goddamn road animal. Thinking after today, IndyCar.com and @ may be the only way to watch the race when I am not there! Mad respect for will power he does not mess around. That's what happens when you have a quality driver RT @: Gotta admit when the @ car (cont) Lap 45 of 60. Moraes is P6, Viso is P15 & Sato is P18 Franchitti gets around Briscoe for P2 ... drops Briscoe to P3 - Power may actually get some competition A pass for 2nd = ABC at commercial we've got at least 7 more commercials in this race right? Let's see what Dario has for Will. Lots of racing left. Just heard someone say Dario keeps fuel in a vile in his pocket. LOL!
I think we've all got marty rattled now - oh wait he's always like that Some more random driver updates. Moraes in 6th, Wilson in 12th, Tag in 18th, Meria in P22. Good showing by P4 Matos P5 Wheldon P6 Moraes P7 RHR @ Chris Simmons - best fuel calc engineer on pit lane. My pick remains Dar-i-o on the farm-i-o Ten LAPS to go!
10 laps remain. Moraes remains P6, Viso moving up to P14 and Sato P19. Ten laps to go. Is Dario waiting for the right moment, or is Power too strong? It seems to me: The title comes down to Power or Dario. Drivers aren't afraid to kick up some dust. Looks like everyone's fighting for positions. [Photos] Go Daddy helmets - IZOD IndyCar Series posted a photo: Ready for the race. Dixon and HCN in a duel mid-pack! Power leading by .8620 Come on Dario!!!! Looks like Andretti, Dixon, Helio and Wilson are having some fun. Dario just picked up the pace. What happened to @ and carroll? They are a ways back now... Matos is having an impressive 4th place drive. But he's got company. Told Power he would be ok and the gap grows a little...that guy is awesome! Sooo fast! Mario Moraes got around Wheldon, don't worry about that ABC viewers, it was only for 5th place
Franchitti is 1.3 seconds behind Power. Hard to judge attendance by TV. I'd keep WG ahead of Mid O and Infineon based on qual of racing. Dario's mirrors all full of Briscoe Wow - looks like KV racing's drivers will both finish.... finally. Power's lead increases. P5-P8 looks like it could get exciting. Power will win barring air strike. 2 laps left, time to make a move if possible. Last Lap - Franchitti baubles and Briscoe takes over P2 on turn 1
Kanaan has to fuel then kills engine that sucks. IndyCar.com announcer just called Dario veggiemite (sp)...slightly disturbing! The only multiple winner in the ICS this year, breaks the Penske jinx of not winning from pole at Watkins Glen ... Will Power takes a win at the Glen!!!!
Rafa matches career best with 4th place finish. Nice bounce back by him and the team. Good job, Sunshine??? Will Power's new nickname?? Guess those Verizon commercials with he and Justin Allgaier haven't really worked. LOL! Congrats to Will Power. Some great drives. Matos, Moraes & Wheldon come to mind. Thoughts? Will Power is insane on the road and street courses. Made it look easy. 
Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen Podium: Power beat Briscoe by 1.2 seconds and Dario Franchitti finished third, ahead of Raphael Matos and Mario Moraes. Briscoe passed Franchitti entering the first turn of the final lap. Image Credit: IZOD IndyCarHow they fared (** denotes CCWS driver or team transition affliation):
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Will Power** Penske 1h40m27.4391s
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 1.2181s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 1.4573s
4. Raphael Matos** De Ferran Dragon + 5.3454s
5. Mario Moraes** KV** + 9.3229s
6. Dan Wheldon Panther + 9.7523s
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 10.5003s
8. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 12.0546s
9. Helio Castroneves Penske + 12.9834s
10. Justin Wilson** Dreyer & Reinbold + 13.5635s
11. EJ Viso** KV** + 18.7591s
12. Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas + 20.2279s
13. Marco Andretti Andretti + 26.6965s
14. Paul Tracy** Dreyer & Reinbold + 27.7310s
15. Takuma Sato KV** + 28.8774s
16. Adam Caroll AFS/Andretti + 29.3624s
17. Alex Tagliani** Fazzt + 35.3753s
18. Bertrand Baguette Conquest** + 36.5350s
19. Vitor Meira Foyt + 36.9869s
20. Danica Patrick Andretti + 38.2675s
21. Tony Kanaan Andretti + 38.6700s
22. Mario Romancini Conquest** + 1 lap
23. Milka Duno Dale Coyne** + 3 laps
Retirements
Simona de Silvestro HVM** 38 laps
Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne** 22 laps
(ht: autosport.com)
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