{"id":266772,"date":"2026-06-07T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/palou-claims-pole-at-world-wide-technology-raceway-oward-and-lundgaard-fastest-in-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:50:11","slug":"palou-claims-pole-at-world-wide-technology-raceway-oward-and-lundgaard-fastest-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/palou-claims-pole-at-world-wide-technology-raceway-oward-and-lundgaard-fastest-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Palou claims pole at World Wide Technology Raceway; O’Ward and Lundgaard fastest in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palou claims pole at World Wide Technology Raceway; O’Ward and Lundgaard fastest in practice<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-07 14:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: kickinthetires.net<\/a><\/p>\n

By Austin Lawton, Staff Writer<\/p>\n

Alex Palou described World Wide Technology Raceway (WWT) as \u201cprobably my worst place\u201d on Saturday morning during a press conference.<\/p>\n

Later that afternoon, the Spaniard went and put the No.10 HRC Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing on pole for the 260-lap contest with a two-lap average of 174.353mph. Saturday\u2019s pole is the fourth consecutive pole award for Palou, who started his streak at the Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on May 8.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Palou, who didn\u2019t think a pole was possible earlier on Saturday morning, exceeded his own expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know. You always want to think that you can make it. Like, that\u2019s always the mindset,\u201d Palou said. \u201cI was not really confident about it. Like, we were shooting for pole, but I think in my head was more like if it\u2019s great, we can be like top five, P1 or P5. If it\u2019s not, it could be like 12th, which I think it happened last year or something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palou was over one mile-per-hour faster than second place David Malukas (173.244mph). In a repeat of Milwaukee last year, Malukas lost out on the top spot to Palou, but remains positive overall in his No.12 Team Penske Chevrolet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually feel very fortunate we were the third car to go. Obviously reverse order to go at the end. The earlier you went, I mean, it\u2019s going to be a lot harder to go. For me I feel fortunate. I think it\u2019s a really good result. There\u2019s a lot you can do from the front row.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In third and fourth, it was a pair of Honda\u2019s belonging to Kyle Kirkwood (173.206mph) and Felix Rosenqvist (172.953mph), respectively. Scott McLaughlin would complete the top five at 172.869mph in his Team Penske Chevrolet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEE: Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Starting Grid\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arrow McLaren would also have a successful day, with Pato O\u2019Ward (172.696mph) and Christian Lundgaard (169.791mph) fastest in the morning and evening practice sessions, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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