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Will Power, winner of the first two races of the 2010 season, won the pole for the eighth race of the season Saturday when he was fastest for the Iowa Corn 359.

Power, of Team Penske, turn a lap at 181.337 mph at Iowa Speedway to get the pole for Sunday’s race.

Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing was second fastest and Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport was third.

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Qualifying Saturday for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed:

1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 181.337

2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 181.332

3. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 181.005

4. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 180.884

5. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 180.859

6. (77) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 180.851

7. (5) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 180.672

8. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 180.672

9. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 180.085

10. (4) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 179.902

11. (22) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 179.875

12. (37) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 179.666

13. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 179.615

14. (19) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 179.366

15. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 179.109

16. (32) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 178.974

17. (24) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 178.312

18. (67) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 178.185

19. (8) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 178.091

20. (78) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 177.919

21. (2) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 177.842

22. (36) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 177.224

23. (34) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 176.436

24. (06) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 173.468

25. (18) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, no speed.

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