BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - IZOD IndyCar Series points leader Will Power won his second consecutive PEAK Performance Pole Award with a quick lap of 1 minute, 10.1356 seconds in qualifications for the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy Credit Union on April 11 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Power, driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, will attempt to be the first in IZOD IndyCar Series history to win the first three races of the season (and tie Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon and Kenny Brack in winning three in a row overall).

Mike Conway will make his first front-row start, posting a quick lap of 1:10.6501 in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing car. His previous best was sixth in back-to-back races at Watkins Glen and Toronto in '09.

Power's teammate, Helio Castroneves, will share Row 2 with Marco Andretti, who will make his second consecutive top-six start in the No. 26 Team Venom Energy car for Andretti Autosport. Castroneves, also was making his second consecutive Firestone Fast Six appearance, is three shy of 100 top-five starts in the series.

Scott Dixon, who extended his series record for top-10 starts to 35, will be on Row 3 in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car. He'll be joined by rookie Takuma Sato, who earned his highest start of the season in the No. 5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology car.

Also on April 10, Frenchman J.K. Vernay, driving the No. 7 Lucas Slick Mist/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, earned the pole position for the 40-lap Firestone Indy Lights Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on April 11. Charlie Kimball will start on the front row for the first time in his Firestone Indy Lights career.