It was the first pole for A.J. Foyt Racing since Takuma Sato won the top starting spot at Detroit a decade ago.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Santino Ferrucci won the first pole of his IndyCar career on Saturday and gave AJ Foyt Racing the top starting spot at Portland International Raceway.
Ferrucci, who is benefiting from a first-year alliance between Foyt and Team Penske, pulled off the shocking result by out-qualifying Penske driver Will Power — the best qualifier in IndyCar history.
It was the first pole for Foyt since Takuma Sato won the top starting spot at Detroit a decade ago. Team President Larry Foyt was waiting for post-qualifying media obligations to end before calling his 89-year-old father at home in Texas about the pole.
“It’s huge. I think you could see how happy everybody is, because you know, a couple of years ago it was very much a struggle,” …