Josef Newgarden and Alex Palou take IndyCar pole for Iowa double-header - See full starting orders for Race 1 and 2 at Iowa Speedway

The Iowa doubleheader saw Josef Newgarden and Alex Palou take pole position for the IndyCar doubleheader at the Iowa Speedway. The Team Penske driver emerged as the pole sitter for Race 1 at Iowa, while the Spaniard secured the pole position for Race 2.

The 27-car grid lined up to fight it out for pole position at the IndyCar Iowa race weekend. The seventh-eighth of a mile track posed a quick challenge for the drivers to cater to as the field was spread in a wide range of qualifying speeds.

Rookie Jacob Abel was understood to remain in the lower half of the field as he qualified with one of the slowest times after a subpar attempt. He was pipped by his teammate, Rinus VeeKay, for the unfortunate lowly place in the race 2 qualifications.

On the other hand, Team Penske was understood to dominate the qualifying segment after Newgarden put some stonking laptimes, a trend which Scott McLaughlin looked keen on following. After an impressive warmup lap average speed, fans were glued to the driving of the Kiwi, expecting him to take provisional pole, but the 32-year-old spun on his first qualifying attempt and crashed into the barriers.

Though he climbed out of the car unscathed, this incident shattered his dreams of continuing his streak of taking pole position at the tri-oval circuit. All while Will Power continued a strong showing for Team Penske after a respectable top-10 qualification for both races.

On the other hand, Newgarden's hold of the top spot in the Race 2 qualifying soon loosened as first David Malukas and then Felix Rosenqvist chipped away. However, no one could stop the Alex Palou hype train as the Spaniard clinched his fourth IndyCar pole position of the season for the Race 2 starting order by becoming the sole driver to post a laptime with an average speed of 184mph.

Starting order for the IndyCar Synk 275 at the Iowa Speedway

1. #2 Josef Newgarden
2. #76 Conor Daly
3. #60 Felix Rosenqvist
4. #10 Alex Palou
5. #5 Pato O'Ward
6. #9 Scott Dixon
7. #12 Will Power
8. #6 Nolan Siegel
9. #14 Santino Ferrucci
10. #4 David Malukas
11. #66 Marcus Armstrong
12. #45 Louis Foster
13. #20 Alexander Rossi
14. #15 Graham Rahal
15. #28 Marcus Ericsson
16. #83 Robert Shwartzman
17. #90 Callum Ilott
18. #27 Kyle Kirkwood
19. #21 Christian Rasmussen
20. #30 Devlin DeFrancesco
21. #7 Christian Lundgaard
22. #8 Kyffin Simpson
23. #26 Colton Herta
24. #77 Sting Ray Robb
25. #18 Rinus VeeKay
26. #51 Jacob Abel
27. #3 Scott McLaughlin

Starting order for the IndyCar Farm to Finish 275 at the Iowa Speedway

1. #10 Alex Palou
2. #60 Felix Rosenqvist
3. #4 David Malukas
4. #2 Josef Newgarden
5. #6 Nolan Siegel
6. #12 Will Power
7. #76 Conor Daly
8. #9 Scott Dixon
9. #5 Pato O'Ward
10. #15 Graham Rahal
11. #83 Robert Shwartzman
12. #66 Marcus Armstrong
13. #90 Callum Ilott
14. #28 Marcus Ericsson
15. #20 Alexander Rossi
16. #45 Louis Foster
17. #21 Christian Rasmussen
18. #8 Kyffin Simpson
19. #26 Colton Herta
20. #14 Santino Ferrucci
21. #27 Kyle Kirkwood
22. #7 Christian Lundgaard
23. #30 Devlin DeFrancesco
24. #77 Sting Ray Robb
25. #51 Jacob Abel
26. #18 Rinus VeeKay
27. #3 Scott McLaughlin

Edited by Luke Koshi