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LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) --
Will Power hit the curb, felt his No. 12 Team Penske Honda slide into the wet morning grass and braced himself.
This is the moment in the season when championships are lost, Power thought, as he careened into a tire barrier, his car's rear wing now a jumbled mess.
Maybe some years. But not this season. Not for this driver. Not for this team.
The Australian recovered from his stumble in practice to capture the pole for Sunday's IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio, turning in a lap time of 107.199 at the twisting 2.258-mile course. Power tied an IndyCar record with his seventh pole of the season, matching the mark set by teammate
Helio Castroneves in 2007.
It's heady territory for IndyCar's King of the Road, a driver who endured a horrific crash in Sonoma last year that left his back in tatters and his career in question.
Now, with less than two months to go in the season, the affable 29-year-old finds himself in firm command of the points race. He'll take a 54-point lead over
Dario Franchitti into the 85-lap event.
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