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Sweep in sight, Newgarden takes pole in Detroit

Josef Newgarden has won his first pole of the season, setting him up to sweep the Detroit Grand Prix races.

The Team Penske driver turned the fastest lap at 1 minute, 14.8607 seconds in qualifying Sunday, a day after he won on Belle Isle for his second victory of the year.

"We've just got to try to finish off the second race," Newgarden said. "I think it's going to be physical today, really hard to get through it, so we've got to focus on [finishing] off the weekend."

Alexander Rossi, who has finished second in the past two races, will start second. Zach Veach will start a career-best third, followed by rookie Colton Herta and James Hinchcliffe.

Indianapolis 500 champion Simon Pagenaud will begin in the second half of the 22-car field, qualifying 14th. He began Saturday's race 13th and finished sixth as Newgarden joined him as IndyCar's two-time winners this year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.