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Dale Coyne Racing's Mike Conway has earned pole for the second IndyCar race to be presented this weekend in Detroit. The Briton had qualified third for the first race.

Conway set the fastest overall time in the first test of the new double-header qualifying system, leading the second group with a 1m18.0977s.

His nearest rival from the group was Penske's Will Power, who was only 0.06 second behind. The Australian will start third.

James Jakes completes an all-British front row after setting the fastest time from the first group.

The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver's 1m18.1704s beat Ryan Hunter-Reay's lap by just 0.0590s. The reigning champion will start from fourth, with race one pole sitter EJ Viso and Simon Pagenaud to complete the third row.

Mike Conway (Photo: 2mb Sports Management ltd)

Qualifying results ahead of race 2 - Detroit (IndyCar)
1.Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1'18"0977 - GR2
2.James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1'18"1704 - GR1
3.Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1'18"7035 - GR2
4.Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1'18"2294 - GR
5.Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1'18"7810 - GR2
6.Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1'18"8147 - GR1
7.Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1'18"8366 - GR2
8.Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1'18"9558 - GR1
9.Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1'18"8851 - GR2
10.James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1'18"9742 - GR1
11.Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 1'19"2503 - GR2
12.AJ Allmendinger (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1'19"4048 - GR1
13.Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - 1'19"5418 - GR2
14.Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1'19"4625 - GR1
15.Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1'19"7555 - GR2
16.Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1'19"5554 - GR1
17.Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1'20"0460 - GR2
18.Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1'19"6196 - GR1
19.Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1'20"1511 - GR2
20.Tristan Vautier (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1'19"7928 - GR1
21.Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 1'20"1557 - GR2
22.Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 1'19"9175 - GR1
23.Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1'22"5913 - GR2
24.Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1'20"7274 - GR1
25.Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 1'22"4482 - GR1