New Zealander Scott Dixon has won his first pole of the year and snapped Penske Racing’s streak of having the fastest car in IndyCar qualifying this season.

Dixon set a qualifying record of 1 minute, 10.3162 seconds on Saturday on the 3.2km Belle Isle Grand Prix course.

Penske’s Australian driver Will Power, the points leader, will start Sunday’s race second followed by Alex Tagliani of Canada and Simon Pagenaud of France.

Dixon earned Chip Ganassi Racing’s first pole and hopes to give the team its second straight win.

It will be tough for Dario Franchitti to do it – the Indianapolis 500 champion and Ganassi driver will start 15th in the 25-car field.

Dixon is a two-time series champion and 27-time winner overall.