Ferrucci pulls off IndyCar qualifying shocker in Portland [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — Santino Ferrucci won the first pole of his IndyCar career on Saturday and gave AJ Foyt Racing the top starting spot at Portland International Raceway.

Ferrucci, who is benefiting from a first-year alliance between Foyt and Team Penske, pulled off the shocking result by out-qualifying Penske driver Will Power — the best qualifier in IndyCar history.

It was the first pole for Foyt since Takuma Sato won the top starting spot at Detroit a decade ago. Team President Larry Foyt was waiting for post-qualifying media obligations to end before calling his 89-year-old father at home in Texas about the pole.

“It’s huge. I think you could see how happy everybody is, because you know, a couple of years ago it was very much a struggle,” Larry Foyt …