The checkered flag has fallen on two days of qualifying and the field is officially set for the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
Six-time NTT IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon delivered one of the history books with an electrifying four-lap dash of 234.046 mph for the fastest Indy 500 pole run ever.
While this marks Dixon’s fifth Indy 500 pole (second all-time), it was perhaps an even more impressive performance by Chip Ganassi Racing who, along with claiming the top spot, put four of its five cars in the top six starting spots. At 47 years young, the ageless wonder, 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, will start sixth in the No. 1 CGR Honda.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean was the shining light for Andretti Autosport and will make his Indy 500 debut from ninth.
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, piloting the fifth CGR entry, claimed the 12th starting spot for his debut in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.
Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden will start 14th in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet, while 2019 Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud will start 16th with new outfit Meyer Shank Racing.
Among other notables include Alexander Rossi, who will have to come from 20th if he hopes to win a second Borg-Warner Trophy. Rossi’s Andretti Autosport teammates, Marco Andretti, rookie Devlin DeFrancesco and Colton Herta, will start 23rd, 24th and 25th, respectively.
Defending and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves will make his ‘Drive for Five’ from 27th in the No. 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda.
Two-time Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya will start 30th.
Stefan Wilson, the only driver to not record a time in qualifying, will start in the final spot among the field of 33 in the No. 25 DragonSpeed / Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet.
| Pos | Car No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Avg Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||||
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 234.046 |
| 2 | 10 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 233.499 |
| 3 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 233.385 |
| Row 2 | |||||
| 4 | 33 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 233.080 |
| 5 | 8 | Marcus Ercisson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 232.764 |
| 6 | 1 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 232.372 |
| Row 3 | |||||
| 7 | 5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevy | 232.705 |
| 8 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevy | 232.182 |
| 9 | 28 | Romain Grosjean (R) | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 231.999 |
| Row 4 | |||||
| 10 | 51 | Takuma Sato | Dale Coyne Racing with RWR | Honda | 231.670 |
| 11 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevy | 231.534 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 231.264 |
| Row 5 | |||||
| 13 | 18 | David Malukas (R) | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | 231.607 |
| 14 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevy | 231.580 |
| 15 | 23 | Santino Ferrucci | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevy | 231.508 |
| Row 6 | |||||
| 16 | 60 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 231.275 |
| 17 | 11 | JR Hildebrand | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevy | 231.112 |
| 18 | 20 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 230.999 |
| Row 7 | |||||
| 19 | 77 | Callum Ilott (R) | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevy | 230.961 |
| 20 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 230.812 |
| 21 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 230.766 |
| Row 8 | |||||
| 22 | 24 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevy | 230.464 |
| 23 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 230.345 |
| 24 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco (R) | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 230.326 |
| Row 9 | |||||
| 25 | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 230.235 |
| 26 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevy | 230.154 |
| 27 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 229.630 |
| Row 10 | |||||
| 28 | 14 | Kyle Kirkwood (R) | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevy | 229.406 |
| 29 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevy | 228.916 |
| 30 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevy | 228.622 |
| Row 11 | |||||
| 31 | 30 | Christian Lundgaard (R) | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 227.053 |
| 32 | 45 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 226.851 |
| 33 | 25 | Stefan Wilson | DragonSpeed / Cusick Motorsports | Chevy | No Time |
