Simon Pagenaud won the pole position for next Sunday’s 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500, posting a four-lap average speed of 229.992 mph.
The Indianapolis 500 pole is the first for Pagenaud on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Pagenaud won the IndyCar Grand Prix on the track’s interior road course last weekend.
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“It’s just amazing,” Pagenaud told NBC Sports following his pole run. “Obviously, last week was amazing, but this is even more special.
“Team Penske has been phenomenal at giving me the best equipment. I can’t thank them enough.”
Pagenaud will start on the inside of the front row in next Sunday’s race. He is joined by second-place Ed Carpenter in the middle, and third-place Spencer Pigot on the outside.
Here is the starting grid for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500:
(Qualifying position, driver, engine, four-lap qualifying speed average)
Row 1
(1.) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 229.992 mph
(2.) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 229.889 mph
(3.) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 229.826 mph
Row 2
(4.) Ed Jones, Chevrolet, 229.646 mph
(5.) Colton Herta, Honda, 229.086 mph
(6.) Will Power, Chevrolet, 228.645 mph
Row 3
(7.) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 228.621 mph
(8.) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 228.396 mph
(9.) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 228.247 mph
Row 4
(10.) Marco Andretti, Honda, 228.756 mph
(11.) Conor Daly, Honda, 228.617 mph
(12.) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 228.523 mph
Row 5
(13.) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 228.511 mph
(14.) Takuma Sato, Honda, 228.300
(15.) James Davison, Honda, 228.273 mph
Row 6
(16.) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 228.120 mph
(17.) Graham Rahal, Honda, 228.104 mph
(18.) Scott Dixon, Honda, 228.100 mph
Row 7
(19.) Oriol Servia, Honda, 227.991 mph
(20.) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 227.915 mph
(21.) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 227.908 mph
Row 8
(22.) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 227.877 mph
(23.) Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 227.731 mph
(24.) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 227.717 mph
Row 9
(25.) Jack Harvey, Honda, 227.695 mph
(26.) Jordan King, Honda, 227.502 mph
(27.) Ben Hanley, Chevrolet, 227.482 mph
Row 10
(28.) Zach Veach, Honda, 227.341 mph
(29.) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 227.297 mph
(30.) Pippa Mann, Chevrolet, 227.244 mph
Row 11
(31.) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 227.740 mph
(32.) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 227.543 mph
(33.) Kyle Kaiser, Chevrolet, 227.372 mph
Fernando Alonso, Patricio O’Ward and Max Chilton all failed to qualify for the race after being bumped from the field during the preceding Last Row Shootout.
Coverage of the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 begins next Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. ET on NBCSN, then moves over to NBC at 11:00 a.m. ET.