Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Updates

By Christopher DeHarde, Staff Writer

Qualifying for the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 begins shortly. Positions 1-30 are locked in today, 36 cars going for 33 spots. Scroll down for later attempts, this is being updated as each car completes an attempt.

First up is Conor Daly in the No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda.

Lap 1: 228.839 mph
Lap 2: 228.192 mph
Lap 3: 227.687 mph
Lap 4: 227.419 mph

Average: 227.921 mph-Provisional Pole

Spencer Pigot in the No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 230.800 mph
Lap 2: 230.078 mph
Lap 3: 229.798 mph
Lap 4: 229.659 mph

Average: 230.083 mph-Provisional Pole

Alexander Rossi in the No. 27 Andretti Autosport Honda

Lap 1: 229.524 mph
Lap 2: 229.124 mph
Lap 3: 228.495 mph
Lap 4: 228.126 mph

Average: 228.816 mph

Grid so far:

21 27 25

Ed Carpenter in the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 230.028 mph
Lap 2: 229.529 mph
Lap 3: 229.072 mph
Lap 4: 228.772 mph

Average: 229.349 mph

Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan Honda

Lap 1: 229.726 mph
Lap 2: 229.760 mph
Lap 3: 226.777 mph
Lap 4: 228.962 mph

Average: 228.800 mph

Tony Kanaan in the No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevolet

Lap 1: 228.630 mph
Lap 2: 228.200 mph
Lap 3: 227.881 mph
Lap 4: 227.771 mph

Average: 228.120 mph

Grid so far:

21 20 27
18 14 25

Marco Andretti in the No. 98 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb Agajanian

Lap 1: 229.626 mph
Lap 2: 228.920 mph
Lap 3: 228.429 mph
Lap 4: 228.055 mph

Average: 228.756 mph

Charlie Kimball in the No. 23 Carlin Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.305 mph
Lap 2: 227.910 mph
Lap 3: 227.951 mph
Lap 4: 227.496 mph

Average: 227.915 mph

Will Power in the No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet

Lap 1: 230.433 mph
Lap 2: 230.197 mph
Lap 3: 229.859 mph
Lap 4: 229.836 mph

Average: 230.081 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 20
27 18 98
14 25 23

Ben Hanley in the No. 81 DragonSpeed Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.283 mph
Lap 2: 226.321 mph
Lap 3: 225.369 mph
Lap 4: 224.841 mph

Average: 225.950 mph

Max Chilton in the No. 59 Carlin Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.603 mph
Lap 2: 227.097 mph
Lap 3: 226.432 mph
Lap 4: 226.609 mph

Average: 226.934 mph

Jack Harvey in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.566 mph
Lap 2: 227.929 mph
Lap 3: 227.618 mph
Lap 4: 226.675 mph

Average: 227.695 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 20
27 18 98
14 25 23
60 59 81

Santino Ferrucci in the No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.293 mph
Lap 2: 228.083 mph
Lap 3: 227.404 mph
Lap 4: 227.147 mph

Average: 227.731 mph

Marcus Ericsson in the No. 7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda

Lap 1: 229.015 mph
Lap 2: 228.217 mph
Lap 3: 228.443 mph
Lap 4: 228.371 mph

Average: 228.511 mph

James Davison in the No. 33 Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi Honda

Lap 1: 229.247 mph
Lap 2: 228.102 mph
Lap 3: 227.885 mph
Lap 4: 227.865 mph

Average: 228.273 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 20
27 18 98
7 33 14
25 23 19
60 59 81

Ed Jones in the No. 63 Ed Carpenter Racing with Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet

Lap 1: 231.015 mph
Lap 2: 230.070 mph
Lap 3: 229.110 mph
Lap 4: 227.595 mph

Average: 229.440 mph

Takuma Sato in the No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.779 mph
Lap 2: 228.257 mph
Lap 3: 227.866 mph
Lap 4: 228.299 mph

Average: 228.300 mph

Simon Pagenaud in the No. 22 Team Penske Chevrolet

Lap 1: 230.521 mph
Lap 2: 229.862 mph
Lap 3: 229.728 mph
Lap 4: 229.309 mph

Average: 229.854 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 22
63 20 27
18 98 7
30 33 14
25 23 19
60 59 81

Pippa Mann in the No. 39 Clauson-Marshall Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.369 mph
Lap 2: 227.380 mph
Lap 3: 226.484 mph
Lap 4: 226.751 mph

Average: 227.244 mph

Fernando Alonso in the No. 66 McLaren Chevrolet

Lap 1: 226.971 mph
Lap 2: 225.037 mph
Lap 3: 224.641 mph
Lap 4: 223.825 mph

Average: 225.113 mph

Sage Karam in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 225.586 mph
Lap 2: 226.276 mph
Lap 3: 219.328 mph
Lap 4: 194.909 mph

Average: 215.723 mph

Karam backed out of it in the last two laps.

Grid so far:

21 12 22
63 20 27
18 98 7
30 33 14
25 23 19
60 39 59
81 66 24

Jordan King in the No. 42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 226.187 mph
Lap 2: 227.871 mph
Lap 3: 225.816 mph
Lap 4: 226.786 mph

Average: 226.662 mph

Helio Castroneves in the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet

Lap 1: 229.543 mph
Lap 2: 228.557 mph
Lap 3: 228.079 mph
Lap 4: 227.918 mph

Average: 228.523 mph

Josef Newgarden in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet

Lap 1: 230.130 mph
Lap 2: 229.734 mph
Lap 3: 229.779 mph
Lap 4: 229.357 mph

Average: 229.749 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 22
2 63 20
27 18 98
3 7 30
33 14 25
23 19 60
39 59 42
81 66 24

Oriol Servia in the No. 77 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda

Lap 1: 228.563 mph
Lap 2: 228.359 mph
Lap 3: 228.247 mph
Lap 4: 227.226 mph

Average: 227.991 mph

Scott Dixon in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.408 mph
Lap 2: 228.244 mph
Lap 3: 227.684 mph
Lap 4: 227.210 mph

Average: 227.886 mph

James Hinchcliffe in the No. 5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda

Lap 1: 228.159 mph

Hinchcliffe crashed coming off of Turn 2. He is out of the car.

Patricio O’Ward in the No. 31 Carlin Chevrolet

Lap 1: 226.483 mph
Lap 2: 226.289 mph
Lap 3: 225.762 mph
Lap 4: 224.384 mph

Average: 225.727 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 22
2 63 20
27 18 98
3 7 30
33 14 77
25 23 9
19 60 39
59 42 81
31 66 24

Graham Rahal in the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 227.180 mph
Lap 2: 227.067 mph
Lap 3: 227.207 mph
Lap 4: 226.926 mph

Average: 227.095 mph

Matheus Leist in the No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.552 mph
Lap 2: 227.706 mph
Lap 3: 224.144 mph
Lap 4: 226.535 mph

Average: 226.727 mph

J.R. Hildebrand in the No. 48 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 229.211 mph
Lap 2: 226.896 mph
Lap 3: 226.974 mph
Lap 4: 224.310 mph

Average: 227.244 mph

Ryan Hunter-Reay in the No. 28 Andretti Autosport Honda

Lap 1: 228.656 mph
Lap 2: 228.080 mph
Lap 3: 227.431 mph
Lap 4: 227.347 mph

Average: 227.877 mph

Karam bumped from the Top 30 cars.

Kyle Kaiser failed to leave within 60 seconds after stalling his engine. Kaiser forfeited his guaranteed attempt to make the field.

Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Lap 1: 227.493 mph
Lap 2: 226.462 mph
Lap 3: 226.563 mph
Lap 4: 226.440 mph

Average: 226.739 mph

Rosenqvist bumps Alonso from the field.

Colton Herta in the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda

Lap 1: 229.669 mph
Lap 2: 229.164 mph
Lap 3: 228.896 mph
Lap 4: 228.406 mph

Average: 229.033 mph

Herta bumps Andretti from the Fast Nine, O’Ward from the top 30.

Zach Veach in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda

Lap 1: 228.348 mph
Lap 2: 227.405 mph
Lap 3: 226.819 mph
Lap 4: 226.800 mph

Average: 227.341 mph

Veach bumps Hanley from the top 30.

Kyle Kaiser in the No. 32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.104 mph
Lap 2: 226.407 mph
Lap 3: 226.059 mph
Lap 4: 224.123 mph

Average: 225.918 mph

J.R. Hildebrand in the No. 48 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.568 mph
Lap 2: 227.901 mph
Lap 3: 226.010 mph
Lap 4: 226.272 mph

Average: 227.183 mph

Hildebrand improved to 25th from 27th.

Karam’s second attempt was waved off after two laps.

Andretti’s next run was waved off after one lap.

Ben Hanley in the No. 81 DragonSpeed Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.521 mph
Lap 2: 227.056 mph
Lap 3: 226.552 mph
Lap 4: 225.645 mph

Average: 226.692 mph

Hanley bumps King from the top 30.

Jordan King in the No. 42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 227.599 mph
Lap 2: 227.250 mph
Lap 3: 226.860 mph
Lap 4: 224.712 mph

Average: 227.105 mph

King bumps Hanley from the field.

Scott Dixon in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.656 mph
Lap 2: 228.155 mph
Lap 3: 228.077 mph
Lap 4: 227.514 mph

Average: 228.100 mph

Dixon improves to 16th from 19th.

Matheus Leist in the No. 4 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.091 mph
Lap 2: 227.785 mph
Lap 3: 227.467 mph
Lap 4: 227.525 mph

Average: 227.717 mph

Leist improves to 22nd from 30th.

Grid so far:

21 12 22
2 63 20
27 88 18
98 3 7
30 33 14
9 77 25
23 28 19
4 60 26
39 48 42
15 59 10

Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.017 mph
Lap 2: 227.200 mph
Lap 3: 226.789 mph
Lap 4: 226.791 mph

Average: 227.198 mph

Rosenqvist improves to 26th.

Fernando Alonso in the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.464 mph
Lap 2: 226.211 mph
Lap 3: 223.608 mph

Attempt waved off.

Conor Daly in the No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda

Lap 1: 229.226 mph
Lap 2: 228.497 mph
Lap 3: 228.403 mph
Lap 4: 228.344 mph

Average: 228.617 mph

Daly improves to P11.

Graham Rahal in the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.546 mph
Lap 2: 227.228 mph
Lap 3: 227.416 mph
Lap 4: 226.398 mph

Average: 227.394 mph

James Hinchcliffe in the No. 5T Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda

Lap 1: 226.356 mph
Lap 2: 226.170 mph
Lap 3: 225.105 mph
Lap 4: 174.735 mph

Average: 210.475 mph

Zach Veach in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda

Lap 1: 227.942 mph
Lap 2: 226.992 mph
Lap 3: 227.009 mph
Lap 4: 226.869 mph

Average: 227.202 mph

Veach keeps his earlier average of 227.341 average.

Kyle Kaiser in the No. 32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 226.394 mph
Lap 2: 225.741 mph
Lap 3: 225.358 mph

Attempt waved off after three laps

Fernando Alonso in the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.790 mph
Lap 2: 227.505 mph
Lap 3: 226.260 mph
Lap 4: 226.452 mph

Average: 227.000 mph

Grid so far:

21 12 22
2 63 20
27 88 18
98 25 3
7 30 33
14 9 77
23 28 19
4 60 15
26 39 10
28 42 66

Max Chilton in the No. 59 Carlin Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.006 mph
Lap 2: 226.487 mph
Lap 3: 226.136 mph
Lap 4: 225.790 mph

Average: 226.354 mph

Chilton remains outside the top 30.

Helio Castroneves in the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.810 mph
Lap 2: 228.142 mph
Lap 3: 228.018 mph
Lap 4: 227.673 mph

Average: 228.160 mph

Castroneves does not improve on his previous lap speed of 228.523 mph.

Marco Andretti in the No. 98 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb/Agajanian

Lap 1: 229.543 mph
Lap 2: 228.349 mph
Lap 3: 226.974 mph

Waved off after three laps.

Patricio O’Ward in the No. 31 Carlin Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.646 mph
Lap 2: 227.066 mph
Lap 3: 227.183 mph
Lap 4: 226.367 mph

Average: 227.065 mph

Fernando Alonso in the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.163 mph
Lap 2: 226.807 mph
Lap 3: 226.496 mph
Lap 4: 217.488 mph

Average: 224.414 mph

Alonso backed off during the last lap.

Colton Herta in the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda

Lap 1: 229.791 mph
Lap 2: 229.570 mph
Lap 3: 229.126 mph
Lap 4: 229.425 mph

Average: 229.478 mph

Herta improves to fifth from eighth.

James Hinchcliffe in the No. 5T Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda

Lap 1: 227.268 mph
Lap 2: 226.755 mph
Lap 3: 226.952 mph
Lap 4: 225.155 mph

Average: 226.530 mph

Hinchcliffe does not make the top 30.

Jordan King in the No. 42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 227.789 mph
Lap 2: 227.702 mph
Lap 3: 227.444 mph
Lap 4: 227.075 mph

Average: 227.502 mph

King improves to 24th from 29th.

Sage Karam in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.199 mph
Lap 2: 226.715 mph
Lap 3: 226.197 mph
Lap 4: 226.386 mph

Average: 226.871 mph

Karam does not make the Top 30.

Grid so far:

21 12 22
2 88 63
20 27 18
98 25 3
7 30 33
14 9 77
23 28 19
4 60 42
15 26 39
10 48 31

Patricio O’Ward in the No. 31 Carlin Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.235 mph
Lap 2: 227.020 mph
Lap 3: 226.795 mph
Lap 4: 226.541 mph

Average: 226.897 mph

O’Ward does not improve and because he pulled his time his new average is 226.897 mph instead of 227.065 mph.

Max Chilton in the No. 59 Carlin Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 226.727 mph
Lap 2: 226.657 mph
Lap 3: 226.509 mph
Lap 4: 225.396 mph

Average: 226.321 mph

Ben Hanley in the No. 81 DragonSpeed Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.932 mph
Lap 2: 227.692 mph
Lap 3: 227.353 mph
Lap 4: 226.953 mph

Average: 227.482 mph

Hanley moves to 25th. 30 minutes to go.

Fernando Alonso in the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.999 mph
Lap 2: 227.231 mph
Lap 3: 226.921 mph
Lap 4: 226.748 mph

Average: 227.224 mph

Alonso is 29th.

Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Lap 1: 227.743 mph
Lap 2: 227.525 mph
Lap 3: 227.187 mph
Lap 4: 226.735 mph

Average: 227.297 mph

Rosenqvist improves to 28th, bumps Hildebrand.

Kyle Kaiser in the No. 32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 226.393 mph
Lap 2: 226.529 mph
Lap 3: 225.816 mph

Run waved off.

James Hinchcliffe

Lap 1: 227.363 mph
Lap 2: 227.020 mph
Lap 3: 226.736 mph
Lap 4: 226.706 mph

Average: 226.956 mph

Not fast enough for top 30.

Sage Karam in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 227.927 mph
Lap 2: 227.015 mph
Lap 3: 226.531 mph
Lap 4: 226.337 mph

Average: 226.951 mph

Not fast enough for the top 30

J.R. Hildebrand in the No. 48 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet

Lap 1: 228.786 mph
Lap 2: 228.210 mph
Lap 3: 227.594 mph
Lap 4: 227.050 mph

Average: 227.908 mph

Hildebrand is 20th.

Graham Rahal in the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Lap 1: 228.565 mph
Lap 2: 228.333 mph
Lap 3: 228.254 mph
Lap 4: 227.270 mph

Average: 228.104 mph

Rahal qualified 17th. The gun has sounded and qualifying is over today.

Top 30:

21 12 22
2 88 63
20 27 18
98 25 3
7 30 33
14 15 9
77 23 48
28 19 4

 

The Last Row Shootout will take place Sunday, weather permitting. If not Sunday, the shootout will take place Monday. The six drivers that will participate:

Fernando Alonso
Max Chilton
James Hinchcliffe
Kyle Kaiser
Sage Karam
Patricio O’Ward