For the first time in 43 years a rookie, Robert Schwartzman of the new PREMA Racing took a sensational pole award for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. It is the first rookie since 1983 to claim pole for the Greatest Spectacle In Racing and incredibly he drives the No.83 Chevrolet.
Schwartzman set a four-lap average of 232.790MPH to claim the NTT P1 Award while Takuma Sato starts the race from second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing just ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon in the No.9 PNC Bank Honda starts the race from fourth place with a speed of 232.052MPH while championship leader Alex Palou in the No.10 DHL Honda starts the race from sixth with a four lap average of 231.378MPH.
David Malukas starts the race from seventh, his best qualifying for The Greatest Spectacle In Racing for AJ Foyt Racing.
Christian Lundgaard starts the race from eighth place just ahead of Marcus Ericsson.
Team Penske lock out the fourth row Scott McLaughlin who crashed in practice while Josef Newgarden and Will Power were excluded from qualifying for failing tech.
Conor Daly in the No.76 ampm Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet starts 13th with a four-lap average of 231.725MPH.
Alexander Rossi in the No.20 Java House Chevrolet starts the race 14th just ahead of Kyffin Simpson and Ed Carpenter.
Santino Ferrucci starts 17th for AJ Foyt Racing with a speed of 231.593MPH.
Devlin DeFrancesco starts the race from 18th just ahead of Sting Ray Robb.
Christian Rasmussen starts the race from 20th just ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Kyle Larson who set a 231.326MPH.
Louis Foster starts the race from 22nd just ahead of Callum Ilott and Helio Castroneves.
Kyle Kirkwood starts 25th just ahead of Nolan Siegel and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Jack Harvey starts the race from 28th.
Colton Herta starts 29th for Andretti Global while Graham Rahal starts 30th.
Marco Andretti starts his 20th Indianapolis 500 from 31st for Andretti Global. Marcus Armstrong starts 32nd while Rinus VeeKay rounds out the grid in 33rd.