Indianapolis 500: Saturday Qualifying Results

The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is in its sixth race with the Indianapolis 500. Here are the qualification results after the first of two days of qualifying.

The top 9 drivers from today will qualify again tomorrow for a chance to start on pole for the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500. Everyone else will qualify in an attempt to start as high as 10th place in the race next Sunday, May 28th.

Note: (R) denotes an Indianapolis 500 rookie. Speeds are 4-lap average speeds.

1. Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet — 230.468 miles per hour
2. Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 230.382 miles per hour
3. Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 230.333 miles per hour
4. JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet — 230.205 miles per hour
5. Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda — 230.148 miles per hour
6. Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 230.072 miles per hour
7. Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 230.034 miles per hour
8. Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 230.007 miles per hour
9. Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 229.924 miles per hour
10. Ed Jones (R), #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — 229.717 miles per hour
11. Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 229.713 miles per hour
12. Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 229.656 miles per hour
13. Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 229.533 miles per hour
14. Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 229.390 miles per hour
15. Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 229.217 miles per hour
16. Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda — 228.835 miles per hour
17. Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 228.696 miles per hour
18. Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 228.645 miles per hour
19. James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 228.557 miles per hour
20. Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 228.393 miles per hour
21. Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet — 227.943 miles per hour
22. Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 227.853 miles per hour
23. Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet — 227.438 miles per hour
24. Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda — 227.150 miles per hour
25. Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 226.894 miles per hour
26. Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet — 226.875 miles per hour
27. Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet —225.912 miles per hour
28. Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet — 225.815 miles per hour
29. Spencer Pigot, #11, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet — 223.631 miles per hour
30. Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet — 221.427 miles per hour
31. Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — 219.282 miles per hour
32. Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — WRECK
33. Zach Veach (R), #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet — WILL NOT QUALIFY TODAY

Schedule

Qualifying for the race will take place tomorrow, Sunday, May 21st, 2017 as well and is set to last from 2:45 PM ET to 5:45 PM ET. The race is scheduled for Sunday, May 28th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ET. For a full pre-race and race schedule, click here.

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