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Scott Dixon Takes Pole for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500

ByAsher Fair|
May 18, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon drives across the yard of bricks during practice for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
May 18, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon drives across the yard of bricks during practice for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
May 18, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon drives across the yard of bricks during practice for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
May 18, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Verizon IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon drives across the yard of bricks during practice for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is in its sixth race with the Indianapolis 500. Here are the qualification results for the race.

For the third time in his career and second time in three years, Scott Dixon will start on the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Two-time polesitter Ed Carpenter and defending race winner Alexander Rossi will join him on row 1.

Dixon posted a 4-lap average speed of 232.164 miles per hour (average of 38.766 seconds per lap) to claim the top spot on the starting grid for the race. The speed is the top pole speed since the late Scott Brayton’s 233.718 miles per hour average in 1996.

The pole for Dixon was also just Honda’s fourth since the second race of the Houston doubleheader in 2014.

Carpenter was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver and one of only three Chevrolet drivers who qualified in the top 17. All three of those drivers made it into the fast 9.

Here are full qualification results from Sunday’s Indy 500 qualification session. The top 9 were locked into the top 9 from yesterday’s speeds, so despite some drivers outside of the top 9 being faster than some inside the top 9, the drivers that locked into the top 9 yesterday will start farther up front.

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

  1. Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 232.164 miles per hour
  2. Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet — 231.664 miles per hour
  3. Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda — 231.487 miles per hour
  4. Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 231.365 miles per hour
  5. Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 231.300 miles per hour
  6. JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet — 230.889 miles per hour
  7. Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 230.828 miles per hour
  8. Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 230.474 miles per hour
  9. Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 230.200 miles per hour
  10. Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 231.442 miles per hour
  11. Ed Jones (R), #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — 230.578 miles per hour
  12. Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda — 230.309 miles per hour
  13. Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 230.271 miles per hour
  14. Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda — 230.253 miles per hour
  15. Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 230.068 miles per hour
  16. Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda — 229.956 miles per hour
  17. James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 229.860 miles per hour
  18. Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 229.565 miles per hour
  19. Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 229.515 miles per hour
  20. Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda — 229.414 miles per hour
  21. Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet — 229.380 miles per hour
  22. Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 228.501 miles per hour
  23. Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet — 228.093 miles per hour
  24. Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet — 227.921 miles per hour
  25. Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet — 226.921 miles per hour
  26. Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet — 226.439 miles per hour
  27. Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda — 225.742 miles per hour
  28. Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — 225.008 miles per hour
  29. Spencer Pigot, #11, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet — 224.052 miles per hour
  30. Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet — 223.417 miles per hour
  31. Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet — 221.142 miles per hour
  32. Zach Veach (R), #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet — 221.081 miles per hour
  33. James Davison, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda — DID NOT QUALIFY

Schedule

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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