Qualifying for the fourth race of the 2018 IndyCar season is in the books, and Josef Newgarden is set to start from the pole position.
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden delivered Chevrolet their first pole of the 2018 IndyCar season by taking the pole position for tomorrow’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park natural terrain road course in Birmingham, Alabama.
Newgarden took the pole position in his #1 Chevrolet ahead of his teammate Will Power with a lap time of 67.4413 seconds (122.773 miles per hour) around the challenging road course. Power qualifying in 2nd place gave Chevrolet and Team Penske a front row lockout for tomorrow’s race.
However, behind Newgarden and Power were six straight Honda drivers from 3rd place all the way down through 8th, with Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais, Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports James Hinchcliffe, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti and Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi qualifying in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, respectively.
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Aside of the top 2 qualifiers, the next highest qualifying Chevrolet driver was Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud in 9th place. The highest qualifying non-Team Penske Chevrolet drivers were Carlin Motorsport teammates Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball in 13th and 14th place, respectively, following very solid qualifying runs for the sport’s newest teams.
You can watch this qualifying session re-air on NBC Sports Network starting at 6:30 pm ET tonight. Prior to tomorrow’s race, there will not be any more track time for these drivers. The race is set to begin at 3:30 pm ET tomorrow, and the broadcast is set to begin at 3:00 pm ET on NBC Sports Network. There is a lot of rain in the forecast, which could make things very, very interesting.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 5 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 6 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 7 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 9 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 11 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 12 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 13 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 16 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 17 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 19 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network tomorrow at 3:00 pm ET to watch the live broadcast of the fourth of 17 races on the 2018 IndyCar schedule, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.