IndyCar: 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race 1 qualifying results – Marco Andretti takes pole
By Asher Fair
Marco Andretti qualified on pole for the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, the seventh race of the 2018 IndyCar season.
For the first time since the 2013 IndyCar season, Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti is set to start an IndyCar race from the pole position after he claimed the pole in qualifying for the seventh race of the 2018 IndyCar season, which is the first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit.
Andretti, who now has five career poles and had not taken a pole position since he did so for the 2013 race at Pocono Raceway, recorded a lap at 74.8514 seconds (113.024 miles per hour) around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. This pole is his first career pole for a road or street course race.
That lap was nearly a full half-second faster than any other lap recorded by any other driver in qualifying and throughout the entire weekend thus far.
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The 31-year-old led a top five Honda sweep of the qualifying session in his #98 Honda. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon qualified in second place in his #9 Honda and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens qualified in third in his #6 Honda.
Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth place in their #27 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively. The highest qualifying Chevrolet driver was Team Penske’s Will Power, who qualified in sixth in his #12 Chevrolet. Honda drivers took eight of the top nine positions on the starting grid for the race in this qualifying session.
The first race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit is set to take place this afternoon at 3:50 p.m. ET, and the live broadcast of it is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
Here are the full qualifying results for the first race of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on the streets of Belle Isle.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 3 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 4 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 6 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 8 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 9 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 10 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 12 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 17 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 18 | Santino Ferrucci | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 19 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tune in to the first race of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit this afternoon. It is set to be broadcast live on ABC starting at 3:30 p.m. ET.