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IndyCar: Starting lineup for the 103rd running of the Indy 500

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet drives during Carb Day for the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 25, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet drives during Carb Day for the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 25, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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The field of 33 for the 103rd running of the Indy 500 is set. Which IndyCar drivers are set to start in which positions on Memorial Day Sunday?

After two days and three different sessions of qualifying, the starting lineup for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 is set. Of the 36 IndyCar drivers who attempted to do qualify for the race, 33 were successful in doing so.

Where will each of these 33 drivers begin this year’s edition of the 200-lap “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana?

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud took the pole position for the race by recording a four-lap average speed of 229.992 miles per hour in his #22 Chevrolet in the Fast Nine Shootout Pole Day qualifying session.

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Ed Carpenter Racing teammates Ed Carpenter and Spencer Pigot are set to join Pagenaud on the front row on the starting grid for this race after qualifying in second and third place in their #20 Chevrolet and #21 Chevrolet with four-lap average speeds of 229.889 miles per hour and 229.826 miles per hour.

Meanwhile, three drivers who attempted to qualify for this race ended up failing to do so, as they were bumped from the field in the Bump Day qualifying session. Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren Racing and Carlin teammates Patricio O’Ward, a rookie, and Max Chilton were all bumped from the field.

Without further ado, here is the full starting lineup for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Official qualifying speed (miles per hour)

Row 1

1st – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 229.992
2nd – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 229.889
3rd – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 229.826

Row 2

4th – Ed Jones – #63, Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa, Chevrolet – 229.646
5th – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda – 229.086
6th – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.645

Row 3

7th – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 228.621
8th – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.396
9th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 228.247

Row 4

10th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 228.756
11th – Conor Daly – #25, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 228.617
12th – Helio Castroneves – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.523

Row 5

13th – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow SPM, Honda – 228.511
14th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 228.3
15th – James Davison – #33, DCR with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi, Honda – 228.273

Row 6

16th – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 228.12
17th – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 228.104
18th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 228.1

Row 7

19th – Oriol Servia – #77, Team Stange Racing with Arrow SPM, Honda – 227.991
20th – Charlie Kimball – #23, Carlin, Chevrolet – 227.915
21st – J.R. Hildebrand – #48, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 227.908

Row 8

22nd – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 227.877
23rd – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 227.731
24th – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 227.717

Row 9

25th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM, Honda – 227.695
26th – Jordan King – #42, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 227.502
27th – Ben Hanley – #81, DragonSpeed, Chevrolet – 227.482

Row 10

28th – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 227.341
29th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 227.297
30th – Pippa Mann – #39, Clauson-Marshall Racing, Chevrolet – 227.244

Row 11

31st – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 227.74
32nd – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow SPM, Honda – 227.543
33rd – Kyle Kaiser – #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet – 227.372

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Beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET on Memorial Day Sunday, May 26, NBC is set to broadcast the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 live. The race itself, which is the sixth of 17 races and the first of two double points-paying races on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, is not scheduled to get underway until around 12:30 p.m. ET later that afternoon.