IndyCar: 2019 ABC Supply 500 starting lineup
By Asher Fair
The qualifying session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s 14th race, the ABC Supply 500, at Pocono Raceway was rained out, so the starting lineup was set based on entrant points.
The qualifying session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s 14th of 17 races and fourth of five oval races, the ABC Supply 500, at Pocono Raceway was rained out.
The opening practice session for this race was rained out as well due to rain in the area that prevented the medical helicopter from operating as it is required to during practice sessions.
Because of how much rain came down on the track, there would have been no time remaining to practice prior to the qualifying session.
As a result, the starting lineup for this race was set based on entrant points, as the series made the move to emphasize track time over qualifying.
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Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who leads the championship standings, is set to start this 200-lap race around the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway oval in Long Pond, Pennsylvania from the pole position in his #2 Chevrolet alongside Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi in second place in his #27 Honda.
Set to start the race from the second row are Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud in third place in his #22 Chevrolet and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon in fourth in his #9 Honda.
Team Penske’s Will Power is set to round out the top five in fifth place in his #12 Chevrolet, and Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay is set to start alongside him on the third row in sixth in his #28 Honda.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing teammates Takuma Sato and Graham Rahal are set to share the fourth row in seventh and eighth place in their #30 Honda and #15 Honda, respectively.
Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist and Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe are set to round out the top 10 in ninth and 10th place in their #10 Honda and #5 Honda, respectively.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2019 ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway.
Starting Lineup
1st – Josef Newgarden
2nd – Alexander Rossi
3rd – Simon Pagenaud
4th – Scott Dixon
5th – Will Power
6th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
7th – Takuma Sato
8th – Graham Rahal
9th – Felix Rosenqvist
10th – James Hinchcliffe
11th – Sebastien Bourdais
12th – Spencer Pigot
13th – Santino Ferrucci
14th – Colton Herta
15th – Ed Carpenter
16th – Marcus Ericsson
17th – Marco Andretti
18th – Zach Veach
19th – Tony Kanaan
20th – Matheus Leist
21st – Charlie Kimball
22nd – Conor Daly
There is one more practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s 14th overall race and fourth oval races before the race itself is scheduled to take place. That session is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold later this afternoon, but there is no official time for it at this point.
The ABC Supply 500 is scheduled to get underway tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 p.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live from Pocono Raceway on NBC Sports Network beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET.