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2020 Indy 500 – Live Saturday qualifying updates

By Asher Fair

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Follow along with our live updates of Saturday qualifying to see who will advance to the Fast Nine Shootout for the 104th running of the Indy 500.

The first of two days of Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying for the 104th running of the Indy 500 is scheduled to take place throughout this afternoon to determine which nine IndyCar drivers among the 33 on the entry list are set to advance to tomorrow’s Fast Nine Shootout to make a run at the pole position for this year’s edition of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.

Each driver is slated to make one four-lap qualifying run for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana.

Drivers will have the option to make additional attempts by going in the “Fast Lane” and withdrawing their previous attempts, or by going to the tail end of the regular line and retaining their initial speeds.

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The top nine drivers at the end of the session will advance to Sunday afternoon’s Fast Nine Shootout, while the other 24 are slated to line up from row four through row 11 from positions 10th through 33rd for next Sunday’s race. There will be no bumping for this race, as there are only 33 drivers entered.

Last year, Spencer Pigot topped this qualifying session driving for Ed Carpenter Racing before going on to qualify in third place in the Fast Nine Shootout behind teammate and team owner Ed Carpenter in second and race polesitter Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske.

Follow along with our live updates of Saturday qualifying to see who will vie for the pole position on Sunday afternoon and who will start where throughout the rest of the field in the 104th running of the Indy 500.

Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 231.351
2nd – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 231.33
3rd – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 231.268
4th – James Hinchcliffe – #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 231.195
5th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 231.155
6th – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 231.114
7th – Alex Palou – #55, Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh, Honda – 231.034
8th – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 230.822
9th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 230.792
10th – Colton Herta – #88, Andretti Harding Steinbrener Autosport, Honda – 230.775
11th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 230.566
12th – Spencer Pigot – #45, RLL Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport, Honda – 230.539
13th – Josef Newgarden – #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 230.296
14th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 230.254
15th – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 230.213
16th – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 230.211
17th – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 229.961
18th – Conor Daly – #47, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 229.955
19th – Santino Ferrucci – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 229.924
20th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 229.861
21st – Oliver Askew – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 229.76
22nd – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 229.701
23rd – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 229.154
24th – Dalton Kellett – #41, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 228.88
25th – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.836
26th – Fernando Alonso – #66, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 228.768
27th – James Davison – #51, DCR with Rick Ware & Byrd Belardi, Honda – 228.747
28th – Helio Castroneves – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.373
29th – Charlie Kimball – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 227.758
30th – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – 227.303
31st – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 227.099
32nd – J.R. Hildebrand – #67, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 226.341
33rd – Ben Hanley – #81, DragonSpeed, Chevrolet – 222.917

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The Fast Nine Shootout is set to be broadcast live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NBC and NBC Sports Gold from 1:15 p.m. ET to 2:15 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon, and the race itself is set to be broadcast live on NBC next Sunday, August 23 beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET. The race is scheduled to begin at roughly 2:30 p.m. ET.