IndyCar: Gateway starting lineup - Takuma Sato takes pole

Takuma Sato took the pole position for the second IndyCar race of this weekend’s doubleheader at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato is set to start this Sunday where he left off last Sunday and where he left off last August at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway: at the front of an IndyCar field.

Sato, who won the 104th running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last Sunday, took the pole position for the second race of the Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

The reigning winner at the track took the pole position for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) oval in Madison, Illinois by recording a top lap speed of 182.499 miles per hour (24.6577 seconds) behind the wheel of his #30 Honda on the second lap of his two-lap qualifying run.

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Only the second lap of each driver’s two-lap qualifying run counted toward setting the starting lineup for the second race of this doubleheader. The first lap counted toward setting the starting lineup for the first.

This pole position is only Honda’s second of the season through nine races. The first came for the Indy 500. Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti took the pole position for this race.

Set to start alongside Sato on the front row is Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in second place behind the wheel of his #1 Chevrolet. Newgarden won the race at the track back in 2017 en route to winning his first championship.

Despite not taking the pole position, Chevrolet drivers took three of the top four positions in the starting lineup, as 2018 race winner Will Power of Team Penske is set to start in third place behind the wheel of his #12 Chevrolet and Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward is set to start in fourth behind the wheel of his #5 Chevrolet.

Meyer Shank Racing’s Jack Harvey qualified in fifth place behind the wheel of his #60 Honda and is set to start alongside Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon in sixth behind the wheel of his #9 Honda.

Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing both placed three drivers in the top nine, with the former placing three in the top eight, as Simon Pagenaud qualified in eighth place behind the wheel of his #22 Chevrolet and Felix Rosenqvist qualified in ninth behind the wheel of his #10 Honda.

Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing’s Colton Herta rounded out the top 10 by qualifying in 10th place behind the wheel of his #88 Honda.

Here is the full starting lineup for the second race of the 2020 Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Takuma Sato
2nd – Josef Newgarden
3rd – Will Power
4th – Pato O’Ward
5th – Jack Harvey
6th – Scott Dixon
7th – Marcus Ericsson
8th – Simon Pagenaud
9th – Felix Rosenqvist
10th – Colton Herta
11th – Alexander Rossi
12th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
13th – Oliver Askew
14th – Alex Palou
15th – Conor Daly
16th – Santino Ferrucci
17th – Zach Veach
18th – Rinus VeeKay
19th – Tony Kanaan
20th – Marco Andretti
21st – Charlie Kimball
22nd – Ed Carpenter
23rd – Graham Rahal

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Tune in to NBC Sports Network at 3:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the second race of the Bommarito Automotive Group Race to MEGA Savings 250s from World Wide Technology Raceway. The first race is set to be broadcast live on the same channel at the same time this afternoon, and Will Power is set to start from the pole position.

IndyCar: Gateway starting lineup – Takuma Sato takes pole

By Asher Fair | Aug 29, 2020

Takuma Sato took the pole position for the second IndyCar race of this weekend’s doubleheader at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.