IndyCar: 2021 Texas – Full race 2 starting lineup

The starting lineup for the second of two IndyCar races at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, the XPEL 375, is set following Saturday night’s race.

The two races of this weekend’s IndyCar doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway were supposed to see their starting lineups set by the same qualifying session, as the series had initially opted to utilize a unique qualifying format which they introduced last season ahead of the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway.

In typical non-Indy 500 oval fashion, each driver had been slated to compete a two-lap qualifying attempt.

The starting lineup for the first race, yesterday evening’s Genesys 300, was slated to be determined using only each driver’s first lap, and the starting lineup for the second race, this evening’s XPEL 375, was slated to be determined using only each driver’s second lap.

But the qualifying session was rained out, meaning that championship entrant points would set both starting lineups.

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Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou entered the weekend as the points leader and started yesterday’s Genesys 300 from the pole position behind the wheel of his #10 Honda. But the starting lineup for tonight’s XPEL 375 depended on the results of the Genesys 300, since the standings would inevitably change in it.

It was Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon who took the lead of the championship standings by dominating yesterday’s 212-lap race around the four-turn, 1.44-mile (2.317-kilometer) oval in Fort Worth, Texas, and he is set to start today’s 248-lap race from the pole position behind the wheel of his #9 Honda because of it.

Palou, after finishing in fourth place yesterday and dropped to second place in the standings, is set to start in second place alongside his teammate on the front row.

Make note of the fact that not every driver will line up where they rank in the standings, as entrant points are based on cars, not drivers.

Only 20 of the 24 drivers set to compete in this race have been in the same car for all three races that have been contested so far this season. One of the other four drivers is a full-time driver who has driven two cars, and the other three drivers are part-time drivers.

Without further ado, here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Scott Dixon
2nd – Alex Palou
3rd – Will Power
4th – Pato O’Ward
5th – Jack Harvey
6th – Josef Newgarden
7th – Scott McLaughlin
8th – Simon Pagenaud
9th – Graham Rahal
10th – Colton Herta
11th – Takuma Sato
12th – Rinus VeeKay
13th – Marcus Ericsson
14th – Sebastien Bourdais
15th – Alexander Rossi
16th – Pietro Fittipaldi
17th – Felix Rosenqvist
18th – Ed Jones
19th – Ed Carpenter
20th – Tony Kanaan
21st – Ryan Hunter-Reay
22nd – James Hinchcliffe
23rd – Dalton Kellett
24th – Conor Daly

The XPEL 375 is set to be broadcast live from Texas Motor Speedway on NBC Sports Network beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET this evening.