IndyCar: 2021 Indy 500 – Full starting lineup

The full starting lineup for the 105th running of the Indy 500 is set following IndyCar’s weekend of qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Following a weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that saw three qualifying sessions, including one yesterday with all 35 IndyCar drivers on the entry list for the 105th running of the Indy 500, another one today to set the 11th and final row of the starting lineup for the race and another one to set the first three rows, the lineup is completely set.

After yesterday afternoon’s qualifying session, 21 drivers locked themselves into their positions from the fourth through the 10th rows (10th through 30th place) in the starting lineup for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval in Speedway, Indiana.

In this afternoon’s Bump Day qualifying session, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Sage Karam, Team Penske’s Will Power and Paretta Autosport’s Simona de Silvestro qualified for the race on the 11th and final row in 31st, 32nd and 33rd place behind the wheels of their #24 Chevrolet, #12 Chevrolet and #16 Chevrolet, respectively.

But A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Charlie Kimball and Top Gun Racing rookie RC Enerson failed to qualify, leaving the #11 Chevrolet and the #75 Chevrolet out of the race. This marked the first time that anybody failed to qualify for the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” since three of the 36 drivers who attempted to qualify for the race in 2019 were left on the outside looking in.

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In this afternoon’s Fast Nine Shootout to culminate qualifying weekend, it was Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon who took the pole position by recording a four-lap average speed of 231.685 miles per hour behind the wheel of his #9 Honda, giving him four career Indy 500 pole positions.

Dixon is set to be joined on the front row by Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta in second place behind the wheel of his #26 Honda and Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay in third behind the wheel of his #21 Chevrolet.

Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Row 1

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 231.685
2nd – Colton Herta – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 231.655
3rd – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 231.511

Row 2

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
4th – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 231.504
5th – Tony Kanaan – #48, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 231.032
6th – Alex Palou – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 230.616

Row 3

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
7th – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 230.499
8th – Helio Castroneves – #06, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 230.355
9th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 230.318

Row 4

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
10th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 231.046
11th – Ed Jones – #18, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 231.044
12th – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 230.864

Row 5

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
13th – Pietro Fittipaldi – #51, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, Honda – 230.846
14th – Felix Rosenqvist – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 230.744
15th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 230.708

Row 6

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
16th – James Hinchcliffe – #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 230.563
17th – Scott McLaughlin – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 230.557
18th – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 230.521

Row 7

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
19th – Conor Daly – #47, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 230.427
20th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 230.191
21st – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 230.071

Row 8

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
22nd – J.R. Hildebrand – #1, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 229.98
23rd – Santino Ferrucci – #45, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 229.949
24th – Juan Pablo Montoya – #86, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 229.891

Row 9

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
25th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport, Honda – 229.872
26th – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 229.778
27th – Sebastien Bourdais – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 229.744

Row 10

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
28th – Stefan Wilson – #25, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 229.714
29th – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – 229.417
30th – Dalton Kellett – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 228.323

Row 11

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
31st – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 229.156
32nd – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.876
33rd – Simona de Silvestro – #16, Paretta Autosport, Chevrolet – 228.353

Failed to qualify

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
34th – Charlie Kimball – #11, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 227.584
35th – RC Enerson – #75, Top Gun Racing, Chevrolet – 227.298

The 105th running of the Indy 500 is set to be broadcast live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NBC beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 30.