IndyCar: 2022 Portland qualifying – Full starting lineup

The starting lineup for the 2022 IndyCar season’s penultimate race at Portland International Raceway is set following Saturday’s qualifying session.

Following a weekend off, IndyCar is set for the penultimate of the 2022 season this Sunday afternoon at Portland International Raceway.

Heading into the Grand Prix of Portland, there are seven drivers still mathematically eligible to win this year’s championship, and all sit within 58 points of the lead of the point standings.

One of those drivers, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, took the pole position for Sunday’s 110-lap race around the 12-turn, 1.967-mile (3.166-kilometer) natural terrain road course in Portland, Oregon.

McLaughlin took the pole position for this race by recording a top lap time of 58.2349 seconds (121.597 miles per hour) in the third and final round of Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session, the Firestone Fast Six, behind the wheel of his #3 Chevrolet. With the point he scored for the pole, he now sits 53 points out of the points lead, still in sixth place.

Teammate Josef Newgarden, another one of the championship contenders, qualified in second place behind the wheel of his #2 Chevrolet but is set to start in eighth behind the wheel as a result of a six-place grid penalty stemming from an engine change.

Set to start alongside McLaughlin on the front row in second place behind the wheel of his #12 Chevrolet is his other teammate, Will Power. The current points leader completed a Team Penske sweep of the top three in qualifying.

The other four championship contenders are Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Alex Palou, Scott Dixon, and Marcus Ericsson, as well as Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward. They are set to line up in fourth, 16th, 18th, and fifth place behind the wheel of their #10 Honda, #9 Honda, #8 Honda, and #5 Chevrolet, respectively.

Here is the full starting lineup for the Grand Prix of Portland.

Starting lineup
1st – Scott McLaughlin
2nd – Will Power
3rd – Christian Lundgaard
4th – Alex Palou
5th – Pato O’Ward
6th – Felix Rosenqvist
7th – Colton Herta
8th – Josef Newgarden
9th – Alexander Rossi
10th – David Malukas
11th – Graham Rahal
12th – Rinus VeeKay
13th – Kyle Kirkwood
14th – Callum Ilott
15th – Romain Grosjean
16th – Scott Dixon
17th – Jack Harvey
18th – Marcus Ericsson
19th – Simon Pagenaud
20th – Conor Daly
21st – Helio Castroneves
22nd – Takuma Sato
23rd – Jimmie Johnson
24th – Devlin DeFrancesco
25th – Dalton Kellett

The Grand Prix of Portland is set to be broadcast live from Portland International Raceway on NBC beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon. If you haven’t yet done so, start a free trial of FuboTV now!