One of the most underrated yet anticipated parts of practice and qualifying week for the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the qualifying draw on Friday night after the "Fast Friday" practice session, featuring the boosted qualifying-level power.
Because of how much the conditions can change during the first round of single-car qualifying, featuring four-lap attempts around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Speedway, Indiana oval, an early draw is generally considered advantageous, given the scheduled 11:00 a.m. ET Saturday start time.
Weather permitting, each driver is set to make one qualifying attempt. After that, drivers can either wait in line to make another attempt, or they can go into the fast lane and withdraw their previous times to jump ahead of everybody in the slow lane to make an additional try.
The order for the qualifying draw itself was based on Fast Friday qualifying speeds, based on any speeds, not exclusively no-tow speeds.
Here's a look at the qualifying order itself, updated after each random selection of a coin is made.
Full 2026 Indy 500 qualifying order
Rank | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Scott Dixon, No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda |
2 | Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet |
3 | Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 31 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet |
4 | Ed Carpenter, No. 33 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet |
5 | Rinus VeeKay, No. 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet |
6 | Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet |
7 | Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet |
8 | Graham Rahal, No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda |
9 | Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet |
10 | Will Power, No. 26 Andretti Global Honda |
11 | Felix Rosenqvist, No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda |
12 | Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet |
13 | Marcus Ericsson, No. 28 Andretti Global Honda |
14 | Conor Daly, No. 23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet |
15 | Mick Schumacher, No. 47 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda |
16 | Romain Grosjean, No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda |
17 | Marcus Armstrong, No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda |
18 | Pato O'Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet |
19 | David Malukas, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet |
20 | Alexander Rossi, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet |
21 | Dennis Hauger, No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda |
22 | Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet |
23 | Kyle Kirkwood, No. 27 Andretti Global Honda |
24 | Caio Collet, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet |
25 | Helio Castroneves, No. 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda |
26 | Takuma Sato, No. 75 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda |
27 | Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet |
28 | Louis Foster, No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda |
29 | Kyffin Simpson, No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda |
30 | Jack Harvey, No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet |
31 | Alex Palou, No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda |
32 | Jacob Abel, No. 51 Abel Motorsports Chevrolet |
33 | Katherine Legge, No. 11 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet |
Again, weather permitting, Saturday's pre-qualifying practice session is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. ET, and it is set to be shown live on Fox Sports 2. Qualifying is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. ET on Fox Sports 2, with Fox Sports 1 set to take over at 2:00 p.m. ET and Fox then set to take over ar 4:00 p.m. ET. Start a free trial of FuboTV now and catch all of qualifying for the 110th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" from the "Racing Capital of the World"!
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