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New Zealand's Scott McLaughlin set a blistering four-lap average speed of 234.220 mph to lead an All-Penske front lockout for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500. It is the fastest pole speed in the history of the event.
McLaughlin will lead the field alongside teammates Will Power and Josef Newgarden. Team Penske previously held the top three grid spots for the 1988 Indy 500.
NASCAR megastar Kyle Larson qualified his Arrow McLaren Chevrolet fifth in his first attempt at the Indy 500. Nolan Siegel, the 19-year-old rookie was the driver bumped from the field during last-chance qualifying.
Indy 500 starting grid
Scott McLaughlin
Will Power
Josef Newgarden
Alexander Rossi
Kyle Larson
Santino Ferrucci
Rinus Veekay
Pato OโWard
Felix Rosenqvist
Takuma Sato
Kyle Kirkwood
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Colton Herta
Alex Palou
Callum Ilott
Marcus Armstrong
Ed Carpenter
Kyffin Simpson
Marco Andretti
Helio Castroneves
Scott Dixon
Agustin Canapino
Sting Ray Robb
Christian Rasmussen
Tom Blomquist
Romain Grosjean
Linus Lundqvist
Christian Lundgaard
Conor Daly
Pietro Fittipaldi
Katherine Legge
Marcus Ericsson
Graham Rahal
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Scott McLaughlin goes P1, makes it a front-row sweep for Team Penske
Lap 1: 234.526 mph
Lap 2: 234.371 mph
Lap 3: 234.168 mph
Lap 4: 233.816 mph
Average speed: 234.220 mph
Scott McLaughlin 234.220 mph
Will Power 233.917 mph
Josef Newgarden 233.808 mph
Alexander Rossi 233.090 mph
Kyle Larson 232.846 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
A clean sweep for the Indianapolis 500! pic.twitter.com/q2Ae1Tk7Gb
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John Parker
Power was just that much better on laps 3 and 4
After Newgarden was in the 234s on laps 1-2
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Will Power goes provisional P1
Lap 1: 234.128 mph
Lap 2: 233.955 mph
Lap 3: 233.767 mph
Lap 4: 233.819 mph
Average speed: 233.917 mph
Will Power 233.917 mph
Josef Newgarden 233.808 mph
Alexander Rossi 233.090 mph
Kyle Larson 232.846 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
Scott McLaughlin
John Parker
Josef Newgarden is provisional P1
Lap 1: 234.188 mph
Lap 2: 234.004 mph
Lap 3: 233.640 mph
Lap 4: 233.400 mph
Average speed: 233.808 mph
Josef Newgarden 233.808 mph
Alexander Rossi 233.090 mph
Kyle Larson 232.846 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
Itโs a 233.808 four lap average for @josefnewgarden! pic.twitter.com/NX1HNbbT2j
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Alexander Rossi goes provisional P1
Lap 1: 234.062 mph
Lap 2: 233.335 mph
Lap 3: 232.651 mph
Lap 4: 232.319 mph
Average speed: 233.090 mph
Alexander Rossi 233.090 mph
Kyle Larson 232.846 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
John Parker
Kyle Larson goes provisional P1, he'll start no worse than fifth
Lap 1: 233.383 mph
Lap 2: 232.903 mph
Lap 3: 232.669 mph
Lap 4: 232.433 mph
Average speed: 232.846 mph
Kyle Larson 232.846 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
Alexander Rossi
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
Kyle Larson will start INSIDE THE TOP FIVE for his first #Indy500.
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Santino Ferrucci goes 232.692 mph
Lap 1: 233.211 mph
Lap 2: 232.819 mph
Lap 3: 232.425 mph
Lap 4: 232.314 mph
Average speed: 232.692 mph
Santino Ferrucci 232.692 mph
Kyle Larson
Alexander Rossi
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
.@SantinoFerrucci just SENT it! ๐ฎโ๐จ
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John Parker
An All-Penske front row is on the table
Ready for a flyer. pic.twitter.com/LHkOceVW3Z
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Fast Six qualifying on deck
They'll roll off in this order:
Santino Ferrucci
Kyle Larson
Alexander Rossi
Josef Newgarden
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
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Nolan Siegel crashes on lap 2 of his final run
The 19-year-old was sending it into turn 1, got loose in the middle and clips the wall. He will not make the field of
31. Legge 230.092 mph
32. Ericsson 230.027 mph
33. Rahal 229.974 mph
/ Siegel 229.556 mph
NOLAN SIEGEL CRASHES IN LAST CHANCE QUALIFYING.
He gets bumped from the #Indy500 field. pic.twitter.com/ef6AeYnmWf
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John Parker
Katherine Legge is locked into her fourth Indy 500
John Parker
Ericsson provisional P32, bumping Siegel
Lap 1: 230.672 mph
Lap 2: 230.057 mph
Lap 3: 229.737 mph
Lap 4: 229.644 mph
Average speed: 230.027 mph
31. Legge 230.092 mph
32. Ericsson 230.027 mph
33. Rahal 229.974 mph
Siegel 229.556 mph
Now or never. One last chance.@Ericsson_Marcus: HOLD MY MILK!
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John Parker
With 7:30 to go, Marcus Ericsson is out on track
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Massive game of chicken ๐
Marcus Ericsson isn't in any hurry to go out and set a time with 14 minutes remaining in the session. The other three cars are helpless as, if they pull out of their pit stall, they throw out their existing time. Expect something dramatic here as the session closes.
Either a former winner misses the field, or he dramatically bumps a 19-year old (Nolan Siegel) trying to make the show for the first time.
John Parker
Ericsson on track
But he's hardly pushing. He'll be waved off before coming into the pit lane to prepare for his final run.
John Parker
No one on track right now
At the very least Graham Rahal and Marcus Ericsson will make another run, they're cooling the engines right now before they light the wick
John Parker
Graham Rahal goes provisional P32
Lap 1: 230.396 mph
Lap 2: 229.998 mph
Lap 3: 229.833 mph
Lap 4: 229.669 mph
Average speed: 229.974 mph
31. Legge 230.092 mph
32. Rahal 229.974 mph
33. Siegel 229.556 mph
/ Ericsson 220.167 mph
John Parker
Graham Rahal is the last of the LCQs to get out on track
John Parker
Legge fought for that speed
After smacking the turn 4 wall yesterday, Legge had a big bobble on her warmup lap and massive understeer on her fourth timed lap and still got posted the fastest LCQ speed.
John Parker
Legge goes provisional P31
Lap 1: 230.812 mph
Lap 2: 230.629 mph
Lap 3: 230.091 mph
Lap 4: 228.847mph
Average speed: 230.092 mph
31. Legge 230.092 mph
32. Siegel 229.556 mph
33. Ericsson 220.167 mph