Indy 500 starting positions for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Today, Indianapolis 500 qualifying comes to a close. It’s taken multiple days to set the Indycar starting positions for the 500 mile race. Now, nine drivers will make a run for pole and complete the starting lineup.
View the Indy 500 starting grid below.
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Saturday’s qualifying session locked in positions 10-30. Last chance qualifying took place just a few hours ago which locked in positions 31-33. Charlie Kimball and RC Enerson failed to qualify for the show.
Now, they’ll complete the front three rows of the Indy 500 starting lineup. The fastest 9 from yesterday’s qualifying session are set to go at it in a session of their own with all times reset.
It’s the run for pole position at Indianapolis Motor Speedway…
Indy 500
Fast Nine
Qualifying – Report
Each of the nine cars will make four consecutive laps. All four laps will be averaged to set the official lap speed in the battle for the pole position.
Rinus VeeKay gets loose off turn one and never lifted. He chased it all the way to the wall and narrowly avoided disaster. Instead, he jumps to the top of the board of the five cars to set a lap so far.
“I felt the car was edgy. But, I want the car to be as edgy as possible,” VeeKay stated after his run.
Colton Herta is the eighth car to the track. He has the fastest opening lap of anyone so far. A piece of tape has come loose on the bodywork but his lap 2 is also faster than anyone’s 2nd lap. Herta is fastest so far!
Dixon is the last car on the track. His first lap is the fastest of all. Lap 2 is also fasest.
Scott Dixon will start from the pole position in the Indy 500!
Indianapolis 500
Starting Lineup
May 30, 2021
Indycar Series
Qualifying Run on: May 23, 2021
Pos | Driver | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 | Lap 4 | Average
1. Scott Dixon
232.757
231.879
231.333
230.778
Average Speed: 231.685
2. Colton Herta
232.356
231.672
231.349
231.247
Average Speed: 231.655
3. Rinus VeeKay
232.323
231.632
231.181
230.914
Average Speed: 231.511
4. Ed Carpenter
232.390
231.647
231.174
230.812
Average Speed: 231.504
5. Tony Kanaan
231.721
231.079
230.838
230.491
6. Alex Palou
231.228
230.642
230.419
230.177
Average Speed: 230.616
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay
231.428
230.656
230.225
229.696
Average Speed: 230.499
8. Helio Castroneves
230.995
230.393
230.184
229.852
Average Speed: 230.355
9. Marcus Ericsson
230.996
230.484
230.063
229.734
Average Speed: 230.318
— Positions 10-30 Locked via Sat Qualifying —
10. Alexander Rossi
231.408
231.118
230.947
230.712
Average Speed: 231.046
11. Ed Jones
231.632
231.156
230.854
230.535
Average Speed: 231.044
12. Pato O’Ward
231.433
231.030
230.719
230.276
Average Speed: 230.864
13. Pietro Fittipaldi
231.542
230.942
230.498
230.306
Average Speed: 230.846
14. Takuma Sato
231.386
230.857
230.525
230.067
Average Speed: 230.708
15. James Hinchcliffe
231.106
230.659
230.300
230.189
Average Speed: 230.563
16. Scott McLaughlin
231.154
203.698
230.316
230.063
Average Speed: 230.557
17. Graham Rahal
230.799
230.510
230.425
230.350
Average Speed: 230.521
18. Felix Rosenqvist
230.793
230.611
230.340
230.249
19. Conor Daly
230.908
230.541
230.258
230.004
Average Speed: 230.427
20. Jack Harvey
230.428
230.246
230.120
229.968
Average Speed: 230.191
21. Josef Newgarden
230.846
230.204
229.862
229.378
Average Speed: 230.071
22. JR Hildebrand
230.565
230.116
229.208
230.035
Average Speed: 229.980
23. Santino Ferrucci
230.546
229.856
229.721
229.676
Average Speed: 229.949
24. Juan Pablo Montoya
230.796
230.239
229.479
229.057
Average Speed: 229.891
25. Marco Andretti
230.779
230.094
229.610
229.012
Average Speed: 229.872
26. Simon Pagenaud
230.405
229.886
229.405
229.418
Average Speed: 229.778
27. Sebastien Bourdais
230.224
229.743
229.604
229.406
Average Speed: 229.744
28. Stefan Wilson
229.993
229.819
229.591
229.454
Average Speed: 229.714
29. Max Chilton
230.203
229.538
229.118
228.814
Average Speed: 229.417
30. Dalton Kellett
229.381
229.356
225.728
228.866
Average Speed: 228.323
— Last Chance Qualifying (Final Row) —
31. Sage Karam
230.032
229.423
228.871
228.305
Average Speed: 229.156
32. Will Power
230.053
229.106
228.824
227.535
Average Speed: 228.876
33. S De Silvestro
228.878
228.525
228.121
227.892
Average Speed: 228.353
— Failed to qualifying for 2021 Indy 500 —
Charlie Kimball
227.988
227.554
227.502
227.295
Average Speed: 227.584
RC Enerson
227.225
226.786
226.802
226.440
Average Speed: 226.813
