Scott Dixon Breaks The Pole Speed Record For The Indy 500

Subsequent Sunday, the world will know who this year’s Indianapolis 500 Winner is. This Sunday, we uncover out who will direct the area of 33 to the environmentally friendly flag in the 106th edition of the 500-mile common.

The twelve fastest drivers from Saturday’s running sophisticated into Sunday’s two-spherical shootout for pole position. Chip Ganassi Racing state-of-the-art all 5 of its entries to Sunday, Álex Palou, Tony Kanaan, Jimmie Johnson, Marcus Ericsson and Scott Dixon. The most effective opposition the Chevrolet-run teams could muster from Ganassi-Honda supremacy have been the McLarens of Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist and the Ed Carpenter Racing cars of Rinus VeeKay and team operator Ed Carpenter.

Chip Ganassi Racing was ready to advance four of its five vehicles into the pole-selecting Speedy 6 session. The two ECR entries would be part of the Honda-driven 4. Jimmie Johnson was the only Ganassi driver not to make the minimize. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Sequence Winner has at the begin of his run. Johnson approximately strike the wall as his car’s rear slid on the Transform 1 exit of the four-lap run’s very first lap. Miraculously, he saved the automobile as his proper-rear tire arrived inside of inches of placing that wall and went on to total the 4 laps.

The evergreen excellence of Scott Dixon was on comprehensive show on Sunday as he competent for his 20th Indianapolis 500. Dixon was just a cut over anyone else. His Prime Twelve average velocity of 233.510 was quick ample to acquire pole. In the Quick Six spherical, Dixon manufactured historical past. He won pole with an ordinary speed of 234.046 mph around his four-lap run, a new pole history and the second-speediest qualifying operate of all time.

This result is the fifth Indy 500 pole of Scott Dixon’s job, putting him next all-time powering Rick Mears’ 6 pole positions.

Qualifying Outcomes – Top 12

1. Scott Dixon (234.046 mph)
2. Álex Palou (233.499 mph)
3. Rinus VeeKay (233.385 mph)
4. Ed Carpenter (233.080 mph)
5. Marcus Ericsson (232.764 mph)
6. Tony Kanaan (232.372 mph)
7. Pato O’Ward (232.705 mph)
8. Felix Rosenqvist (232.182 mph)
9. Romain Grosjean (231.999 mph)
10. Takuma Sato (231.670 mph)
11. Will Electricity (231.534 mph)
12. Jimmie Johnson (231.264 mph)