Dixon takes Indy 500 pole with fastest qualifying run in history
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) –Scott Dixon made history Sunday with the second-fastest four-lap average in race history.
Dixon’s average speed of 234.046 during Sunday’s Firestone Fast Six at Indianapolis Motor Speedway put his No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
Dixon earned $100,000 for the NTT P1 Award. This is the second year he has qualified as the fastest in race history.
He is one shy of four-time Indy winner Rick Mears for the most poles in the history of the Indy 500.
“That’s what this place is about; it’s so amazing,” Dixon said. “It’s crazy. This PNC Bank No. 9 crew and Honda, they brought it today. Just so happy for everybody.”
Dixon opened the two rounds of qualifying by leading the Top 12 qualifying session for the 12 quickest drivers during qualifying on Saturday.
Results of the PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying Sunday:
| 1. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 02:33.8162 (234.046 mph) 2. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 02:34.1761 (233.499) 3. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 02:34.2516 (233.385) 4. (33) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 02:34.4532 (233.080) 5. (8) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 02:34.6630 (232.764) 6. (1) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 02:34.9243 (232.372) 7. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 02:34.7022 (232.705) 8. (7) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 02:35.0506 (232.182) 9. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 02:35.1729 (231.999) 10. (51) Takuma Sato, Honda, 02:35.3935 (231.670) 11. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 02:35.4846 (231.534) 12. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 02:35.6664 (231.264) 13. (18) David Malukas, Honda, 02:35.4356 (231.607) 14. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 02:35.4541 (231.580) 15. (23) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 02:35.5019 (231.508) 16. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 02:35.6590 (231.275) 17. (11) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 02:35.7684 (231.112) 18. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 02:35.8451 (230.999) 19. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 02:35.8707 (230.961) 20. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 02:35.9713 (230.812) 21. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 02:36.0022 (230.766) 22. (24) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 02:36.2064 (230.464) 23. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, 02:36.2875 (230.345) 24. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 02:36.3002 (230.326) 25. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, 02:36.3620 (230.235) 26. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 02:36.4167 (230.154) 27. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 02:36.7741 (229.630) 28. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 02:36.9269 (229.406) 29. (4) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 02:37.2628 (228.916) 30. (6) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 02:37.4655 (228.622) 31. (30) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 02:38.5531 (227.053) 32. (45) Jack Harvey, Honda, 02:38.6944 (226.851) 33. (25) Stefan Wilson, Chevrolet, no time (no speed) |