Qualifying for the double-header saw each car make a two-lap run with the first flyer determining grid order for today’s first race, and the second lap setting order for tomorrow’s round.
Power was the only driver to break the 178mph barrier and he did it twice, to draw within one pole position of Mario Andretti’s all-time IndyCar pole record.
Although the track temperature was rising, suggesting the lap times might slow toward the end of the one-by-one qualifying session, Newgarden – who has led more than 1100 laps on the 0.894-mile oval – was able to eclipse the benchmark set by Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet’s Conor Daly, despite running four cars from the end.
However, two cars later it was Power’s turn and taking his new wide line to the turns, he was able to produce lap speeds comfortably clear of the opposition.
Colton Herta had the wildest switch in fortunes between runs, claiming only 17th fastest for Race 1, but third for Race 2.
Also impressing were the Dale Coyne Racing-Honda duo of Takuma Sato and David Malukas, while Jack Harvey’s Rahal letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda also found a new turn of speed and his HyVee-backed car will start seventh for both races.
The first of these begins at 3.05pm local (Central) time.
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| P | Driver | Car | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Will Power | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 178.199mph |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 177.782mph |
| 3 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 177.409mph |
| 4 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet | 177.353mph |
| 5 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 177.253mph |
| 6 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing w/ RWR-Honda | 176.932mph |
| 7 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 176.673mph |
| 8 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 176.626mph |
| 9 | Takuma Sato | Dale Coyne Racing w/ RWR-Honda | 176.564mph |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 176.469mph |
| 11 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet | 176.259mph |
| 12 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.844mph |
| 13 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.670mph |
| 14 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.230mph |
| 15 | Jimmie Johnson | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.205mph |
| 16 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 174.755mph |
| 17 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 174.739mph |
| 18 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport-Honda | 174.672mph |
| 19 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 174.450mph |
| 20 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 173.689mph |
| 21 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing-Honda | 173.423mph |
| 22 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing-Honda | 173.416mph |
| 23 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 173.406mph |
| 24 | Kyle Kirkwood | AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet | 172.628mph |
| 25 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing-Honda | 172.432mph |
| 26 | Dalton Kellett | AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet | 172.062mph |
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| P | Driver | Car | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Power | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 178.013mph |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 177.904mph |
| 3 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 177.525mph |
| 4 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 177.287mph |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | Dale Coyne Racing w/ RWR-Honda | 177.278mph |
| 6 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske-Chevrolet | 177.273mph |
| 7 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 176.894mph |
| 8 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet | 176.627mph |
| 9 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 176.625mph |
| 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet | 176.385mph |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 176.302mph |
| 12 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 176.122mph |
| 13 | Jimmie Johnson | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.812mph |
| 14 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing w/ RWR-Honda | 175.392mph |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 175.101mph |
| 16 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing-Honda | 174.468mph |
| 17 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 174.444mph |
| 18 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda | 174.426mph |
| 19 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet | 174.214mph |
| 20 | Kyle Kirkwood | AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet | 173.863mph |
| 21 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport-Honda | 173.757mph |
| 22 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet | 173.696mph |
| 23 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda | 173.613mph |
| 24 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing-Honda | 173.143mph |
| 25 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport-Honda | 173.000mph |
| 26 | Dalton Kellett | AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet | 172.616mph |
