Hinchcliffe Gains Guaranteed Top-9 Start in Indianapolis 500

A year after nearly losing his life, Hinchcliffe returned with a mission by posting the fastest four-lap average of the day at 230.946mph in the Arrow Honda for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Hinchcliffe will be among the nine drivers who will compete for the pole for the prestigious 100th Indianapolis 500. Marco Andretti just misses the Top 9 getting bumped off by his teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay. Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified second with an average speed of 230.805mph. Will Power also joined Hinchcliffe and Hunter-Reay Helio Castroneves. Also racing for the pole and an extra $100,000 for winning the pole. Townsend Bell, Josef Newgarden, Carlos Munoz and Simon Pagenaud will also be eligible for the money and pole position. This is the first coverage of the Verizon Indycar Series here on The NEW Motorsports News Source.

Qualification Results

1 James Hinchcliffe   230.946
2 Ryan Hunter-Reay   230.805
3 Will Power   230.736
4 Helio Castroneves   230.500
5 Townsend Bell   230.452
6 Josef Newgarden   230.229
7 Mikhail Aleshin   230.209
8 Carlos Munoz   230.173
9 Simon Pagenaud   230.102
10 Alexander Rossi   230.048
11 Marco Andretti   230.037
12 Juan Pablo Montoya   229.745
13 Scott Dixon   229.497
14 Ed Carpenter   229.429
15 JR Hildebrand   229.075
16 Takuma Sato   228.096
17 Conor Daly   227.862
18 Sage Karam   227.821
19 Tony Kanaan   227.679
20 Sebastien Bourdais   227.442
21 Graham Rahal   227.437
22 Bryan Clauson   227.110
23 Spencer Pigot   227.100
24 Oriol Servia   226.893
25 Charlie Kimball   226.549
26 Matt Brabham   226.390
27 Stefan Wilson   225.560
28 Jack Hawksworth   225.388
29 Alex Tagliani   224.507
30 Buddy Lazier   224.341
31 Gabby Chaves   DNP
32 Pippa Mann   DNP
33 Max Chilton   DNP

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