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