Helio Castroneves will start his ninth Indianapolis 500 from a familiar spot.
The Brazilian, who celebrates his 34th birthday on May 10, scored his third Indianapolis 500 pole position and Roger Penske’s record 15th pole position with a four-lap average speed of 224.864 mph (2 minutes, 40.0967 seconds cumulative time) on the 2.5-mile oval. It was the Brazilian’s 27th career IndyCar Series pole and his first of the season.
Teammate Ryan Briscoe made a late attempt to unseat Castroneves in the six-hour session, withdrawing his second-best qualifying time, but came up short (224.083). He’ll be in the middle of Row 1, with 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti (224.010) on the outside in the No.10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.
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“Just to be here right now is awesome. I have to say that without this crowd here, without the support of the fans, there was no way I could have gotten through what I did.”
Qualifying Saturday for the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed:
1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 224.864 2. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 224.083 3. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 224.010 4. (02) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 223.954 5. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 223.867 6. (11T) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 223.612 7. (5) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 223.331 8. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 223.114 9. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 223.028 10. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 222.882 11. (99) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 222.622
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