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IndyCar: Ed Carpenter on pole for the Indianapolis 500

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Khatir Soltani
Ed Carpenter has created quite a surprise by earning pole position for next weekend's Indianapolis 500 ahead of three Andretti Autosport’s drivers who took second, third and fourth spot.

Carpenter was able to get to speed and clocked a sequence of four laps at 229.347mph, 228.976mph, 228.774mph and 227.955mph to finish up with an average of 228.762mph.

Andretti Autosport rookie Carlos Munoz took second with an average speed of 228.342mph. His team-mate Marco Andretti completes the front row.

Another member of the Andretti squad, EJ Viso was fourth in front of both Team Penske drivers AJ Allmendinger and Will Power.

Current IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified seventh followed by Helio Castroneves (Penske) and James Hinchcliffe, the last driver to compete in the Fast Nine shootout.


Qualifying results – Indy 500 (IndyCar)
1.Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 228.762 mph (368.156 kmh)
2.Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.342
3.Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.261
4.Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.150
5.AJ Allmendinger (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 228.099
6.Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 228.087
7.Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 227.904
8.Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 227.762
9.James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 227.070
10.JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 227.441
11.Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 227.386
12.Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 226.949
13.Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther DRR - 226.814
14.Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 226.370
15.Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 226.196
16.Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 226.158
17.Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 226.069
18.Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 225.892
19.Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 225.880
20.James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 225.809
21.Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 225.674
22.Townsend Bell (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 225.643
23.Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - 225.265
24.Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 225226

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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