Indianapolis native and Butler Alum Ed Carpenter walked away Sunday with his 3rd Indianapolis 500 pole position.
Ed is the last remaining owner/driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series thrilled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway crowd by turning the only 230-mph lap of the weekend. He clocked a 230.088 on the first lap of his four-lap qualifying effort, which not only sent the IMS faithful into a frenzy but surprised himself, as well.
“That first lap blew my mind,” said Carpenter, who clocked a 229.618 average over four laps. There was some noise “inside the car, too, because I don’t know that I was expecting to see that, either.
“It means everything to me to put us in a position like this for next week.”
Since 2013, he has left IMS with a spot on the front row four times.
Indy 500 lineup
Number, Name, Team, Engine, Four Lap Average Speed
Row 1
20 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet, 229.618
22 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Chevrolet, 228.761
13 Will Power, Team Penske, Chevrolet, 228.607
Row 2
1 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, Chevrolet, 228.405
18 Sebastien Bourdais, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda, 228.142
21 Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet, 228.107
Row 3
13 Danica Patrick, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet, 228.090
3 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Chevrolet, 227.859
9 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi, Honda, 227.262
Row 4
14 Tony Kanaan, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet, 227.664
4 Matheus Leist, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet, 227.571
98 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 227.288
Row 5
19 Zachary Claman De Melo, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda, 226.999
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 226.788
23 Charlie Kimball, Carlin, Chevrolet, 226.657
Row 6
30 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda, 226.557
32 Kyle Kaiser, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet, 226.398
6 Robert Wickens, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda, 226.296
Row 7
33 James Davison, AJ Foyt w/Byrd/Hollinger/Balardi, Chevrolet, 226.255
59 Max Chilton, Carlin, Chevrolet, 226.212
29 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 226.048
Row 8
88 Gabby Chaves, Harding Racing, Chevrolet, 226.007
25 Stefan Wilson, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 225.863
24 Sage Karam, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet, 225.823
Row 9
26 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 225.748
64 Oriol Servia, Scuderia Corsa w/Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda, 225.699
66 JR Hildebrand, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet, 225.418
Row 10
7 Jay Howard, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports/AFS Racing, Honda, 225.388
10 Ed Jones, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda, 225.362
15 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda, 225.327
Row 11
60 Jack Harvey, Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson, Honda, 225.254
27 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport, Honda, 224.935
17 Conor Daly, Dale Coyne dba Thom Burns Racing, Chevrolet, 224.429
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