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This track nearly cost him his life one year ago, but now Hinchcliffe will sit on pole for the 100th running of the Indy 500. You can't script this
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James Hinchcliffe, folks
Hinchcliffe does it! James Hinchcliffe is the pole-sitter for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 ... What a story!
It's all Hinch now
James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
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230.648mph to a 230.700mph
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RHR so close but just misses it!
Andretti cars are 2nd & 3rd at the moment
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Andretti has one more shot with Ryan Hunter-Reay out on track now.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport Honda
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Will Power is not quick enough: 229.669mph puts him 4th with two drivers still to go.
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Penske has one more bullet left in the gun & it's this guy: Will Power is up.
Will Power, Team Penske Chevrolet
That's the slowest run so far
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Helio is 6th at 229.115mph ... Still three drivers yet to run
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And here comes Team Penske's second bullet: Helio Castroneves
Helio Castroneves, Team Penske Chevrolet
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Bell can't quite do it ... 2nd! 230.481mph
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Andretti Autosport's Townsend Bell rolling ... He should definitely be a threat.
Townsend Bell, Andretti Autosport Honda
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Josef Newgarden to 1st! Four-lap average: 230.700mph
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Fastest first lap yet! 231.551mph
Newgarden is one of three Americans in the Fast 9
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Ed Carpenter Racing's Josef Newgarden getting his shot now.
Josef Newgarden, Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
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Aleshin P2, splitting Munoz & Pagenaud -- 229.562mph
The Mad Russian at it again
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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports' Mikhail Aleshin up now to flirt with the walls some more.
Mikhail Aleshin, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
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Munoz to P1 -- 230.287mph
Munoz currently on track to go quicker than Pagenaud with one of his four laps in the books
Andretti Autosport's Carlos Munoz on track now
Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport Honda
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One down, eight to go ... Simon Pagenaud goes 229.139mph
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Team Penske's Simon Pagenaud is the first one out.
Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske Chevrolet
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It's time to decide the pole-sitter for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500!
Those who will fight for pole:
Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Power, Castroneves, Bell, Newgarden, Aleshin, Munoz, Pagenaud
Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Power, Castroneves, Bell, Newgarden, Aleshin, Munoz, Pagenaud
Stay with us, we'll have Fast 9 qualifying starting momentarily.
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 77 |  Oriol Servia |
 Schmidt (H) |
229.060 |
| 11 | 98 |  Alexander Rossi |
 Andretti-Herta (H) |
228.473 |
| 12 | 14 |  Takuma Sato |
 Foyt (H) |
228.029 |
| 13 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
 Ganassi (C) |
227.991 |
| 14 | 27 | Marco Andretti |
 Andretti (H) |
227.969 |
| 15 | 6 | J.R. Hildebrand |
 Carpenter (C) |
227.876 |
| 16 | 42 | Charlie Kimball |
 Ganassi (C) |
227.822 |
| 17 | 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
 Penske (C) |
227.684 |
| 18 | 10 |  Tony Kanaan |
 Ganassi (C) |
227.430 |
| 19 | 11 |  Sébastien Bourdais |
 KVSH (C) |
227.428 |
| 20 | 20 | Ed Carpenter |
 Carpenter (C) |
227.226 |
| 21 | 19 | Gabby Chaves |
 Coyne (H) |
227.192 |
| 22 | 8 |  Max Chilton |
 Ganassi (C) |
226.686 |
| 23 | 24 | Sage Karam |
 Dreyer & Reinbold (C) |
226.436 |
| 24 | 18 | Conor Daly |
 Coyne (H) |
226.312 |
| 25 | 63 | Pippa Mann |
 Coyne (H) |
226.006 |
| 26 | 15 | Graham Rahal |
 Rahal (H) |
225.847 |
| 27 | 61 |  Matthew Brabham |
 Murray (C) |
225.727 |
| 28 | 88 | Bryan Clauson |
 Coyne (H) |
225.266 |
| 29 | 16 | Spencer Pigot |
 Rahal (H) |
224.847 |
| 30 | 25 | Stefan Wilson |
 KVSH (C) |
224.602 |
| 31 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth |
 Foyt (H) |
224.596 |
| 32 | 4 | Buddy Lazier |
 Lazier (C) |
222.154 |
| 33 | 35 |  Alex Tagliani |
 Foyt (H) |
No time |
Fast 9 qualifying will start in five minutes
ROW 4
Oriol Servia
Alexander Rossi
Takuma Sato
Oriol Servia
Alexander Rossi
Takuma Sato
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And Rossi is 11th -- 228.473mph.
Now he's picking it up ... 228.546mph on Lap 2
That first lap wasn't anything spectacular ... 227.498mph
Regardless, he has been mightily impressive
Rossi was knocked out of the Fast 9 yesterday when Mikhail Aleshin went out for another run mere seconds before the gun went off and the day was ended.
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