Michel Jourdain jr flung from Indy 500 field

 Katherine Legge has squeezed into the final position of the Indy 500 after Michel Jourdain jr was punted from the field on Bump Day.

Driving the #81 Angie’s List Schmidt Peterson Pelfrey Honda, Legge finished with an average of 223.176mph. She had not taken part in the week-long practice sessions leading up to her 11th hour quest at Indy on qualifying and Bump Day.

The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team finally aborted the effort to qualify Jourdain jr with 20 minutes remaining in the run with the driver complaining of serious balance issues.

RLL will now be served in the Indy 500 by its main drivers Graham Rahal and James Jakes.

Legge said she felt gutted for Jourdain jr but was glad to have made the field after such a limited preparation.

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The 1996 Indy 500 winner Buddy Lazier also made the field in a family-run car.

Josef Newgarden led the second day runners who were out to cement grid spots and will start from 25th in his Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda after averaging 225.731mph.

The final week building up to the 97th running of the Indy 500 will see one more 60-minute practice session on Friday on Carb Day ahead of Sunday’s 200-lap race.

Indy 500 grid

1	Ed Carpenter	Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Dallara	228.762mph	Top-nine shootout
2	Carlos Munoz	Andretti Autosport Chevrolet Dallara	228.342	Top-nine shootout
3	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport Chevrolet Dallara	228.261	Top-nine shootout
4	E.J. Visoi	Andretti Autosport Chevrolet Dallara	228.150	Top-nine shootout
5	A.J. Allmendinger	Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara	228.099	Top-nine shootout
6	Will Power	Penske Chevrolet Dallara	228.087	Top-nine shootout
7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport Chevrolet Dallara	228.091	Top-nine shootout
8	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara	227.762	Top-nine shootout
9	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport Chevrolet Dallara	227.070	Top-nine shootout
10	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara	227.441	First Day
11	Alex Tagliani	Barracuda Racing/BHA Honda Dallara	227.386	First Day
12	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology Chevrolet Dallara	226.949	First Day
13	Oriol Servia	RR Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara	226.814	First Day
14	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara	226.370	First Day
15	Sebastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing Chevrolet Dallara	226.196	First Day
16	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara	226.158	First Day
17	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara	226.069	First Day
18	Takuma Sato	A.J. Foyt Racing Honda Dallara	225.892	First Day
19	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara	225.880	First Day
20	James Jakes	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara	225.809	First Day
21	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda Dallara	225.67	First Day
22	Townsend Bell	Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara	225.643	First Day
23	Ryan Briscoe	Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara	225.265	First Day
24	Simona de Silvestro	KV Racing Technology Chevrolet Dallara	225.226	Second Day
25	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Dallara	225.731	Second Day
26	Ana Beatriz	Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara	224.184	Second Day
27	Sebastian Saavedra	Dragon Racing Chevrolet Dallara	224.929	Second Day
28	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara	225.007	Second Day
29	Tristan Vautier	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda Dallara	224.873	Second Day
30	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara	224.005	Second Day
31	Conor Daly	A.J. Foyt Racing Honda Dallara	223.582	Second Day
32	Buddy Lazier	Lazier Partners Racing Chevrolet Dallara	223.442	Second Day
33	Katherine Legge	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda Dallara	223.176	Second Day