Colton Herta
Colton Herta has become the youngest ever IndyCar pole-sitter while Will Power will start third in the 10th race of the season, at Road America.
Scott Dixon, however, failed to turn a lap in the second phase of qualifying after a mechanical issue beset his #9 Chip Ganassi Honda at the end of his first hit-out.
Herta clocked a 1:42.9920s in the #88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda which put him 0.1773s clear of Alexander Rossi (#27 Andretti Autosport Honda).
Power (#12 Chevrolet) will be joined on the second row of the grid by Team Penske team-mate and series leader, Josef Newgarden (#2 Chevrolet).
Row 3 is an all-Rahal Letterman Lanigan affair with Graham Rahal (#15 Honda) edging Takuma Sato (#30 Honda) in the Fast Six.
While Dixon took 12th somewhat by default, team-mate Felix Rosenqvist (#10 Honda) went out at the first time of asking and will start 18th.
Ryan Hunter-Reay (#28 Andretti Autosport Honda) and Simon Pagenaud (#22 Team Penske Chevrolet) are only slightly better off with each putting in untidy laps on their way to 15th and 16th respectively.
The 55-lap race gets underway tomorrow at 0245 AEST.
Starting grid: Road America
| Pos |
Num |
Driver |
C/E/T |
Time |
Session |
| 1 |
88 |
Colton Herta (R) |
D/H/F |
1:42.9920 |
Fast Six |
| 2 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
D/H/F |
1:43.1693 |
Fast Six |
| 3 |
12 |
Will Power |
D/C/F |
1:43.3749 |
Fast Six |
| 4 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
D/C/F |
1:43.6036 |
Fast Six |
| 5 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
D/H/F |
1:43.8076 |
Fast Six |
| 6 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
D/H/F |
1:43.8790 |
Fast Six |
| 7 |
18 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
D/H/F |
1:43.2989 |
Top 12 |
| 8 |
21 |
Spencer Pigot |
D/C/F |
1:43.3083 |
Top 12 |
| 9 |
5 |
James Hinchcliffe |
D/H/F |
1:43.3814 |
Top 12 |
| 10 |
98 |
Marco Andretti |
D/H/F |
1:43.3945 |
Top 12 |
| 11 |
20 |
Ed Jones |
D/C/F |
1:43.5162 |
Top 12 |
| 12 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
D/H/F |
No Time |
Top 12 |
| 13 |
31 |
Patricio O’Ward (R) |
D/C/F |
1:43.6061 |
Group 1 |
| 14 |
26 |
Zach Veach |
D/H/F |
1:43.4488 |
Group 2 |
| 15 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
D/H/F |
1:43.6980 |
Group 1 |
| 16 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
D/C/F |
1:43.4764 |
Group 2 |
| 17 |
7 |
Marcus Ericsson (R) |
D/H/F |
1:43.8913 |
Group 1 |
| 18 |
10 |
Felix Rosenqvist (R) |
D/H/F |
1:43.5038 |
Group 2 |
| 19 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
D/H/F |
1:44.6179 |
Group 1 |
| 20 |
4 |
Matheus Leist |
D/C/F |
1:43.8570 |
Group 2 |
| 21 |
19 |
Santino Ferrucci (R) |
D/H/F |
1:49.3060 |
Group 1 |
| 22 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
D/C/F |
1:43.8745 |
Group 2 |
| 23 |
14 |
Tony Kanaan |
D/C/F |
1:44.4183 |
Group 2 |
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)yre: F=Firestone
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