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IndyCar: Starting Lineup for 2023 Indianapolis 500

(Chris Owens/Penske Entertainment)

This Sunday, May 28th is the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500. The 200-lap race will run on the 2.5-mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The starting grid consists of 11 rows of three drivers from this past weekend’s qualifying sessions. Rows 1-2 were locked in after the Fast Six on Sunday. Rows 5-10 were set on the 1st day of qualifying this past Saturday and Row 11 was finalized during last chance qualifying Sunday.

Sitting on the pole is 2021 series champion and current points leader Alex Palou, who set the fastest four-lap average in Indianapolis 500 qualifying history at 234.217 MPH.

Row 1

1. (10) Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing – 234.217
2. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Ed Carpenter Racing – 234.211
3. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow McLaren – 234.114

Row 2

4. (14) Santino Ferrucci, A.J. Foyt Racing – 233.661
5. (5) Pato O’Ward, Arrow McLaren – 233.158
6. (9) Scott Dixon (W), Chip Ganassi Racing – 233.151

Row 3

7. (7) Alexander Rossi (W), Arrow McLaren – 233.110
8. (11) Takuma Sato (W), Chip Ganassi Racing – 233.098
9. (66) Tony Kanaan (W), Arrow McLaren – 233.076

Row 4

10. (8) Marcus Ericsson (W), Chip Ganassi Racing – 232.889
11. (55) Benjamin Pedersen (R), A.J. Foyt Racing – 232.671
12. (12) Will Power (W), Team Penske – 232.635

Row 5

13. (33) Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing – 232.689
14. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske – 232.677
15. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Autosport – 232.662

Row 6

16. (20) Conor Daly, Ed Carpenter Racing – 232.433
17. (2) Josef Newgarden, Team Penske – 232.402
18. (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay (W), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 232.133

Row 7

19. (28) Romain Grosjean, Andretti Autosport – 231.997
20. (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Meyer Shank Racing – 231.954
21. (26) Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport – 231.951

Row 8

22. (60) Simon Pagenaud (W), Meyer Shank Racing – 231.878
23. (18) David Malukas, Dale Coyne Racing – 231.769
24. (98) Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport – 231.682

Row 9

25. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Andretti Autosport – 231.353
26. (78) Agustin Canapino (R), Juncos Hollinger Racing- 231.320
27. (77) Callum Ilott, Juncos Hollinger Racing – 231.182

Row 10

28. (50) R.C. Enerson (R), Abel Motorsports – 231.129
29. (44) Katherine Legge, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing – 231.070
30. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing – 229.649

Row 11

31. (51) Sting Ray Robb (R), Dale Coyne Racing – 229.549
32. (30) Jack Harvey, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing – 229.166
33. (24) Graham Rahal, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 231.648

The 107th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 28 at 12:45 a.m. ET on NBC.

UP NEXT: Final Practice – 11:00 a.m. ET, Friday, May 26th

Featured Image Credit: Chris Owens/Penske Entertainment

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