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Dixon advances to Fast 12, McLaughlin starts 500 from 26th

by Zane Shackleton
May 22, 2022

Scott Dixon will go for pole in tomorrow’s Indy 500 Fast 12, while fellow countryman Scott McLaughlin qualified a disappointing 26th for the great race.

Grid positions 13 through to last were determined in this morning’s session. The fastest 12 runners have a separate session tomorrow.

Dixon set the tenth quickest lap in qualifying as Chip Ganassi Racing flexed its muscles and had all five cars make it into the shootout.

In saying that, it was rival engine supplier Chevy who dominated the top three positions.

Provisional polesitter Rinus Veekay clocked an average speed of 233.655 mph in his four qualifying laps, comfortably giving him the top spot of the day.

Veekay’s speed is the third-fastest qualifying run in the history of the 500.

“It shows we have a good car and confidence for tomorrow,” Veekay said. “We can definitely challenge for pole.”

Will Power is Penske’s sole hope for pole, qualifying 11th fastest.

Power’s teammates Josef Newgarden and McLaughlin start 14th and 26th after a gamble for the pair didn’t pay off.

Both Newgarden and McLaughlin were sent on second runs to try and crack into the top 12. However, McLaughlin went slower than his first run (which gets withdrawn), and Newgarden’s attempt was stopped because of lightning in the area.

“Pretty bummed,” McLaughlin said. “Took a punt at the end…didn’t work.”

Starting one place ahead of McLaughlin is last week’s Indy Grand Prix winner Colton Herta.

Herta’s Honda engine seemingly shut itself off during his first run. The Andretti Autosport team managed to swap motors and give Herta one last chance, but it was only good enough for 25th.

PosName4 lap average
1Rinus VeeKay233.655
2Pato O’Ward233.037
3Felix Rosenqvist232.775
4Alex Palou232.774
5Tony Kanaan232.625
6Jimmie Johnson232.398
7Ed Carpenter232.397
8Marcus Ericsson232.275
9Romain Grosjean232.201
10Scott Dixon232.151
11Will Power231.842
12Takuma Sato231.708
13David Malukas231.607
14Josef Newgarden231.580
15Santino Ferrucci231.508
16Simon Pagenaud231.275
17JR Hildebrand231.112
18Conor Daly230.999
19Callum Ilott230.961
20Alexander Rossi230.812
21Graham Rahal230.766
22Sage Karam230.464
23Marco Andretti230.345
24Devlin DeFrancesco230.326
25Colton Herta230.235
26Scott McLaughlin230.154
27Helio Castroneves229.630
28Kyle Kirkwood229.406
29Dalton Kellett228.916
30Juan Pablo Montoya228.622
31Christian Lundgaard227.053
32Jack Harvey226.851
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