The NTT IndyCar Series held qualifying Friday afternoon to set the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix lineup at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
Arrow McLaren SP driver Pato O’Ward won the pole with a lap time of 01:10.7147 at 124.167 mph.
Team Penske’s Will Power is starting in second place with a lap time of 01:10.7214 at 124.155 mph.
The Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix airs on Saturday, August 14th, at 12:30 pm on NBCSN.
| Position | Car No. | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1. | 5 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | 01:10.7147 | 124.167 |
| 2. | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 01:10.7214 | 124.155 |
| 3. | 51 | Romain Grosjean | Dale Coyne Racing with RWR | 01:10.7418 | 124.119 |
| 4. | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 01:10.7433 | 124.116 |
| 5. | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | 01:10.7631 | 124.082 |
| 6. | 10 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | 01:10.8290 | 123.966 |
| 7. | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | 01:10.8875 | 123.864 |
| 8. | 20 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | 01:10.9532 | 123.749 |
| 9. | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | 01:11.0208 | 123.631 |
| 10. | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | 01:11.0240 | 123.626 |
| 11. | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | 01:11.0342 | 123.608 |
| 12. | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | 01:11.1346 | 123.434 |
| 13. | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Team Penske | 01:11.5084 | 122.788 |
| 14. | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 01:11.3623 | 123.040 |
| 15. | 14 | Sebastian Bourdais | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 01:11.5504 | 122.716 |
| 16. | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 01:11.4174 | 122.945 |
| 17. | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 01:11.5583 | 122.703 |
| 18. | 18 | Ed Jones | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | 01:11.4360 | 122.913 |
| 19. | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 01:11.5739 | 122.676 |
| 20. | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren SP | 01:11.5340 | 122.744 |
| 21. | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | 01:11.6676 | 122.516 |
| 22. | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chip Ganassi Racing | 01:11.8624 | 122.184 |
| 23. | 06 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | 01:11.7319 | 122.406 |
| 24. | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | 01:12.0813 | 121.812 |
| 25. | 75 | RC Enerson | Top Gun Racing | 01:12.3344 | 121.386 |
| 26. | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 01:12.2660 | 121.501 |
| 27. | 52 | Cody Ware | Dale Coyne Racing with RWR | 01:13.7572 | 119.045 |
| 28. | 4 | Dalton Kellett | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 01:12.5494 | 121.027 |
