NTT IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Starting Lineup

Scott McLaughlin wins the pole in St. Louis on Sunday.

The NTT IndyCar Series held qualifying on Sunday morning at World Wide Technology Raceway for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Qualifying was supposed to be held on Saturday but inclement weather forced IndyCar officials to change the schedule.

Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin won his second pole of the season with a lap time of 49.1936 seconds at 182.951 mph. In addition, it was his first career oval pole and the fifth pole of his career. Joining him on the front row is teammate Josef Newgarden with a lap time of 49.3448 seconds at 182.390 mph.

Despite winning the pole, McLaughlin will start in tenth place due to an unapproved engine change following the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course race and was issued a nine-grid penalty. The other drivers who were issued a nine-grid penalty are Scott Dixon (16th), Alex Palou (14th), Takuma Sato (17th), Kyle Kirkwood (22nd), and Agustin Canapino (28th).

The NTT IndyCar Series Bommarito Automotive Group 500 race airs today at 3 pm on NBC. Subscribe to Fubo to watch all of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season. Purchase tickets for all IndyCar races today on StubHub and Viagogo.

Starting Lineup:

PositionCar No.DriverTimeSpeed
1.3Scott McLaughlin49.1936182.951
2.2Josef Newgarden49.3448182.390
3.26Colton Herta49.4651181.946
4.5Pato O’Ward49.5263181.722
5.10Alex Palou49.5597181.599
6.6Felix Rosenqvist49.5711181.557
7.9Scott Dixon49.6025181.442
8.11Takuma Sato49.6068181.427
9.28Romain Grosjean49.6076181.424
10.18David Malukas49.6987181.091
11.7Alexander Rossi49.7305180.975
12.12Will Power49.7385180.946
13.27Kyle Kirkwood49.8361180.592
14.77Callum Ilott49.9423180.208
15.30Conor Daly50.0200179.928
16.60Linus Lundqvist50.0550179.802
17.06Helio Castroneves50.1373179.507
18.8Marcus Ericsson50.3071178.901
19.29Devlin DeFrancesco50.3185178.861
20.45Christian Lundgaard50.3259178.834
21.78Agustin Canapino50.4231178.490
22.21Rinus VeeKay50.4528178.385
23.15Graham Rahal50.4598178.360
24.20Ryan Hunter-Reay50.5217178.141
25.51Sting Ray Robb50.6210177.792
26.55Benjamin Pederson50.9207176.745
27.14Santino Ferrucci50.9860176.519
28.33Ed Carpenter51.5839174.473
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