NTT IndyCar Series BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland Starting Lineup

Santino Ferrucci won his first career pole on Saturday at Portland International Raceway.
Santino Ferrucci won his first career pole on Saturday at Portland International Raceway.

The NTT IndyCar Series held qualifying on Saturday afternoon from Portland International Raceway to set the field for Sunday’s BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland.

A.J. Foyt Racing driver Santino Ferrucci won his first career pole with a lap time of 58.2046 seconds at 121.475 mph. It’s the first pole for A.J. Foyt Racing in ten years since Takuma Sato at Belle Isle in 2014. Team Penske driver Will Power qualified second with a lap time of 58.3120 seconds at 121.251 mph.

Three drivers were issued a six-position starting grid penalty for unapproved engine changes. Graham Rahal qualified 6th but will start 12th, Kyle Kirkwood qualified 5th and will start 11th, and David Malukas qualified 19th but will start 25th.

The BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland race gets underway on Sunday at 3 pm on USA Network. Subscribe to Fubo to watch all of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season. Purchase tickets for all IndyCar races today on StubHub and Viagogo.

Starting Lineup:

PositionCar No.DriverTimeSpeed
1.14Santino Ferrucci58.2046121.475
2.12Will Power58.3120121.251
3.10Alex Palou58.4316121.003
4.45Christian Lundgaard58.5809120.695
5.27Kyle Kirkwood58.5960120.664
6.15Graham Rahal58.6332120.587
7.2Josef Newgarden58.4163121.035
8.77Romain Grosjean58.4494120.966
9.11Marcus Armstrong58.4518120.961
10.26Colton Herta58.4593120.946
11.9Scott Dixon58.4772120.909
12.28Marcus Ericsson58.5044120.852
13.30Pietro Fittipaldi58.4955120.871
14.3Scott McLaughlin58.4489120.967
15.21Rinus VeeKay58.5074120.846
16.75Juri Vips58.6209120.612
17.20Christian Rasmussen58.5493120.760
18.7Alexander Rossi58.6822120.486
19.66David Malukas58.6299120.594
20.60Felix Rosenqvist58.7179120.413
21.51Toby Sowery58.7204120.408
22.8Linus Lundqvist58.7726120.301
23.5Pato O’Ward58.7903120.265
24.6Nolan Siegel58.8205120.203
25.41Sting Ray Robb58.8687120.105
26.4Kyffin Simpson58.8525120.138
27.78Conor Daly58.9721119.894
28.18Jack Harvey59.1787119.475

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