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:
Position | Car No. | Driver | Time | Speed |
1. | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | 58.2046 | 121.475 |
2. | 12 | Will Power | 58.3120 | 121.251 |
3. | 10 | Alex Palou | 58.4316 | 121.003 |
4. | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | 58.5809 | 120.695 |
5. | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | 58.5960 | 120.664 |
6. | 15 | Graham Rahal | 58.6332 | 120.587 |
7. | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 58.4163 | 121.035 |
8. | 77 | Romain Grosjean | 58.4494 | 120.966 |
9. | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | 58.4518 | 120.961 |
10. | 26 | Colton Herta | 58.4593 | 120.946 |
11. | 9 | Scott Dixon | 58.4772 | 120.909 |
12. | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | 58.5044 | 120.852 |
13. | 30 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 58.4955 | 120.871 |
14. | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 58.4489 | 120.967 |
15. | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 58.5074 | 120.846 |
16. | 75 | Juri Vips | 58.6209 | 120.612 |
17. | 20 | Christian Rasmussen | 58.5493 | 120.760 |
18. | 7 | Alexander Rossi | 58.6822 | 120.486 |
19. | 66 | David Malukas | 58.6299 | 120.594 |
20. | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | 58.7179 | 120.413 |
21. | 51 | Toby Sowery | 58.7204 | 120.408 |
22. | 8 | Linus Lundqvist | 58.7726 | 120.301 |
23. | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 58.7903 | 120.265 |
24. | 6 | Nolan Siegel | 58.8205 | 120.203 |
25. | 41 | Sting Ray Robb | 58.8687 | 120.105 |
26. | 4 | Kyffin Simpson | 58.8525 | 120.138 |
27. | 78 | Conor Daly | 58.9721 | 119.894 |
28. | 18 | Jack Harvey | 59.1787 | 119.475 |