Qualifying Saturday was a reminder of just how tight. the margins are in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. 

Pato led the Arrow McLaren entries, delivering pace on his first run of the day and securing his spot in Top 12 Qualifying early in the session. 

Christian, Nolan, and Kyle each set initial times, but made the call to run again and find more speed in the cars. Christian's second run proved to be fruitful and landed him in 12th, clinching his spot in tomorrow's Qualifying for pole position.

Kyle qualified P21, where he will start the race, while Nolan qualified P26 and officially secured a spot in his first Indy 500. 

Pato and Christian will both return to the Speedway tomorrow to qualify for pole at the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 starting at 4:00 p.m. EDT on FOX.

Location	Indianapolis, Ind.
Practice Date	May 17
Round	6 out of 17
Total Laps	200 laps
Total Race Distance	500 miles / 804.7 km
Length	2.5 miles / 4.0 km
Number of Turns	4

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 1 Result

P4

232.820 mph

“We didn’t really feel the need to practice this morning; I felt the car was pretty stout. I’m happy with the work that we’ve done all month. The guys and girls at Arrow McLaren and Team Chevy have really given me a fantastic car to work with and I got it to where I needed it. I don’t know how much more consistent we can get than that. It was the best Indy 500 qualifying run I’ve ever had.”

Christian Lundgaard, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 1 Result

P12

231.809mph

“It was a good day. I think we started a bit on the back foot, but we had a very good second run which got us into the Fast 12 for tomorrow. I’m very happy and think we can carry that momentum into tomorrow. We’ll see if we can find some speed in the car and make tomorrow interesting.”

Kyle Larson, Driver, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 1 Result

P21

231.326 mph

“After the first run, I was a bit nervous that I might be one of the guys battling for the final spots. Obviously, we’d love to be in the Fast 12 again, but overall a good day with two runs in. I felt pretty balanced, but that comes with a compromise of a bit of speed. I had a bad restart last year and fell back toward this starting position, and we were able to fight our way forward. We’ll be ready to execute some good laps and have a good result.” 

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 1 Result

P26

230.571 mph\

“It was a bit of a disappointing and confusing day for us. We’re in the show, and we’ll be fine come race day, but I’m not sure why we were so slow. The balance was good. I did four laps flat, and we’re just missing something on outright speed. I don’t think that will translate to race day, though, and I have full confidence we’ll figure it out, but we’re not where we want to start.”

Remaining Session Times

Practice 7	Sunday, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET	FS2
Qualifying	Sunday, 4:05 - 6:15 p.m. ET	FOX
Practice 8	Monday, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET	FS1
Carb Day	Friday, May 23 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET	FS1
Race Tune-In	Sunday, May 25 10:00 a.m. ET	FOX
Green Flag	Sunday, May 25 12:45 p.m. ET	FOX