Qualifying Sunday at the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 was as dramatic as ever, and Pato O'Ward was squarely in the middle of the action. Pato had a chance at securing pole at The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, but narrowly missed out. However, he and the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew will start on the front row of the race, which is Pato's best-ever start at the Indy 500.

Christian just missed out on advancing to the Firestone Fast 6 but concluded his first Qualifying weekend with Arrow McLaren strong in eighth. He'll start next Sunday's race in the middle of the third row.

Arrow McLaren hits the track again Monday for a two-hour Practice starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT on FS1.

Location	Indianapolis, Ind.
Qualifying Date	May 18
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 Top 12 Qualifying Result	P2	232.186 mph
Indianapolis 500 Firestone Fast 6 Qualifying Result	P3	232.098 mph

“I've never been on the front row for an Indy 500, so this is great. This is literally what I wanted. I told my family yesterday that my goal was to be starting on the outside of the front row. Obviously, I would've loved pole, but it's a tall task. You just never know here, it's always a surprise. I think it's phenomenal what Prema and Shwartzman have done, it's an incredible story. As for us, we're right there. We've had a quick car all month, and we're going to continue to have it in the race. We're going to keep working on that and see what we can make happen.”

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

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 2 Result

P8

231.360 mph

“That was a pretty good day. We went out to the Top 12 run not knowing what to expect with the balance, and we ended up a lot more pushy than we were this morning. We wanted to give Pato some of that information for his run, and he made it through to the Firestone Fast 6. Congrats to the No. 5 team. At the end of the day, the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet will start eighth, which is a lot better than I've previously done here. A lot of good to come.”

Tony Kanaan, Team Principal

"It's been a solid month so far, and qualifying all cars into the field is the goal. If you look at our qualifying results last year, we had three cars in the top twelve, and today we put two there, but we're in the front row. Different year, different conditions. But you've got Nolan as a rookie in the race because he didn't make it through qualifying last year. With Kyle, we went a bit conservative considering the circumstances throughout the past week. Christian is new to the team doing a great job for us; he's never really had a strong car at the Speedway, so his laps were pretty impressive. We cannot deny that with our group of drivers we have that Pato is the most experienced and due for the front row. We knew that he could deliver for us. I'm happy with the result, although the race car driver in me is a little mad we're not on pole, but it's Pato's first front row start. So that's gratifying to see. At the end of the day, it's a great story for INDYCAR, and congrats to Prema. It's very hard to do as competitive as this series is. I'm proud of everyone on this Arrow McLaren team. We've been setting the tone with our campaign this month with the white cars, and you can see all the papaya fans out here. The crowd was crazy today. Now we get to take the front row photo tomorrow, and Pato and the team are going to enjoy that. Then we'll win the race next week."

Remaining Session Times

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