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Come Find Me by Travis Neighbor Ward6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() “This morning we did three pretty good laps (in practice) and had a moment. It’s been an issue pretty much every day,” Ericsson said. “All weekend we’ve been struggling to do four laps. The others that failed to advance to the pole shootout were defending Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who will start 10th for the strong Ganassi contingent, Pedersen and Will Power, the lone Team Penske driver to make the Fast 12 from Saturday’s qualifying runs. It also was the second-fastest qualifying effort, trailing only Arie Luyendyk’s 236.986, which he set the day after pole qualifying in 1996. Palou surpassed the record pole run of 234.046 mph that Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon put up last year. ![]() He roared when Rosenqvist missed out on the pole for Arrow McLaren in the last run of the day. ![]() “It means the world to me now, to the boys, to everybody,” said Palou, who is likely moving to Arrow McLaren next year. ![]() That was a mere 0.007 mph faster than VeeKay, who still gave Ed Carpenter Racing a front-row starting spot for the ninth time in the last 11 years. Palou, who won on the road course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, whipped four laps around the historic 2.5-mile speedway at an average of 234.217 mph. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Palou will lead the field to green in the Indianapolis 500 after the young Spaniard put together the fastest four-lap pole run in history Sunday, edging Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist to give Chip Ganassi Racing its third consecutive pole in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” ![]()
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