Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin never put together a strong enough four-lap average run to move them up through the field.

He was 10th at the time but stuck in a long line of traffic as drivers not inside the top 12 debated pulling their times and taking another shot at logging four fast laps around the historic 2.5-mile oval.Ĭonversely, Team Penske struggled mightily and only reigning Ind圜ar champion Will Power advanced into the top 12. Ganassi also landed all four of its drivers inside the top 12, but as the clock ticked down, defending race winner Marcus Ericsson stood on pit lane unsure if he should make another qualifying attempt. When the gun fired to signal the end of the day, all four McLaren drivers were inside the top 12 and advanced into Sunday’s shootout for the pole. We are definitely looking good right now.” Just a fun time to be in an Arrow McLaren.

“It was pretty mind blowing how we found so much speed,” Rosenqvist said. He bumped new teammate Alexander Rossi from the top spot - a position he’d held nearly six hours. His late afternoon run of 233.947 mph was the third fastest four-lap qualifying effort in race history. Felix Rosenqvist, a former Chip Ganassi Racing driver, no less, led the McLaren charge Saturday by posting the fastest four-lap average.

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