2018 Indianapolis 500 qualifying results: Ed Carpenter on pole

2018 Indianapolis 500 qualifying results: Ed Carpenter wins the pole

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 19: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, reacts after qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on May 19, 2018, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Ed Carpenter is your Indianapolis 500 pole sitter after a stunning run in Indy 500 qualifying. Here are the complete Indianapolis 500 qualifying results.

The Indianapolis 500 starting grid has been set for 2018, and Ed Carpenter will be beginning next week’s 102nd Indianapolis 500 in the pole position after a mind-blowing performance in the Sunday qualifying session.

Carpenter was the only driver whose average reached the 230 MPH mark and earned his third career Indy 500 pole position. All three of the cars from Ed Carpenter Racing qualified in the first three rows.

Championship leader Josef Newgarden qualified fourth. One year after the vicious qualifying crash that ruined most of his season, Sebastien Bourdais made the Fast Nine Shootout and will start in fifth place.

There were some true shocks at the back of the field. 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will start 32nd of 33 entries on Sunday, after a disastrous qualifying effort that may have involved a tire issue. After almost making the Fast Nine on Saturday and how he’s second in the 2018 IndyCar standings, it’s stunning to see Rossi start that far back and he will have a lot of ground to make up. So will Graham Rahal (30th) and last year’s standout rookie Ed Jones (29th).

2018 Indianapolis 500 qualifying results

1 – Ed Carpenter
2 – Simon Pagenaud
3 – Will Power
4 – Josef Newgarden
5 – Sebastien Bourdais
6 – Spencer Pigot
7 – Danica Patrick
8 – Helio Castroneves
9 – Scott Dixon
10 – Tony Kanaan
11 – Matheus Leist
12 – Marco Andretti
13 – Zachary Claman De Melo
14 – Ryan Hunter-Reay
15 – Charlie Kimball
16 – Takuma Sato
17 – Kyle Kaiser
18 – Robert Wickens
19 – James Davison
20 – Max Chilton
21 – Carlos Munoz
22 – Gabby Chaves
23 – Stefan Wilson
24 – Sage Karam
25 – Zach Veach
26 – Oriol Servia
27 – JR Hildebrand
28 – Jay Howard
29 – Ed Jones
30 – Graham Rahal
31 – Jack Harvey
32 – Alexander Rossi
33 – Conor Daly

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The 2018 Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday, May 27 at 11 a.m. ET. For complete coverage of the 2018 IndyCar season, follow the Motor Sports category at FanSided.

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