May 21st, Qualifying Saturday

Saturday is the 1st of two scheduled days for Qualifying for the Indy 500. The 2016 Pace Car Reunion is also taking place today.

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  • The Vette line up. ©Clarino

  • The Camaro line up. ©Clarino

  • A 2003 Chevrolet SSR Pace Car owned by Tom Beeler. ©Clarino

  • The owners of this 1914 Packard Special Roadster Pace Car are Allen & Nancy Strong. ©Clarino

  • This 1929 Studebaker President is owned by Rex Miltenberger. ©Clarino

  • This Pace Car is a 1938 Hudson 112. ©Clarino

  • This 1961 Ford Thunderbird paced the Indy 500. ©Clarino

  • This 63 Chrysler 300 sports a replica of the red hat worn by Chief Steward, Harlan Fengler from 1958-74. ©Clarino

  • A 1971 Dodge Challenger Pace Car. ©Clarino

  • Steve Hamilton ownes this 1980 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am. ©Clarino

  • Boyle Racing Headquarters Seal Fast Special was at the track today. ©Clarino

  • Mikhail was the 9th qualifier. ©Clarino

  • Mikhail made the fast 9. ©Clarino

  • At the press conference, he said he thought the car got easier to handle his last time out. ©Clarino

  • Bell, in car #29, comes in after qualifying with a speed of 230.452. ©Clarino

  • Townsend's qualifying speed held up to put him in 5th in the fast 9. ©Clarino

  • At the after qualifying press conference Townsend was pretty sure he was not going out again. ©Clarino

  • Brabham comes in after his 1st qualifying run. ©Clarino

  • Matt Brabham was the 13th qualifier to go out. ©Clarino

  • Brabham ended up in the 26th fastest time today. ©Clarino

  • AJ Foyt. ©Clarino

  • Bourdais was pretty unhappy with qualifying. ©Clarino

  • Ed Carpenter, in car #20, was the 27th draw for qualifying. ©Clarino

  • With 2 qualifying attempts, Carpenter did not qualify in the Fast 9. ©Clarino

  • With a qualifying speed of 229.429, Ed ended up being the 14th fastest qualifier. ©Clarino

  • Chaves drew the 18th qualifying spot. ©Clarino

  • Gabby made a second qualifying attempt at 6:48 p.m. ©Clarino

  • Chaves waved off his second qualifying attempt on his second lap. ©Clarino

  • Chaves is hoping they can get more out of the car for Sunday. ©Clarino

  • Clauson comes in after his first qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Clauson's qualifying time for today was 2:38.5136. ©Clarino

  • Bryan only made 1 qualifying attempt knowing he could not make the Fast 9. ©Clarino

  • Wecome back Dennis Reinbold. ©Clarino

  • Scott Dixon drew the 14th qualifying spot. ©Clarino

  • Scott made 2 qualifying attempts. ©Clarino

  • Scott had early problems shifting and thought mechanical grip was his problem. ©Clarino

  • Hawksworth, in car #41 took 1 qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Jack Hawkswork was 28th quick today. ©Clarino

  • Hawksworth has been struggling all week and it was a diffucult morning for him. ©Clarino

  • Jack said his car just wasn't very fast, but thinks it can be faster for tomorrow. ©Clarino

  • Helio was the 11th qualifier today. ©Clarino

  • On his second attempt at 6:14, Helio was the fast time of the day. ©Clarino

  • Helio's speed of 230.500 kept him in the Fast 9. ©Clarino

  • Helio walks to the Media Center. ©Clarino

  • Helio was proud of his car/team and feels great he made the Fast 9. ©Clarino

  • J.R. Hildebrand made 2 qualifying attempts. ©Clarino

  • J.R. felt good on the warm up lap, but the wind significantly affected his qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Hinch drew the 25th qualifying spot. ©Clarino

  • On his 2nd qualifying attempt, Hinch set the fastest time of the day. ©Clarino

  • Hinchcliffe fast speed for the day was 230.946. ©Clarino

  • Ryan Hunter-Reay coming in after his first qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Ryan and his son. ©Clarino

  • A future INDYCAR driver. ©Clarino

  • "Hey dad look at me". ©Clarino

  • Hunter-Reay was 2nd quick time for the day. ©Clarino

  • Tony had a lot of work to do on his car and did not make the Fast 9. ©Clarino

  • Sage Karam drew the 29th qualifying position. ©Clarino

  • Karam made only 1 qualifying attempt today. ˙©Clarino

  • Sage's speed made him 18th quick for the day. ©Clarino

  • Charlie Kimball was the 20th qualifier. ©Clarino

  • Kimball made 1 qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Qualifying with a speed of 226.549, Charlie felt they need to find some speed for Sunday. ©Clarino

  • Lazier was the 30th qualifier and went out at 4:47 p.m. ©Clarino

  • Buddy talks to his wife after the run. ©Clarino

  • This is Lazier's 19th start. ©Clarino

  • Marco Andretti had a terrible 1st run fighting the car every lap. ©Clarino

  • After 3 qualifying attempts, Andretti was bumped from the Fast 9 by Hunter-Reay. ©Clarino

  • Montoya's speed just wasn't fast enough to make the FAST 9. ©Clarino

  • Montoya's final speed for the day was 229.745. ©Clarino

  • Juan made 2 qualifying runs. ©Clarino

  • Munoz made the FAST 9. ©Clarino

  • Munoz was the 8th quick time for the day. ©Clarino

  • Munoz fast speed for the day was 230.173. ©Clarino

  • Newgarden was the 6th qualifier out today. ©Clarino

  • Josef was fast time until Bell took his qualifying attempt. ©Clarino

  • Newgarden made only one attempt. ©Clarino

  • Newgarden said it was very difficult to put 4 good laps together today. ©Clarino

  • Pagenaud was quick time till Newgarden took it away from him. ©Clarino

  • Pigot had 23rd fast time for the day. ©Clarino

  • Spencer was the 19th qualifier. ©Clarino

  • Pigot made one run today. ©Clarino

  • Spencer hopes to improve the car so he can move up a couple of rows on Sunday. ©Clarino

  • Power made the FAST 9. ©Clarino

  • Power took his second attempt at 6:35 p.m., which put him in the top 9. ©Clarino

  • Rahal gets out of the car after his first attempt. ©Clarino

  • Graham was he 25th quick time today. ©Clarino

  • Rossi just missed getting into the FAST 9. ©Clarino

  • Sato comes in after his first attempt. ©Clarino

  • Sato was 16th out to qualify. ©Clarino

  • He thought the qualifying conditions were very challenging. ©Clarino

  • Servia in Car #77 had his head rest fall off the car during his qualifying run. ©Clarino

  • Servia's helmet. ©Clarino

  • Servia's best qualifying speed was 229.883. ©Clarino

  • At Servia's 1st press conference he was hoping to get out later in the day. ©Clarino

  • Taglini comes into the pits after his first run. ©Clarino

  • Tag was not a happy camper with his qualifying run. ©Clarino

  • Taglini said they had a lot of work to do on the car. ©Clarino

  • Teammates confer. ©Clarino

  • Jimmy Vasser and Bourdais. ©Clarino

  • Wilson was the 22nd qualifier. ©Clarino

  • Wilson was 27th quick for the day. ©Clarino

  • Stefan Wilson only made one qualifying run. ©Clarino

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