2015 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid

99TH RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500-MILE RACE

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Sunday, May 24, 2015

STARTING LINEUP

P CAR` DRIVER   ENGINE CAR NAME   AVG SPD
  ROW ONE            
1 9   Scott Dixon   Chevy   Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet   226.760
2 1   Will Power   Chevy   Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet   226.350
3 22   Simon Pagenaud   Chevy   Avaya Team Penske Chevrolet   226.145
  ROW TWO            
4 10   Tony Kanaan   Chevy   NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet   225.503
5 3   Helio Castroneves   Chevy   Shell V-Power Nitro+ Team Penske Chevrolet 225.502
6 25   Justin Wilson   Honda   Andretti Autosport   225.279
  ROW THREE            
7 11   Sebastien Bourdais Chevy   Hydroxycut - HAUS Vaporizer KVSH   225.193
8 27   Marco Andretti   Honda   Snapple   225.189
9 21   Josef Newgarden   Chevy   Century 21 CFH Racing   225.187
  ROW FOUR            
10 6   JR Hildebrand   Chevy   Preferred Freezer / CFH Racing   225.099
11 26   Carlos Munoz   Honda   AndrettiTV Cinsay   225.042
12 20   Ed Carpenter   Chevy   Fuzzy's Vodka CFH Racing   224.883
  ROW FIVE            
13 32   Oriol Servia   Honda   Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing   224.777
14 83   Charlie Kimball   Chevy   Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing   224.743
15 2   Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy   Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet   224.657
  ROW SIX            
16 28   Ryan Hunter-Reay   Honda   DHL   224.573
17 15   Graham Rahal   Honda   Steak 'n Shake   224.290
19 29   Simona de Silvestro Honda   TE Connectivity   223.838
  ROW SEVEN            
20 7   James Jakes   Honda   Schmidt Peterson Motorsports   223.790
22 48   Alex Tagliani   Honda   Alfe Heat Treating Special   223.722
23 8   Sage Karam   Chevy   Comfort Revolution / Big Machine Records 223.595
  ROW EIGHT            
25 43   Conor Daly   Honda   FUELED by BACON Special   223.482
26 24   Townsend Bell   Chevy   The Robert Graham Special   223.447
27 14   Takuma Sato   Honda   ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing   223.226
  ROW NINE            
28 63   Pippa Mann   Honda   Dale Coyne Racing   223.104
29 98   Gabby Chaves   Honda   Bowers & Wilkins / CURB   222.916
30 17   Sebastian Saavedra Chevy   AFS Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet   222.898
  ROW TEN            
31 41   Jack Hawksworth   Honda   ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing   223.738
32 4   Stefano Coletti   Chevy   KV Racing Technology   222.001
33 88   Bryan Clauson   Chevy   Jonathan Byrd's /Cancer Treatment Cntrs   221.358
  ROW ELEVEN            
24 5   Ryan Briscoe *   Honda   Arrow / Lucas Oil   223.519
18 18   Tristan Vautier **   Honda   Dale Coyne Racing   224.233
21 19   James Davison *** Honda   Dale Coyne Racing   223.747
                   
Order of Cars 5, 18, and 19 set by IndyCar Series entrant points    
* - Briscoe replaces injured James Hinchcliffe    
**- Vautier replaces ill Carlos Huertas        
*** - Davison takes over car qualified by Vautier    

 

Tom Beeler

Tom has been a contributor to RIS since 1992. He was invited to join the staff as a full-time reporter/editor in 1995, and has covered IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR, Grand-Am, ALMS and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to his RIS work, Tom has been a contributor for General Motors, Nissan, Toyota and the ACO.

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