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.
Volume 2015, Issue 5, Posted 11:37 AM, 05.22.2015