Rain Postpones Indy 500 Qualifying: New Sunday Knockout Schedule Announced

Weather Forces Indy 500 Qualifying Shuffle: New Sunday Schedule Announced

Mother Nature threw a wrench into Saturday’s plans at the Brickyard, with persistent rain forcing the complete postponement of Day 1 time trials.

Because of the washout, INDYCAR officials have engineered an action-packed, high-stakes Super Sunday schedule for May 17. All 33 cars will get exactly one guaranteed four-lap run starting at noon to secure their spot on the grid or fight their way into the afternoon shootout.

Here is how the revised, fast-paced knockout format will work tomorrow.

The New Sunday Qualification Format

Because the field must be set in a single day, the traditional multi-day schedule is being condensed into a rapid-fire succession of sessions:

• Positions 13–33: Locked in during the initial round of single attempts starting at noon.
• The Top 12 Shootout: The 12 fastest cars from the noon session will advance to a shootout at approximately 4:30 p.m. running in reverse order of their lunchtime speeds. This session locks in starting rows 3 and 4 (positions 7 through 12).
• The Firestone Fast Six: The absolute fastest six drivers from the Top 12 advance to the final round to battle for the front two rows, the prestigious NTT P1 Award, a $100,000 prize, and 12 crucial championship points.

The 100-MPH Cool Down: To protect the engines between these grueling back-to-back knockout rounds, cars will run mandatory cooling laps behind the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Pace Car at 100 mph to force airflow through the cooling ducts.

Official Qualification Order: 110th Indianapolis 500

Order	Driver
1	9 – Scott Dixon
2	7 – Christian Lundgaard
3	31 – Ryan Hunter-Reay
4	33 – Ed Carpenter
5	76 – Rinus VeeKay
6	3 – Scott McLaughlin
7	6 – Nolan Siegel
8	15 – Graham Rahal
9	2 – Josef Newgarden
10	26 – Will Power
11	60 – Felix Rosenqvist
12	14 – Santino Ferrucci
13	28 – Marcus Ericsson
14	23 – Conor Daly
15	47 – Mick Schumacher
16	18 – Romain Grosjean
17	66 – Marcus Armstrong
18	5 – Pato O’Ward
19	12 – David Malukas
20	20 – Alexander Rossi
21	19 – Dennis Hauger
22	77 – Sting Ray Robb
23	27 – Kyle Kirkwood
24	4 – Caio Collet
25	06 – Helio Castroneves
26	75 – Takuma Sato
27	21 – Christian Rasmussen
28	45 – Louis Foster
29	8 – Kyffin Simpson
30	24 – Jack Harvey
31	10 – Alex Palou
32	51 – Jacob Abel
33	11 – Katherine Legge

Ticket and Parking Policy Update

If you braved the rain on Saturday, hang on to your stubs:

• General Admission: All grandstand tickets, GA tickets, and paid parking passes from Saturday will be honored on Sunday.
• Suites & Hospitality: Saturday suite and hospitality tickets will grant you General Admission access only on Sunday (suite/hospitality spaces, along with their associated parking passes, will not be valid).

Revised Sunday Schedule & Broadcast Times

Set your DVRs, as the broadcast schedule has shifted across the FOX sports networks to accommodate the rain delay:

• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Split-Group Practice (Live on FS2 / FOX One)
• Noon – 4 p.m.: Full-Field Qualifying Attempts (Live on FS2 / FOX One)
• 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Top 12 Shootout & Firestone Fast Six (Live on FOX / FOX One)
• Radio Coverage: All day via the INDYCAR Radio Network on SiriusXM Channel 218 and the INDYCAR App.