Alex Palou Takes Pole Position for Bommarito Automotive Group 500

MADISON, Ill. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Alex Palou delivered a dominant performance during qualifying Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway, securing the NTT P1 Award for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. As the final driver to take to the 1.25-mile oval, Palou set a two-lap average speed of 174.353 mph in the No. 10 HRC Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, outpacing the field by more than 1 mph.

This result marks Palou’s 17th career pole and his fifth in nine races this season. Additionally, it is his fourth consecutive NTT P1 Award, making him the first driver to achieve this feat since Will Power in 2011.

“The team I have around me is incredible,” Palou said. “My car was on rails today; it was incredible. It’s the place that I’ve struggled the most so far (in my career), so hopefully (this speed) will continue tomorrow”.

David Malukas qualified second with a 173.244 mph average, followed by 2025 race winner Kyle Kirkwood in third at 173.206 mph. Felix Rosenqvist and Scott McLaughlin rounded out the top five.

Official Qualifying Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Avg Speed
1	10	Alex Palou	174.353
2	12	David Malukas	173.244
3	27	Kyle Kirkwood	173.206
4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	172.953
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	172.869
6	66	Marcus Armstrong	172.483
7	9	Scott Dixon	172.478
8	2	Josef Newgarden	172.415
9	5	Pato O’Ward	171.992
10	20	Alexander Rossi	171.923
11	15	Graham Rahal	171.479
12	28	Marcus Ericsson	171.384
13	76	Rinus VeeKay	171.200
14	8	Kyffin Simpson	171.149
15	14	Santino Ferrucci	170.988
16	7	Christian Lundgaard	170.956
17	45	Louis Foster	170.569
18	47	Mick Schumacher (R)	170.290
19	21	Christian Rasmussen	170.106
20	4	Caio Collet (R)	170.104
21	26	Will Power	169.670
22	6	Nolan Siegel	169.067
23	18	Romain Grosjean	169.017
24	19	Dennis Hauger (R)	168.731
25	77	Sting Ray Robb	168.063

(R) – Denotes Rookie of the Year candidate.

Race Details

The 260-lap race is scheduled for Sunday, with live coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET on FOX, FOX One, and the INDYCAR Radio Network.