Hinchcliffe, who almost bled to death after being impaled by a piece of the car’s suspension during an Indy 500 practice run last year, posted a four-lap average Sunday at the 2.5-mile track with a speed of 230.760 mph to take the pole over Josef Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
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Team Penske, which enjoyed a $1 million victory from Joey Logano in Saturday’s NASCAR All-Star Race, will look to continue the Holy Week of motorsports with Will Power (starting sixth), Simon Pagenaud (eighth), Helio Castroneves (ninth), defending 500 champion Juan Pablo Montoya (17th) looking to provide owner Roger Penske with his 17th Indianapolis 500 victory.
The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 begins Sunday, May 29 at 11 a.m. (ABC).
Starting lineup
- James Hinchcliffe 2. Josef Newgarden 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay 4. Townsend Bell 5. Carlos Munoz 6. Will Power 7. Mikhail Aleshin 8. Simon Pagenaud 9. Helio Castroneves 10. Oriol Servia 11. Alexander Rossi 12. Takuma Sato 13. Scott Dixon 14. Marco Andretti 15. JR Hildebrand 16. Charlie Kimball 17. Juan Pablo Montoya 18. Tony Kanaan 19. Sebastien Bourdais 20. Ed Carpenter 21. Gabby Chaves 22. Max Chilton 23. Sage Karam 24. Conor Daly 25. Pippa Mann 26. Graham Rahal 27. Matt Brabham 28. Bryan Clauson 29. Spencer Pigot 30. Stefan Wilson 31. Jack Hawksworth 32. Buddy Lazier 33. Alex Tagliani
