Qualifying:
Takuma Sato takes pole, with Graham Rahal completing an RLL Racing front row. Sato's time was a second down on last year's pole. Maybe drivers were continuing to have the problems they had in practice, with a lack of balance and stability when running the alternate Firstone Reds.
Only one Chevy in the Fast Six. Not a particulary good result for Penske or Andretti Autosport. Colton Herta is top rookie in 9th.
1 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Dallara-Honda. 1:08.5934
2 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Dallara-Honda. +0.1037
3 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi. Dallara-Honda. +0.2147
4 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara-Honda. +0.2542
5 Sebastien Bourdais, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara-Honda. +0.4255
6 Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +1.0140
7 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.2314
8 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.2932
9 Colton Herta (r), Harding Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.3196
10 Santino Ferrucci (r), Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.4279
11 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.4830
12 Jack Harvey, Meyer Shank Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.7033
13 Mario Andretti, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.3016
14 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.2009
15 Matheus Leist, A.J. Foyt Enterprises RacingDallara-Chevrolet. +0.3543
16 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.2766
17 Felix Rosenqvist (r), Chip Ganassi. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.3696
18 Patricio O'ward (r), Carlin. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.3077
19 Tony Kanaan, A.J. Foyt Enterprises Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.4393
20 Marcus Ericsson (r), Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara-Honda. +0.3292
21 Ed Jones, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.4507
22 Max Chilton, Carlin. Dallara-Chevrolet. +0.4632
23 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport. Dallara-Honda. +0.8544
24 Ben Hanley (r), Dragonspeed. Dallara-Chevrolet. +1.8231
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