One year after a brutal crash in practice left James Hinchcliffe fighting for his life, the affable Canadian snatched pole position for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, bettering Josef Newgarden on the final run of the day by roughly four hundredths of a second over the four lap average. It is Hinchcliffe's first career pole, and the first Indy 500 pole for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports since 2011, when they did so with Alex Tagliani. Hinchcliffe will be flanked on the front row by Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay, with Townsend Bell, Carlos Munoz, Will Power, Mikhail Aleshin, Simon Pagenaud, and HelioCastroneves rounded out the Fast Nine shootout. Quotes to follow. Volledige...
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