The threat of not having the traditional 33-car field in the Indianapolis 500 ended when Ed Carpenter qualified his back-up car today to fill the 96th Running of the Indianapolis 500 field.
Carpenter completed his four-lap run with an average of 222.324 mph in his No. 20T Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet which was good enough for the 28th spot in the 33-car field. He was the last qualifier of the day after eight other drivers took to the 2.5-mile oval to complete their four-lap runs prior to Carpenter.
For the second straight day, a Penske had the fastest qualifier of the day. Today, Jay Penske (Roger's son), car owner for Dragon Racing, saw his driver Sebastien Bourdais turn the quickest four-lap average of the session with a speed 223.760 mph. Bourdais will start inside of Row 9 (25th position) in his No. 7 Chevy.
Rookie Wade Cunningham was second quickest of the day and will start alongside Bourdais in the 26th spot with a four-lap average of 223.258 mph in the No. 41 Foyt Ente...
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