INDYCAR Officiating Announces Indianapolis 500 Post-Qualifying Technical Violations and Penalties 

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From IndyCar Officiating:

 Logo  INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 17, 2026) – INDYCAR Officiating has announced post-qualifying technical inspection penalties for the entries of No. 4 of A.J. Foyt Enterprises and No. 24 of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

During post-qualifying inspection of car Nos. 4 and 24, INDYCAR Officiating discovered modifications to the Dallara-supplied Energy Management System (EMS) covers and cover-to-A-arm mounting points with unapproved hardware.
According to the INDYCAR rulebook, EMS covers must be used as supplied.

A.J. Foyt Enterprises and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing were in violation of
:Rule 14.12.1.1. EMS must be used as supplied by Dallara and approved by INDYCAR
.Rule 14.12.1.6. EMS covers may only be attached with the supplied hardware and Helicopter Tape.

Both cars (Nos. 4 and 24) have had their qualifying results disallowed and have been re-ordered to the rear of the field in order of entrant points.

Additionally, Car No. 4 had its three Indy 500 qualification points also disallowed. Subsequently, Car Nos. 9 and 76 will be awarded 10th and 11th place Indy 500 qualification points. Car No. 75 is ineligible for qualification points as it did not participate in Top 12 qualifying.

Car Nos. 4 and 24 also will forfeit their pit positions and will select their pit boxes after the remainder of the field has an opportunity to adjust accordingly.

Members may contest the imposition of the penalties detailed in the review and appeal procedures of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES rulebook. 
 
 

Palou is Inevitable

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Pole position for Alex Palou seemed improbable, but inevitability beat improbability as Palou won the pole for next Sunday’s 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Palou drew number 31 in the qualifying order, which may have resulted in a different outcome had qualifying gone off as scheduled on Saturday.

The 2025 winner ended the first round in 11th, then finished second in the Fast 12. Alexander Rossi went out first in nthe Fast Six and set down a time of 231.990 mph, which held until made his run. Palou finished with an average speed of 232.248 mph win his second Indianapolis pole in four years. Palou also started first in 2023.

Felix Rosenqvist, who dominated the first two qualifying rounds, had nothing for Palou. Rosenqvist will start fourth.

I will have the full lineup up in post late tonight.

Notes

Drivers battled sstrong winds all day on their runs.Tgere were several close calls, but no incidents.

Speeds were down from last year, as they have been all week.

It was another heavy attendance day today, with the crowd spread through the grounds.

Biggest surprises: Josef Newgarden in 24th; Takuma Sato in 13th.

I will have a more complete wrapup tomorrow. Thanks for following along this weekend.

Fast 12 Set

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In ana efficieint, incident free first round of qualifying, positions 13-33 are locked in for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Felix Rosenqvistr set a blistering lap to post the fastest four lap average in the first round.

Rows 5-11

Row 5: Sato, Carpenter, Castroneves
Row 6: Rasmussen, Armstrong, Ericsson
Row 7: Lundgaard, Power, Siegel
Row 8: Foster, Hunter-Reay, Newgarden
Row 9: Grosjean, Kirkwood, Legge
Row 10: Schumacher, Harvey, Rahal
Row 11: Hauger, Abel, Robb

The Fast 12:

Felix Rosenqvist 232.599 mph

David Malukas 231.813

Conor Daly 231.744

ScottMcLaughlin 231.623

Rinus VeeKay 231,591

Alexander Rossi 231.580

Caio Collet 231.413

Scott Dixon 231.411

Pato O’Ward 231.248

Santino Ferrucci 231.224

Alex Palou 231.195

Kyffin Simpson 231.085

Sting Ray Robb had the slowest time-226.572 mph.

The biggest surprises of 5he session were Caio Collet making the second round, Takuma Sato not advancing, and Josef Newgarden falling to 24th.

Thde Fast 12 begins at 4 pm Eastern. Palou wil,be the second car on track, and he willset the bar for the 10 remaining cars.

I will be back after qualifying is complete.

It’s Pole Day

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Good morning from IMS:

Television schedule

Qualifying order

Much better weather conditions are in store for today’s postponed qualifying. The temperature should be just above 80 degrees by the time qualifying ends for the 33 entrants. The drivers who drew early numbers may have an advantage with the coolest track conditions.

fans lined up early waiting for the gates to open this morning to witness a packed day of qualifying. A fan on line last night pointed out that there will be 51 qualifying runs today.

The first practice group is about to take the track. track temperature is currently 74 degrees and the air temperature is72. The air will be about 10 degrees warmer when qualifying begins.

After the 12th qualifier completes their run, things will get interesting. Alex Palou is 31st in line, Alexander Rossi goes out 20th, Pato O’Ward is 18th in line, followed immediately by David Malukas. Takuma Sato is the 26th driver to make a run. Heat and track conditions could play a big role in the way the field lines up next Sunday.

I will be posting occasionally, and be back with a report of the qualifying results and to mset up the Fast 12 shootout.

Sunday- Pole Day Plus

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From IMS

 
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 16, 2026) – Information about the PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, Sunday, May 17 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

.SCHEDULE (All times local):9 a.m.: Public Gates Open9:30-10:30 a.m.: Practice (two groups)10:45 a.m.: Armed Forces Enlistment Ceremony, Pagoda PlazaNoon: Indianapolis 500 Qualifying (all cars)3:15 p.m.: Monster Truck World Speed Record Attempt4:30 p.m.: Top 12 Qualifying6 p.m.: Firestone Fast Six Qualifying

TICKETS: General Admission tickets are $35. The General Admission ticket will provide the opportunity to move between the IMS infield viewing mounds and first-come, first-served access to select grandstands to view racing action from different vantage points. All military personnel are admitted free with a valid military ID. Children 15 and under are admitted free with paying adult.Note: All tickets from Saturday will be honored Sunday. Saturday hospitality and suite tickets will grant Sunday General Admission access only.

PUBLIC GATES OPEN (9 a.m.-7 p.m.): Gate 1, Gate 2, Gate 3, Gate 4, Gate 6S, Gate 7, Gate 7S, Gate 9, Gate 10, Gate 10A, Gate 11A.

PARKING: Paid parking is available in Main Gate, Lot 2, and Lot 3P for $15. Free public parking is available in IMS Infield Turn 3 and Lot 7 (North 40) accessible only via Gate 10 from 30th Street. Free motorcycle parking in South Carousel Lot. Free ADA accessible parking is available in West Museum Lot, Flag Lot, Tower Terrace Lot, Northwest Gravel Lot and Lot 7 (North 40). Pre-paid ADA parking is available in Gate 1 Lot for $25 and in Lot 2 and Lot 3P for $15.Note: Suite and hospitality parking from Saturday is not valid Sunday.

CASHLESS OPERATIONS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a cashless facility. Please be prepared to complete your ticket, credentials, parking, concession and merchandise purchases with ease during your event via debit or credit card.Tap-to-pay phone payments will be accepted, as will credit and debit transactions. A Cash-to-Card machine, which converts paper money to a temporary debit card, will be in Pagoda Plaza. These funds can be spent inside the venue, outside the venue, online or anywhere in the world where Mastercard/Visa debit cards are accepted.

MUSEUM: The IMS Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission tickets are $25, seniors (55 and over) are $23 and military (former and active) are $18. Tickets can be purchased online at https://imsmuseum.org/tickets/. Gate admission must be purchased as well as Museum admission.

Qualifying Postponed; Action Packed Sunday in Store

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In the end the rain won the day, but IMS and the fans will get a huge victory tomorrow. Qualifying foe the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 has been postpone to Sunday.\

The revised schedule: All times Eastern.

Practice split group, 30min apiece, 9:30 am-10:30 am

Qualifying starts at noon: All 33 drivers will get a single attempt.


At 4:30pm, the Top 12 run, single attempt.


At 6 pm, the Fast 6, single attempt, pole is set.

For older fans, qualifying will be like the old days, when each car/driver combination received one attempt to make the field. The pressure tomorrow comes for those who have a shot at the pole. Laps have to be perfect.

I like that the elimination round to determine the final 3 spots in the Fast 12 has been scratched.

Sunday will be an action-packed day filled with drama. I just hope the series anf IMS get the ifea to make qualifying one day affair in the future.

Today was a long day, and a valiant was put forth by the speedway to get the track ready to go. Things don’t always work out when man battles nature. A shoutout to all thre workers who drove countless laps attempting to dry the track.

And, an even bigger shoutout to all the fans who stayed until the end, enduring twice having to find shelter. Race fans are the greatest fans in the world.

Qualifying order

Situation: Soggy

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Good morning from a very wet Indianapolis Motor Speedway. At the moment r=the rain has stopped and skies are clearing a bit in the west, although the area over the southwest vista still has a cloud bank.

Grandstands were cleared because of lightning

The weather app indicates clear skies after 1 pm, and it teases that the rest of the day will be dry. We shal see.

Morning practice has been cancelled. When cars do get on track, it will be for qualifying.

Timing

IMS could have qualifying ru=n as late as 8 pm if they need to. Track drying takes approximately two hours, and for 33 cars to make their four lap runs should take between two and a half to three hours, assuming there are no incidents.

Given those parameters, qualifying could begin as late as five pm.

Fan s left the grandstands due to lightning and are just now being allowed to return. A sweeper is clearing standing water from pit road at the moment. Track drying has just started as well.

If we don’t see any more rain, qualifying might begin around 2 pm. Either everyone gets one run today, or no runs count and we start over again tomorrow. The everybody or nobody policy will figure in the decision to begin.

While we wait, here are some stories about anniversary races to put nyou to sleep.

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Qualifying Day 1

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From IMS:

Keep an eye on the skies

 
INDIANAPOLIS (Friday, May 15, 2026) – Information about the PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying Day 1 for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, Saturday, May 16 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SCHEDULE:8 a.m.-6 p.m. Public gates open8:30-9:30 a.m.: Full-field practice (two groups)10-10:15 a.m.: Monster Jam World Speed Record test run11 a.m-5:50 p.m.: 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge qualifying

TICKETS: General Admission tickets are $35. The General Admission ticket will provide the opportunity to move between the IMS infield viewing mounds and first-come, first-served access to select grandstands to view racing action from different vantage points. All military personnel are admitted free with a valid military ID. Children 15 and under are admitted free with paying adult.

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: Gate 1, Gate 2, Gate 3, Gate 4, Gate 6S, Gate 7, Gate 7S, Gate 9 Gate 10, Gate 10A, Gate 11A.

PARKING: Paid parking is available in Main Gate, Lot 2 and Lot 3P for $15. Free public parking is available in IMS Infield Turn 3 and Lot 7 (North 40) accessible only via Gate 10 from 30th Street. Free motorcycle parking in South Carousel Lot. ADA accessible parking is available for free in West Museum Lot, Flag Lot, Tower Terrace Lot, Northwest Gravel Lot and Lot 7 (North 40). Paid ADA parking is available in Gate 1 Lot for $25 and in Lot 2 and Lot 3P for $15.

CASHLESS OPERATIONS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a cashless facility. Please be prepared to complete your ticket, credentials, parking, concession and merchandise purchases with ease during your event via debit or credit card.Tap-to-pay phone payments will be accepted, as will credit and debit transactions. A Cash-to-Card machine, which converts paper money to a temporary debit card, will be in Pagoda Plaza. These funds can be spent inside the venue, outside the venue, online or anywhere in the world where Mastercard/Visa debit cards are accepted.

MUSEUM: The IMS Museum is open 8 a.m-5 p.m. General Admission tickets are $25 for adults, Seniors (55 or older) are $23 and Military are $18. Tickets can be purchase online at imsmuseum.org.

Television schedule:

Rosenqvist’s Late Run Leads Fast Friday

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Fast Friday was a day of contrasts. The program got off to a slow start with morning rain that delayed practice by three hours. IndyCar extended the time until 7 pm. AS very large crowd was in attendance, but they were on the quiet side. There was not a lot of cheering when a driver put up a quick speed.

Scott McLaughlin put up a fast lap of 232.674 mph and a top four lap averag.232.372 mph lap late in the day.

“We started pretty slow, to be honest,” Rosenqvist said. “It’s kind of rare you’re able to crawl out of a hole like that. I think our first run was like a 230-something. We just found basically 3 mph. That’s kind of cool. The car felt pretty good.

“Sometimes that happens, like once you find a little speed, it kind of comes. It kind of starts flowing. The balance was really good.”

While every driver will be in the race, there is still concern for Kyle Kirkwood, who finished the day in the 20s and was the slowest of the Andretti cars. Will Power struggled most of the day, but recovered to 14th when the session ended.

Weather could be a concern tomorrow as there is a chance for showers off and on throughout the day. Could qualifying spill over into Sunday? Will the extend time so that every car gets their guaranteed run? Tomorrow could be a very fluid situation (literally).

The fastest four lap averages posted today:

  1. Rosenqvist 232.828
  2. McLaughlin 232.572
  3. Rossi 232.543
  4. O’Ward 232.248
  5. Palou 232.026
  6. Malukas 232.024

Results

Qualifying Order