18:55
Siegel looks to match last week's qualifying performances
Average:
R1: 182.807
R2: 183.194
Siegel goes third for R1 and second for R2.
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18:53
Daly takes to the Speedway
Average:
R1: 183.714
R2: 182.943
One to watch this weekend, will look to see how Ferrucci does later after all their smack talk this week.
Just shy of Newgarden and sits in second in both races.
18:52
Newgarden is up
Average:
R1: 183.999
R2: 183.316
'The King of Corn' does what he does best at Iowa. He needs a good weekend after a disaster few races.
18:50
Ericsson is first of the Andrettis
Average:
R1: 181.463
R2: 182.154
Third for R1 and fourth R2. I'm sure that will come as a slight disappointment.
18:49
As it stands for R2
- Rahal
- Shwartzman
- Ilott
- Foster
- Defrancesco
- Robb
- Abel
18:49
As it stands for R1
- Foster
- Rahal
- Shwartzman
- Ilott
- Defrancesco
- Robb
- Abel
18:48
Graham Rahal's turn
Average:
R1: 181.478
R2: 182.478
Rahal went very high in his second run which gave him the extra push to be the quickest in race two but sits in second behind his teammate Foster in race one.
18:46
Louis Foster is next
Averages:
R1: 182.381
R2: 181.805
Goes first for race one but sits in third for race three.
18:44
Sting Ray Robb is on track
Averages:
R1: 178.885
R2: 177.683
Sting Ray Robb had a lift and a wiggle on lap one which seems to have ruined his runs. He sits fourth currently only in front of Abel.
18:43
Shwartzman takes to track
This year's Indy 500 pole sitter sets his averages:
R1: 181.319
R2: 182.443
The Israeli goes top in both races currently. This is his third ever oval event.
18:41
Defrancesco is up
Defrancesco sets averages:
R1: 181.097
R2: 180.664
Second in both races currently behind Ilott.
18:39
Ilott is next
Ilott takes to track and sets averages of 181.257 and 182.214 - higher than Abel who set a 175.255 for R1 and 177.145 for R2.
18:37
Abel out on track
Jacob Abel is on track, everyone will appear in reverse order of the championship. This will mean Alex Palou will be last.
18:32
How this quali will work
Every driver gets two flying laps.
The first flying lap will sort your position for race 1 while your second qualifying lap will sort your position for race 2.
No opportunities for mistakes.
18:22
Can Penske bounceback?
Scott McLaughlin finishing at the top of practice might give hope that Penske can bounce back after a horrid season so far.
Josef Newgarden was also close in fourth while Will Power was 15th.
To read on their nightmare weekend in Mid-Ohio, read this article
18:18
Who lead Practice?
Here's the results from Practice:
| 1 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | 00:17.5376 | --.---- |
| 2 | 6 | Nolan Siegel | Arrow McLaren | 00:17.6211 | 0.0835 |
| 3 | 20 | Alexander Rossi | Ed Carpenter Racing | 00:17.6339 | 0.0963 |
| 4 | 5 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | 00:17.6454 | 0.1078 |
| 5 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 00:17.6526 | 0.115 |
| 6 | 21 | Christian Rasmussen | Ed Carpenter Racing | 00:17.6652 | 0.1276 |
| 7 | 10 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | 00:17.6823 | 0.1447 |
| 8 | 76 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | 00:17.7169 | 0.1793 |
| 9 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | 00:17.7218 | 0.1842 |
| 10 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 00:17.7221 | 0.1845 |
| 11 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti Global | 00:17.7450 | 0.2074 |
| 12 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 00:17.7696 | 0.232 |
| 13 | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Global | 00:17.7773 | 0.2397 |
| 14 | 4 | David Malukas | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 00:17.7883 | 0.2507 |
| 15 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 00:17.8164 | 0.2788 |
| 16 | 90 | Callum Ilott | PREMA Racing | 00:17.8352 | 0.2976 |
| 17 | 83 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | 00:17.8371 | 0.2995 |
| 18 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard | Arrow McLaren | 00:17.8539 | 0.3163 |
| 19 | 8 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | 00:17.8669 | 0.3293 |
| 20 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | 00:17.8749 | 0.3373 |
| 21 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 00:17.8800 | 0.3424 |
| 22 | 30 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 00:17.9074 | 0.3698 |
| 23 | 45 | Louis Foster | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 00:17.9278 | 0.3902 |
| 24 | 77 | Sting Ray Robb | Juncos Hollinger Racing | 00:18.0061 | 0.4685 |
| 25 | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | 00:18.0674 | 0.5298 |
| 26 | 51 | Jacob Abel | Dale Coyne Racing | 00:18.4128 | 0.8752 |
18:14
Daly and Ferrucci continue to talk smack about eachother
Following last weekend's incident between the two, both Daly and Ferrucci have made big comments about each other.
18:10
Kyle Kirkwood has no practice time after hitting the wall
Championship contender Kyle Kirkwood hit the wall in Highline Practice which means he had no running in the longer practice session that followed.
18:07
Iowa Speedway stats
Location 📍: Newton, Iowa, USA
Circuit length 📏: 0.875 mile circuit
Notable features ⛰️: Variable banking that drives likes a superspeedway
Race lap record 🏁: 0:17.490 (Ryan Briscoe, 2008).
2024 winners 🏆: (R1) Scott Mclaughlin (R2) Will Power
Interesting fact : Nicknamed “The Fastest Short Track on the Planet”
18:03
Tornado weather causes IndyCar reschedule
Qualifying is starting an hour and a half later than originally planned after tornados threatened the speedway on Friday which meant any running was cancelled.
To read more, check out our article.
18:00
Welcome
Welcome to Crash.Net's live blog for the upcoming IndyCar qualifying session which is due to start at 18:30 GMT.
