Full qualifying results for Saturday night's MAVTV 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California - the final round of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series.
Several big names in the Verizon IndyCar Series managed to get caught out during the first race of the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader.
In the final practice at Pocono Raceway before Sunday's race, Marco Andretti once again topped the times in race trim but there were also encouraging signs from the Honda camp.
Takuma Sato has signed to drive for AJ Foyt Racing in 2013, the announcement confirming several months of speculation that the former F1 driver was to link up with the Indy 500 icon.
Ed Carpenter won the race as Ryan Hunter-Reay survived a thrilling end to the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season to take the championship by a narrow margin over Will Power.
Ryan Hunter-Reay clinched victory in the IZOD IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, to set up a showdown with Will Power for the title at the final race of 2012.
The Indianapolis 500 was decided by a controversial crash at the start of the final lap of the race; did Franchitti cause it intentionally, or was it a case of red mist from Sato?
Dario Franchitti won the 2012 Indianapolis 500 after Takuma Sato spun trying to pass him for the lead just after the white flag came out at the start of the final lap.
Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to victory lane after a confused and heated end to the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway twice interrupted for rain.
Dario Franchitti topped both of the extended Thursday practice sessions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, while Will Power struggled and Pippa Mann crashed in the afternoon.