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McLaughlin earns first IndyCar pole in St. Petersburg

by Kevin Dejewski
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McLaughlin earns first IndyCar pole in St. Petersburg

McLaughlin mastered the bumpy city streets during Saturday's qualifying. Photo: Kevin Dejewski

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Scott McLaughlin has earned his first career IndyCar pole on the streets of St. Petersburg, rocketing to the front of a competitive 26-car field.

McLaughlin moved over to IndyCar from Australian Supercars last season, and proved to be quick at the new discipline right out of the gate.  A pole has eluded him, however, until this weekend’s effort.

The sophomore driver lapped the 1.8-mile street course in 59.4821 seconds, just over one tenth faster than the ‘Master of St. Pete’ Will Power.

Power has started in top six in 14 of his 15 visits to St. Pete, and looked to be the driver to beat in the early part of qualifying.  But in the final seconds, McLaughlin put his Team Penske Chevy into the top spot.

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Colton Herta, who also does well every time he drives on this track, will start Sunday’s race in third position alongside Rinus VeeKay.

A couple wily veterans of Romain Grosjean and Simon Pagenaud will make up the third row.  Both drivers have been at the top of the timesheets all weekend, and will definitely be in the mix for a win.

Scott Dixon just missed the Fast 6 cutoff, and will start Sunday’s race from the seventh position.  He was the fastest Chip Ganassi Racing entry, with the whole team struggling to find the top end of the pace all weekend.

Only one rookie advanced into the Fast 12, with Kyle Kirkwood piloting his #14 AJ Foyt Racing entry to the sixth row on the grid.

Rookie David Malukas was given a penalty for impeding Jimmie Johnson in the first session while he was on a fast lap, and as a result both drivers involved will start near the back of the field.

Some surprising names will be starting near the rear as well, with Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, Takuma Sato, and Alexander Rossi all failing to advance past the first segment of qualifying.

There is one final warmup session Sunday morning, before the 100-lap race gets underway to start the 2022 season at noon Eastern Time.

#DriverTimeSpeed (MPH)
1Scott McLaughlin00:59.4821108.94
2Will Power00:59.6058108.714
3Colton Herta00:59.7104108.524
4Rinus VeeKay00:59.8102108.343
5Romain Grosjean00:59.8116108.34
6Simon Pagenaud01:00.2041107.634
7Scott Dixon00:59.7579108.438
8Marcus Ericsson00:59.8241108.318
9Josef Newgarden00:59.8862108.205
10Alex Palou00:59.9584108.075
11Graham Rahal00:59.9870108.023
12Kyle Kirkwood01:00.2616107.531
13Alexander Rossi00:59.9931108.012
14Dalton Kellett00:59.9521108.086
15Christian Lundgaard01:00.0276107.95
16Pato O’Ward01:00.0021107.996
17Helio Castroneves01:00.1426107.744
18Devlin DeFrancesco01:00.0850107.847
19Callum Ilott01:00.2121107.62
20Conor Daly01:00.1921107.655
21Felix Rosenqvist01:00.3918107.299
22Takuma Sato01:00.2930107.475
23Jack Harvey01:00.5333107.049
24David Malukas01:00.4601107.178
25Tatiana Calderon01:00.9391106.336
26Jimmie Johnson01:01.0273106.182
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Drivers’ Standings

#DriverPoints
1Álex Palou142
2Kyle Kirkwood108
3Christian Lundgaard96
4Felix Rosenqvist88
5Scott Dixon86
6Patricio O'Ward80
7Colton Herta73
8Scott McLaughlin69
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