Josef Newgarden has beaten Will Power to pole position at Barber Motorsports Park by little more than a hundredth of a second.
Newgarden clocked a 1:07.4413s during the Firestone Fast Six in his #1 Team Penske Chevrolet, edging his Australian team-mate in Car #12 by just 0.0128s.
Sebastien Bourdais, too, was less than a tenth off pole in the #18 DCR w/ Vasser-Sullivan Honda and will start alongside Ryan Hunter-Reay (#28 Andretti Autosport Honda).
Scott Dixon qualified sixth in the #9 Chip Ganassi Honda, one position behind James Hinchcliffe (#5 Schmidt Peterson Honda).
Simon Pagenaud did not progress from the second part of qualifying and will start from ninth in the #22 Team Penske Chevrolet.
The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, of 90 laps distance, starts tomorrow at 0535 AEST.
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Starting grid: Barber Motorsports Park
| Pos | Num | Driver | C/E/T | Time | Session |
| 1 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | D/C/F | 1:07.4413 | Fast Six |
| 2 | 12 | Will Power | D/C/F | 1:07.4541 | Fast Six |
| 3 | 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | D/H/F | 1:07.5337 | Fast Six |
| 4 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | D/H/F | 1:07.7807 | Fast Six |
| 5 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | D/H/F | 1:07.9472 | Fast Six |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | D/H/F | 1:08.0303 | Fast Six |
| 7 | 98 | Marco Andretti | D/H/F | 1:07.6027 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | D/H/F | 1:07.7488 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 9 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | D/C/F | 1:07.8409 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 10 | 6 | Robert Wickens (R) | D/H/F | 1:07.8455 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 11 | 26 | Zach Veach (R) | D/H/F | 1:07.9894 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 12 | 10 | Ed Jones | D/H/F | 1:08.4386 | Round 2 / Top 12 |
| 13 | 59 | Max Chilton | D/C/F | 1:08.0235 | Round 1 / Group 1 |
| 14 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | D/C/F | 1:08.5494 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Graham Rahal | D/H/F | 1:08.1038 | Round 1 / Group 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo (R) | D/H/F | 1:08.5531 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
| 17 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | D/C/F | 1:08.1184 | Round 1 / Group 1 |
| 18 | 30 | Takuma Sato | D/H/F | 1:08.5676 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
| 19 | 20 | Jordan King (R) | D/C/F | 1:08.3997 | Round 1 / Group 1 |
| 20 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | D/C/F | 1:08.9763 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
| 21 | 4 | Matheus Leist (R) | D/C/F | 1:08.5516 | Round 1 / Group 1 |
| 22 | 32 | Rene Binder (R) | D/C/F | 1:09.5404 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | D/C/F | 1:11.2015 | Round 1 / Group 2 |
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)yre: F=Firestone
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