Daniel Suarez has taken pole position at Indianapolis Motor Speedway while Trackhouse Racing team-mate Shane van Gisbergen qualified eighth for his second NASCAR Cup Series race.
Although van Gisbergen made the top 10 again in the #91 Chevrolet, fellow Supercars driver Brodie Kostecki crashed in Round 1 of Qualifying and is set to start from Row 6 on Sunday (local time), assuming Richard Childress Racing does not need to go to a back-up car.
UPDATE: Kostecki to start from rear of grid
The debutant started to lose the rear of the MobileX-backed #33 Chevrolet as he entered the banked section of the IMS Road Course late in the 15-minute Group B stanza, hitting the wall with both corners of the left-hand side of his Camaro.
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Qualifying was divided initially into two groups, with the top five from each advancing to a final, 10-minute segment.
Half a dozen drivers set a time initially in that decisive stanza, Suarez (#99 Chevrolet) fastest of them on a 1:27.968s from Tyler Reddick (#45 23XI Racing Toyota) on a 1:28.367s.
Van Gisbergen, who reported a possible misfire earlier in the afternoon but still managed to sneak into the final 10, was among the four who waited before setting a 1:28.697s on his first flyer to take up seventh position.
Michael McDowell (#34 Front Row Motorsports Ford) took over third place on a 1:28.434s, with van Gisbergen shuffled to ninth by the time the chequered flag flew.
He edged back up to eighth with a 1:28.544s on his final lap, before Chase Elliott (#9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) moved up to second on a 1:28.335s.
However, Reddick reclaimed his spot on the front row with a subsequent 1:28.113s, leaving him 0.145s off the pace set by Suarez.
The rest of the top 10 was Elliott in third, from McDowell, Kyle Busch (#8 RCR Chevrolet), Kyle Larson (#5 Hendrick Chevrolet), Christopher Bell (#20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), van Gisbergen, Alex Bowman (#48 Hendrick Chevrolet), and Ty Gibbs (#54 JGR Toyota).
Kostecki, who had to qualify with virtually no practice time after a throttle pedal problem during the opening session of the day, is 11th on the starting grid as it stands.
In the third Trackhouse entry, Ross Chastain put the #1 Trackhouse Chevrolet 21st on the grid.
Race start is scheduled for Sunday at 14:30 ET/Monday at 04:30 AEST.
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Results: Qualifying
| Pos | Num | Driver | Car | Fastest lap |
| 1 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Chevrolet | 1:27.968 |
| 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Toyota | 1:28.113 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 1:28.335 |
| 4 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 1:28.434 |
| 5 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 1:28.496 |
| 6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 1:28.499 |
| 7 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 1:28.516 |
| 8 | 91 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet | 1:28.544 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 1:28.606 |
| 10 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 1:28.606 |
| 11 | 33 | Brodie Kostecki | Chevrolet | 1:28.495 |
| 12 | 19 | Martin Truex Jnr | Toyota | 1:28.533 |
| 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 1:28.539 |
| 14 | 7 | Corey Lajoie | Chevrolet | 1:28.656 |
| 15 | 31 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 1:28.669 |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 1:28.764 |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 1:28.839 |
| 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 1:28.855 |
| 19 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 1:28.924 |
| 20 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 1:28.939 |
| 21 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 1:28.947 |
| 22 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 1:28.953 |
| 23 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Ford | 1:28.962 |
| 24 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Ford | 1:28.996 |
| 25 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 1:29.005 |
| 26 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 1:29.065 |
| 27 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 1:29.068 |
| 28 | 67 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:29.077 |
| 29 | 51 | Andy Lally | Ford | 1:29.119 |
| 30 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Ford | 1:29.203 |
| 31 | 15 | Jenson Button | Ford | 1:29.269 |
| 32 | 78 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 1:29.400 |
| 33 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 1:29.537 |
| 34 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jnr | Chevrolet | 1:29.694 |
| 35 | 77 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 1:29.762 |
| 36 | 43 | Erik Jones | Chevrolet | 1:29.789 |
| 37 | 42 | Mike Rockenfeller | Chevrolet | 1:29.819 |
| 38 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 1:29.820 |
| 39 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0 |
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