Indycar Champ Alex Palou starts with pole in Milwauki Mile

If you thought Alex Palu Getting the title of NTT Indycar Series in Portland meant that he would take easy for the last two oval races, think again.

With the championship in hand, Palu placed a two-lap average of 162.971 mph in 44.8422s to cleanse the pole for Sunday’s Snap-on Milwoki Mile 250. It is the sixth pole of its major 2025 campaign Spaniel, which pursues a ninth win on that year.

Born an hour south in Chicago, David malukas The second half of the session spent on the chart.

But her hopes for the pole of a young woman in Milwauki Mile were surrounded by the heroes of Palu’s last-second. Malukas completed his two laps in 45.04s at 162.256 mph.

Pato o’Ward (162.078) The third was the only other driver with average speed of above 162 mph above 162 mph. Scott mcaloglin And Scott dixon Wrapped on top Will-Power, Kyle Kirkwood, Joseph Newgarden, Connor Daily And Christian rasmusen Completing top 10.

Dixon is one of the three drivers, who is undergoing a nine-place grid penalty for unpublished engine changes beyond a season, as well as chip with a racing teammate Kyphin Simpson And Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Lewis fosterSetback promotes 11th place qualifier Graham Rahal The last top 10 in the early place.

No doublehead race was determined with indycar in an oval, the region was determined by two-lap average speed. Palu had two fastest lap of all the contestants, which left a little doubt of the fastest car in the field.

The initial part of the session proceeded without any issue, but the things were briefly left in the second half.

Colon horta Malukas was taken to the track immediately after the pole run, but lost control of his car in Turn 2 and went for a soft spin on exiting the corner. California was capable of keeping the car away from the wall, but ruined his qualification attempt and would move 26th.

“It’s disappointing,” Harta said while looking at a reply. “It seems that we were very loose from the beginning, and as we touched that lower pavement, lower patches, it just goes (around).

He said, “This is the patch, which was able to use my team partner Marcus (Ericsson),” he said. I think they had a better line in practice than me, so I went there in their line.

The session resumed after minutes later. But after a trouble-free run for Mayor cones racing Marcus EricssonTeammate Felix rousnakwist Lost the back end of his number 60 Honda and returned to Turn 4 Wall.

With full completion, Indycar Field will return to ET at 4:30 pm and return to Milwauki miles for final exercise. Coverage will be provided by FS2. Sunday race will be live on ET at 2:00 pm on Fox.