Rookie Robert Shwartzman and first-year team PREMA Racing shocked the field to win the NTT P1 Award as pole winner for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in one of the most unlikely stories in the century-plus history of the race.

Shwartzman, in his first-ever oval race, turned a four-lap average of 232.790 mph in the No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet to become the first rookie to win the pole for "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" since Teo Fabi in 1983. Tony Stewart qualified second in 1996 as a rookie but started from the pole after his teammate Scott Brayton suffered fatal injuries in a post-qualifying practice crash. Shwartzman will be the sixth rookie in "500" history to start from the pole.

Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing qualified second, and Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren qualified third, joining Shwartzman on the front row for the race Sunday, May 25.

Jacob Abel of Dale Coyne Racing was the one driver who failed to make the field in Last Chance Qualifying, as Marco Andretti, Marcus Armstrong and Rinus VeeKay grabbed the final three spots in the 33-car field.

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