Indianapolis, IN
2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis – Full Qualifying Results
2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis – Qualifying Results | |||
Pos | Driver | Team | Engine |
1 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
2 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
3 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
4 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
5 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
6 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
7 | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
8 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
9 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
11 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
12 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
13 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
14 | Linus Lundqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
15 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
16 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
17 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
18 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
19 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
20 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
21 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
22 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
23 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
24 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
25 | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
26 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
27 | Benjamin Pedersen | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
Graham Rahal felt the lowest of lows at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. The veteran driver was bumped from the Indianapolis 500 in qualifying, by his RLL Racing teammate. The entire organization struggled to find speed, but that was certainly not the case today on the road course. Rahal earned his first pole position in six years as the RLL team locked out the front row in qualifying on the 2.439-mile circuit. Race winner Christian Lundgaard narrowly missed the top spot but will start alongside his teammate tomorrow.
Row 2 belongs to Arrow McLaren, as defending race winner Alexander Rossi and teammate Pato O’Ward qualified up front. Keeping with the theme, Andretti Autosport drivers owned Row 3 in qualifying. It wasn’t either of their top-two drivers though, as both Devlin DeFrancesco and Romain Grosjean made the Firestone Fast Six. Rookie Marcus Armstrong had another great performance and starts 7th while Jack Harvey put the cherry on top for RLL on Friday. Championship leader Alex Palou and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top-ten in qualifying.
Team Penske was nowhere to be found in qualifying, as none of their drivers cracked the top-ten. It was a bizarre qualifying session on multiple fronts. A majority of the top talent in the series will be starting in the back half of the field on Saturday. Scott Dixon, Will Power, Marcus Ericsson, and Josef Newgarden have all won the Indy 500 and combined, they have accounted for ten championships. All of them will start outside of the top 15 tomorrow.
Dixon and Palou got Ganassi back on track in final practice, as they led the session. They were followed by Scott McLaughlin, Callum Ilott, and Kyle Kirkwood. Three drivers (Jack Harvey, Helio Castroneves, David Malukas) will all serve a six-spot grid penalty for engine changes. Castroneves announced today that he will move into an ownership role with the Meyer Shank Racing team next season. Tom Blomqvist will replace him full-time in the No. 06 car but the four-time Indy 500 winner will still have a ride for that race.
There is a belief that this could be the final race for IndyCar on the road course, outside of the Month of May. This is the doubleheader weekend with NASCAR, but the stock car series is likely to return to the 2.5-mile oval next season, and IndyCar could replace this race with a return to Milwaukee. Following tomorrow’s race, only three races remain on the 2023 calendar.
Previous IMS Road Course winners
2023: Alex Palou
2022: Alexander Rossi
2022: Colton Herta
2021: Will Power
2021: Rinus VeeKay
2020: Will Power
2020: Josef Newgarden
2020: Scott Dixon
2019: Simon Pagenaud
2018: Will Power
2017: Will Power
2016: Simon Pagenaud
2015: Will Power
2014: Simon Pagenaud
Indianapolis, IN
How the Colts can make the NFL playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts’ playoff odds are at 10% according to the New York Times, and that seems high. Here is what to know:
The Colts are out of the playoffs if they lose to the Titans
This is pretty straightforward. If the Colts lose, the most games they can win this season is 8. Seven teams — Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles and Denver — already have nine wins.
The Colts can make the playoffs if they win out, Chargers lose out
If the Colts win out against the Titans, Giants and Jaguars, they’ll be 9-8. If the Chargers lose to the Raiders and Patriots. The Colts would win the conference record tiebreaker if they are the only two teams with nine wins.
There are multiple-team scenarios involving Los Angeles but the Colts will make the playoffs if these two scenarios happen.
How the Colts can make the playoffs if they win out and the Broncos lose out
If the Broncos lose to Cincinnati and Kansas City and the Colts win out, the Colts make the playoffs if Cincinnati or Miami win out or the Chargers lose out.
The Colts lose the head-to-head tiebreaker to Denver if its just those two teams.
If Los Angeles is also 9-8, it wins the division tiebreaker over the Broncos due to head-to-head and advances to the wild card tiebreaker.
In this scenario, the Colts and Dolphins would have the best conference record at 7-5, eliminating the other possible teams. Indianapolis beat Miami, putting them in the playoffs.
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Colts vs Titans TV coverage map in NFL Week 16
The Indianapolis Colts host the Tennessee Titans in NFL Week 16 action as the Colts try to remain in the AFC playoff race.
The CBS game will be shown in only the Indianapolis and Nashville NFL markets. It will also air in much of Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee, and in parts of Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
When do the Colts play the Titans in NFL Week 16?
1 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
How to watch Colts vs Titans in NFL Week 16
CBS, with Tom McCarthy (play-by-play), and Ross Tucker and Jay Feely (analysis).
How to stream, watch Titans-Colts game for NFL Week 16
The Colts-Broncos matchup will stream on Paramount+ at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. The app is available in the Apple App Store or on Google Play. Fans can also download NFL+ in the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
Colts 2024 schedule
all times ET
Sept. 8: Texans 29, Colts 27
Sept. 15: Packers 16, Colts 10
Sept. 22: Colts 21, Bears 16
Sept. 29: Colts 27, Steelers 24
Oct. 6: Jaguars 37, Colts 34
Oct. 13: Colts 20, Titans 17
Oct. 20: Colts 16, Dolphins 10
Oct. 27: Texans 23, Colts 20
Nov. 3: Vikings 21, Colts 13
Nov. 10: Bills 30, Colts 20
Nov. 17: Colts 28, Jets 27
Nov. 24: Lions 24, Colts 6
Dec. 1: Colts 25, Patriots 24
Dec. 15: Broncos 31, Colts 13
Dec. 22: vs. Tennessee, 1 p.m., CBS
Dec. 29: at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m., Fox
Jan. 5: vs. Jacksonville, TBD
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Analyst Predicts Close Call Between Titans, Colts
The Tennessee Titans may be out of the playoff picture, but they find themselves in a big game against their AFC South rival Indianapolis Colts.
The Titans can play spoiler for the Colts, who need to win to hold onto their faint playoff hopes, by eliminating them from playoff contention in a win.
However, CBS Sports writer Pete Prisco doesn’t believe that will end up being the case. He predicts that the Colts will pull out a 24-17 win against the Titans.
“The Colts are alive in the playoff race — barely. The Titans are done and might be making a quarterback change. The Colts did some good things in losing to the Broncos last week in a game they should have won. They bounce back here. Colts take it,” Prisco writes.
The Titans are certainly an underdog considering the fact that they are on the road and have won only three games all year long.
However, we have seen how difficult it can be for divisional opponents to sweep a season series, and the Colts came away with the win when the two teams met in Nashville during Week 6.
The Titans are coming into the game with a massive chip on their shoulder and a new source of energy with Mason Rudolph taking over as the starting quarterback after Will Levis was demoted earlier in the week.
The Titans have the ingredients necessary for a win against the Colts, but they still have to execute their plan in order to leave Indy on a happy flight home to Tennessee.
The Titans and Colts are set to kickoff at 12 noon CT tomorrow inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The game can be watched on CBS or streamed on Paramount+.
Make sure you bookmark Tennessee Titans on SI for the latest news, exclusive interviews, film breakdowns and so much more!
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