Scott McLaughlin won the NTT P1 Award in qualifying Sunday morning at World Wide Technology Raceway, but Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden will start from the top spot for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline this afternoon. McLaughlin earned his first career oval pole and fifth NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole overall with a two-lap average of 182.951 mph in the No. That elevates Newgarden to the top starting spot for the 260-lap race, which starts at 3:30 p.m. Newgarden was the second-fastest car in qualifying with his average of 182.390 in the No. Newgarden is trying to win his sixth consecutive oval race in the series and become the first driver ever to sweep all oval races in a season featuring at least two circle tracks or more on the schedule.

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