“Virtually every sponsorship you have is tied to this event. It's the 800-pound gorilla,” said Bobby Rahal, owner of three cars entered in Sunday's race that was rescheduled from its traditional Memorial Day weekend slot.
It's cachet improved when Marco Andretti won the pole, a feat not done by his famous family since Mario Andretti did it in 1987. Marco was just two months old when his grandfather won his last Indy pole and Marco's father, uncle and cousin all failed to duplicate the effort. His top competition seems to be his very own Andretti Autosport teammates as the Honda-powered cars trounced Chevrolet in qualifying. The Andretti camp starts four drivers in the first three rows, while Honda took all but one of the nine slots.
The back of the field includes Penske's entire four-car fleet, which includes the last two winners in Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, defending IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden, and three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves. Alonso is returning to F1 next season and will miss the Indy 500 the next two years. He said if he wins Sunday he will have achieved his goal, but t he Arrow McLaren SP team has only been mediocre leading into Friday's final practice. It was only then the McLaren team showed a flicker with teammate Pato O'Ward topping the final speed chart. Alonso, the only driver to crash during Indy 500 practices, was 23rd.
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