INDIANAPOLIS -- Danica Patrick put her No. 13 car safely in the Indianapolis 500 field after waiting through a rain delay of 2 hours, 20 minutes.
The first female to lead the race finished with a four-lap average of 227.610 mph, the fifth-fastest of the day and the second fastest after qualifying resumed. She was just behind teammate Simon Pigot, who was fourth overall after 16 qualifying attempts. Ed Carpenter, who owns the team, was scheduled to qualify later.
"The thing about Indy, it's very unpredictable," she said. "You have to respect the process of Indy understand that it comes and it goes.