INDIANAPOLIS — Pato O'Ward will have his first unobstructed view coming across the bricks when the green flag drops Sunday for the 109th Indianapolis 500 as, unlike last year, there will be nobody from Team Penske out front, or in the second or third rows.
And, O'Ward said, they shouldn't be in the fourth row, either. Josef Newgarden's No. 2 failed the qualifying tech inspection and Will Power's No. 12, which passed with the same modification, was pulled back by Penske, team president Tim Cindric said. Neither ran in Fast 12, which means two-time reigning champion Newgarden will start 11th and 2018 champion Power in 12th as decided by Saturday's qualifying times.