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Indy 500 2017 qualifying: Full results from Sunday

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Nine drivers will vie to win the Indianapolis 500 pole in qualifying Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

2 p.m. ET — Dale Coyne Racing named James Davison to drive its No. 18 Honda-powered car, replacing the injured Sebastien Bourdais.

Bourdais suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fracture to his right hip after crashing while making a qualifying attempt Saturday. The 38-year-old Frenchman’s car struck the outside Turn 2 wall nose-first, then flipped once before coming to a rest on the backstretch. He underwent surgery on his pelvis Saturday night, and is expected to make a full recovery.

Davison is a two-time Indianapolis 500 starter — including with DCR in 2015 — and has competed in two other Verizon IndyCar Series races for the team. As DCR continues to prepare its backup car, Davison’s first laps on the track won’t come until practice Monday. Because he will sit out qualifying Sunday, the Australian will start 33rd in the race.

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The complete 33-car starting lineup for the 101st Indianapolis 500 will be set Sunday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Nine drivers — Ed Carpenter, Takuma Sato, Scott Dixon, JR Hildebrand, Alexander Rossi, Will Power, Fernando Alonso, Tony Kanaan, and Marco Andretti — will gun for the pole after earning the opportunity by posting the fastest speeds in first round qualifying Saturday.

Drivers who qualified 10th on back Saturday can attempt to requalify beginning at 2:45 p.m. ET — though they cannot start higher than 10th. The Fast 9 Shootout to determine the pole winner is scheduled for 5 p.m., with each of the nine drivers assured of getting one attempt. Whomever posts the fastest four-lap average will lead the field to the green flag in next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.

Carpenter’s 230.468 mph average speed topped Saturday’s qualifying session. The driver-owner is the stepfather of Tony George, whose family owns IMS and the Verizon IndyCar Series, the sanctioning body of the Indianapolis 500. Carpenter won the pole for this race in 2013 and 2014.

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