Malukas On Pole, Troubles for Power And Rosenqvist

David Malukas celebrating his first career pole position at Phoenix Raceway (Photo by: Joe Skibinski)

David Malukas scores his first career NTT P1 Award at Phoenix Raceway for the Good Ranchers 250. Malukas will lead the field to green in the first oval race of the season, alongside his teammate Josef Newgarden on the front row.

The surprise of qualifying was NTT Indycar rookie, and former F1 driver Mick Schumacher, son of 7-time Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher. In Schumacher's first oval start, he qualifies 4th, just behind his teammate Graham Rahal.

The unlucky drivers in qualifying were Andretti Global driver Will Power, and the Meyer Shank entry of Felix Rosenqvist. Rosenqvist had crashed in opening practice and sustained too much damage to be repaired in time for qualifying, therefore did not set a lap time.

On Will Power's qualifying attempt, he lost control going into turn 1, and backed the car into the outside wall, recieving heavy damage, and was unable to set a lap time. Both Power, and Rosenqvist will start at the back of the grid for the race.