Five NTT INDYCAR SERIES race winners and a rookie competing in the first oval race of his life will compete for the NTT P1 Award as pole winner for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge after a dramatic Top 12 Qualifying session.

Felix Rosenqvist was the fastest in the Top 12 session with a four-lap average speed of 232.523 mph in the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda fielded by Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian. He will be joined in the Firestone Fast Six at 6:25 p.m. ET (FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) on the 2.5-mile oval by Pato O’Ward (second, 232.186), rookie Robert Shwartzman (third, 232.008), Scott Dixon (fourth, 231.971), Alex Palou (fifth, 231.800) and Takuma Sato (sixth, 231.686).

The six remaining drivers will get one attempt each, running in order from slowest (Sato) to fastest (Rosenqvist). Among the final six, 2008 “500” winner Dixon and current series points leader Palou are past Indianapolis 500 pole winners.

There was unexpected drama at the start of the Top 12 session when the cars of two remaining Team Penske drivers in the session, Josef Newgarden and Will Power, both failed pre-qualifying technical inspection and forfeited their positions for their one qualifying attempt. The violation was of INDYCAR Rule 14.7.8.16, an unapproved body fit on the rear attenuator of the car.

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin already was relegated to start on the fourth row for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” after he crashed heavily in Turn 2 during pre-qualifying practice in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet. McLaughlin was unhurt, but the car suffered heavy damage, and the team elected to focus its efforts on getting a car prepared for McLaughlin for practice Monday afternoon.

The three Team Penske drivers will occupy Row 4 on the starting grid based on their four-lap average speeds from the first day of PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying on Saturday. McLaughlin will start 10th, two-time reigning “500” winner Newgarden 11th and Power 12th.