IZOD IndyCar Series Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Race #1 at MD Anderson Cancer Center Speedway at Reliant Park Saturday, Oct. 5 2013 QUALIFYING RESULTS

PCar Driver Hometown Car Name Engine Entrant Time Speed 1 14 Takuma Sato Tokyo ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing Honda A.J. Foyt Racing 01:00.4535 97.305 2 12 Will Power Toowoomba, Australia Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 01:01.1524 96.192 3 9 Scott Dixon Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Target Chip Ganassi Racing 01:00.6057 97.060 4 7 Sebastien Bourdais Le Mans, France Dragon Racing Chevrolet Dragon Racing 01:01.4911 95.663 5 77 Simon Pagenaud Montmorillon, France Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports Honda Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports 01:00.6184 97.040 6 78 Simona De Silvestro Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland Nuclear Entergy Areva KVRT Chevrolet KV Racing Technology 01:01.5527 95.567 7 27 James Hinchcliffe Toronto GoDaddy PINK Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 01:01.2123 96.098 8 98 Luca Filippi (R) Savigliano, Italy Barracuda Racing Honda Bryan Herta Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian 01:01.6520 95.413 9 5 E.J. Viso Caracas, Venezuela Team Venezuela PDVSA Citgo Chevrolet Team Venezuela/Andretti Autosport/HVM 01:01.3274 95.918 10 10 Dario Franchitti Edinburgh, Scotland T-Mobile Honda Target Chip Ganassi Racing 01:01.7201 95.308 11 16 James Jakes Leeds, England Acorn Stairlifts Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 01:01.3678 95.855 12 25 Marco Andretti Nazareth, Pa. RC Cola Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 01:01.7907 95.199 13 18 Mike Conway Bromley, England Sonny's BBQ Honda Dale Coyne Racing 01:01.5154 95.625 14 19 Justin Wilson Sheffield, England Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dale Coyne Racing 01:01.8065 95.174 15 11 Salvador, Brazil Hydroxycut KVRT-SH Racing Chevrolet KV Racing Technology 01:01.5409 95.585 16 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay Fort Lauderdale, Fla. DHL Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 01:01.8305 95.138 17 83 Charlie Kimball Camarillo, Calif. NovoLog FlexPen Honda Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing 01:01.6329 95.443 18 4 Oriol Servia Pals, Spain National Guard Panther Racing Chevrolet Panther Racing 01:01.9043 95.024 19 15 Graham Rahal New Albany, Ohio blu eCigs Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 01:02.0140 94.856 20 67 Josef Newgarden Hendersonville, Tenn. Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 01:02.1588 94.635 21 6 Sebastian Saavedra Bogota, Colombia Dragon Racing Chevrolet Dragon Racing 01:02.1175 94.698 22 3 Helio Castroneves Sao Paulo Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 01:02.2823 94.447 23 20 Ed Carpenter Indianapolis Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Ed Carpenter Racing 01:03.5193 92.608 24 55 Tristan Vautier (R) Corenc, France Angie's List Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda Schmidt Peterson Motorsports No Time No Speed Verizon P1 Award Winner: Takuma Sato 1:00.4535; 97.305 mph) Note: #55 Vautier lost two fastest laps for causing red flag during qualifying sessions per rule 8.3.5; #15 Rahal lost two fastest laps for qualifying interference per rule 8.3.7.1 Legend: R - IZOD IndyCar Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate All cars use fourth-generation IZOD IndyCar Series chassis (IR-12) and Firestone tires Issued: Oct. 5, 2013