IndyCar Firestone 600 lineup atTexas Motor Speedway

Pos./Driver

No.

Speed

Comment

Frequency

1. Will Power

1

218.519

Reigning champ looking to win from pole position, his starting spot the past three Texas races.

466.2125

2. Simon Pagenaud

22

218.441

The oft-forgotten Team Penske member is looking for his first win of the season.

464.1875

3. Helio Castroneves

3

218.069

Nobody has won more IndyCar races at Texas than Castroneves, who is eyeing five.

464.5750

4. Carlos Munoz

26

217.831

Riding high after earning his first career IndyCar win last weekend in Detroit.

467.4000

5. Juan Pablo Montoya

2

217.530

Indy 500 champ clearly has made successful transition back after NASCAR stint.

464.9250

6. Graham Rahal

15

217.438

Hasn’t visited Victory Lane since 2008, and Texas hasn’t been kind past two years (21st and 12th).

466.9125

7. Scott Dixon

9

217.411

Unassuming guy who is one of most accomplished drivers in the sport.

461.6125

8. Tony Kanaan

10

217.337

Veteran who continues to contend each weekend.

467.0375

9. Charlie Kimball

83

217.323

Posted his first top-10 at Texas a year ago.

466.1875

10. Sage Karam

8

216.920

Making his IndyCar debut at Texas.

461.1875

11. Marco Andretti

27

216.876

Member of racing royalty who is looking for first career win at Texas.

469.1375

12. James Jakes

7

216.864

Has yet to win an IndyCar race, but posted a top-10 in Texas in 2012.

464.4625

13. Takuma Sato

14

216.686

Finished a career-best fifth at Texas in 2011, but has been outside top-10 other five races.

467.0750

14. Josef Newgarden

67

216.210

Next American hope in IndyCar? Earned first IndyCar win at Birmingham [Ala.] in April.

469.9250

15. Ed Carpenter

20

216.197

Defending race winner looking to turn season around at Texas.

469.1125

16. Tristan Vautier

19

215.929

Hoping to finish better than his Texas debut — 18th in 2013.

467.2000

17. Jack Hawksworth

41

215.621

Like Vautier, would love to improve on his Texas debut — 15th last year.

461.8375

18. Sebastien Bourdais

11

215.303

A third consecutive 20th-place finish at Texas? He hopes not.

464.2500

19. Ryan Briscoe

5

215.162

He’s won at Texas before (in 2010), but has plenty of work to do it again.

469.4375

20. Gabby Chaves

98

215.146

Rookie who won four races in Indy Lights a year ago. Searching for first IndyCar win.

462.2625

21. Ryan Hunter-Reay

28

215.026

The 2014 Indy 500 champ struggled qualifying in backup car.

469.3000

22. Pippa Mann

18

214.654

The lone female in the field is making her second start of the season, finishing 22nd at the Indy 500.

463.6000

23. Stefano Coletti

4

211.930

He has a lot of ground to cover if he wants to post his second top-10 of the season.

461.9375