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Ed Carpenter Wins Pole Position for the 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500

Thursday, May 24, 2018 Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Then hometown hero Ed Carpenter took to the 2.5-mile oval on the second-to-last attempt of the Fast Nine Shootout and ignited the crowd, claiming his third career pole for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” with a four-lap average of 229.618 mph in the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet. Carpenter, from Indianapolis, also won the pole in 2013 and 2014.