Scott McLaughlin at the 110th Indianapolis 500. Image: Joe Skibinski
The Team Penske driver completed a solitary qualifying simulation, setting a session-best 232.674 mph lap.
That was all McLaughlin needed to know he had a fast car and put it away for the rest of the afternoon with more than two-and-a-half hours to go in the session.
“I’m really proud of the execution. The Pennzoil Chevy was solid,” said McLaughlin.
“The guys ran before us so we sort of knew the balance we needed to hit.
“I think we got a really good test point for the team. We’ll go back, scratch our heads a bit more.
“It’s just going to get harder as the week goes on. It’s going to get hotter. A bit of rain coming in as well.
“Just got to make every run count and I felt like that was my best run of the weekend, so really happy to do that at that boost level.
“You’re always chasing something. I built a little loose as the run went on through (Turn) 3 and 4. It was right on the edge there.
“We’ll try and make it a bit more comfy. As I said, it was talking to me. We’ve got to polish her and we’ll come back.
“The Pennzoil Yellow Submarine is here, it’s got the American flag, and the American flag is flying pretty proudly and we’re having some fun.”
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou was next-best of the no-tow runners with a 232.532 mph lap while Rinus VeeKay was third for Juncos Holinger Racing.
Will Power was only 28th on no-tow speed. The Andretti Global driver set a 230.729 mph lap while his teammates Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood were only 22nd and 31st respectively.
Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist was the quickest overall, setting a 233.372 mph lap ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Alexander Rossi with a 232.932 mph lap. Rossi was also fourth on the no-tow ladder with a 232.416 mph effort ahead of teammate Christian Rasmussen.
The qualifying draw for the Indianapolis 500 will take place immediately following practice to set the running order for the first leg of qualifying.
Results: 110th Indianapolis 500, Practice 4
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Best Speed
Lap
Diff
Gap
Best Lap
Total Laps
1
60
Felix Rosenqvist
Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian
233.372
00:38.5650
28
29
2
20
Alexander Rossi
ECR
232.932
00:38.6379
0.0729
0.0729
22
23
3
3
Scott McLaughlin
Team Penske
232.674
00:38.6808
0.1158
0.0429
5
7
4
75
Takuma Sato
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
232.655
00:38.6839
0.1189
0.0031
12
20
5
28
Marcus Ericsson
Andretti Global
232.622
00:38.6893
0.1243
0.0054
21
34
6
10
Alex Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing
232.532
00:38.7043
0.1393
0.015
16
30
7
33
Ed Carpenter
ECR
232.47
00:38.7147
0.1497
0.0104
19
26
8
5
Pato O’Ward
Arrow McLaren
232.427
00:38.7219
0.1569
0.0072
20
22
9
76
Rinus VeeKay
Juncos Hollinger Racing
232.417
00:38.7235
0.1585
0.0016
24
24
10
6
Nolan Siegel
Arrow McLaren
232.416
00:38.7237
0.1587
0.0002
20
22
11
21
Christian Rasmussen
ECR
232.397
00:38.7268
0.1618
0.0031
19
23
12
9
Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing
232.286
00:38.7453
0.1803
0.0185
18
23
13
23
Conor Daly
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
232.202
00:38.7594
0.1944
0.0141
17
20
14
26
Will Power
Andretti Global
232.173
00:38.7642
0.1992
0.0048
25
26
15
24
Jack Harvey
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
232.124
00:38.7724
0.2074
0.0082
33
42
16
12
David Malukas
Team Penske
232.11
00:38.7747
0.2097
0.0023
5
7
17
4
Caio Collet
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
232.026
00:38.7887
0.2237
0.014
29
32
18
14
Santino Ferrucci
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
231.997
00:38.7936
0.2286
0.0049
11
20
19
7
Christian Lundgaard
Arrow McLaren
231.936
00:38.8038
0.2388
0.0102
22
25
20
2
Josef Newgarden
Team Penske
231.848
00:38.8186
0.2536
0.0148
2
18
21
66
Marcus Armstrong
Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian
231.835
00:38.8207
0.2557
0.0021
28
29
22
6
Helio Castroneves
Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian
231.786
00:38.8289
0.2639
0.0082
27
28
23
27
Kyle Kirkwood
Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian
231.713
00:38.8411
0.2761
0.0122
18
27
24
45
Louis Foster
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
231.707
00:38.8421
0.2771
0.001
4
27
25
51
Jacob Abel
Abel Motorsports
231.667
00:38.8489
0.2839
0.0068
6
20
26
15
Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
231.627
00:38.8555
0.2905
0.0066
20
28
27
77
Sting Ray Robb
Juncos Hollinger Racing
231.621
00:38.8566
0.2916
0.0011
18
23
28
8
Kyffin Simpson
Chip Ganassi Racing
231.445
00:38.8861
0.3211
0.0295
14
41
29
19
Dennis Hauger
Dale Coyne Racing
231.231
00:38.9221
0.3571
0.036
24
25
30
18
Romain Grosjean
Dale Coyne Racing
231.16
00:38.9341
0.3691
0.012
12
27
31
31
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Arrow McLaren
231.067
00:38.9497
0.3847
0.0156
16
26
32
47
Mick Schumacher
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
230.749
00:39.0034
0.4384
0.0537
15
40
33
11
Katherine Legge
HMD Motorsports w/ AJ Foyt Racing
229.357
00:39.2402
0.6752
0.2368
4
22