Photo of Tony Kanaan by Jeff Majeske

INDIANAPOLIS – When qualifications do get under way, Tony Kanaan is slated to go out first. At this point, the 2013 Indianapolis 500 champ does not look a contender for the pole, which he won in 2005, or even the Fast Nine – his best practice speed is 230.360.

I can’t find a quick link to the qualifying draw, so here’s the order. Mind you, there are only 33 car-and-driver combinations, but a total of 65 spots were drawn, including cars that haven’t practiced at speed yet, possibly have never even been on the track or maybe are still in the garage or on a transporter.

Anyway, here you go:

1.       Tony Kanaan

2.       Simon Pagenaud

3.       Sebastien Bourdais (backup)

4.       James Hinchcliffe (backup)

5.       Simon Pagenaud (backup)

6.       Marco Andretti

7.       Alexander Rossi

8.       Tony Kanaan (backup)

9.       Sebastien Bourdais

10.   Matt Brabham (backup)

11.   Josef Newgarden

12.   Alex Tagliani (backup)

13.   Oriol Servia (Note: This is listed as 12A because no one wants to be No. 13, right?)

14.   Bryan Clauson (backup)

15.   Max Chilton (backup)

16.   JR Hildebrand

17.   Mikhail Aleshin

18.   Gabby Chaves (backup)

19.   Charlie Kimball (backup)

20.   Will Power

21.   Helio Castroneves

22.   Ryan Hunter-Reay (backup)

23.   Bryan Clauson

24.   Ed Carpenter (backup)

25.   Juan Pablo Montoya (backup)

26.   Carlos Munoz (backup)

27.   Mikhail Aleshin (backup)

28.   JR Hildebrand (backup)

29.   Matt Brabham

30.   Scott Dixon

31.   Max Chilton

32.   Buddy Lazier

33.   Alex Tagliani

34.   Will Power (backup)

35.   Takuma Sato

36.   Helio Castroneves (backup)

37.   Townsend Bell

38.   Conor Daly (backup)

39.   Pippa Mann (backup)

40.   Takuma Sato (backup)

41.   Jack Hawksworth (backup)

42.   Spencer Pigot (backup)

43.   Marco Andretti (backup)

44.   Gabby Chaves

45.   Spencer Pigot

46.   Charlie Kimball

47.   Ryan Hunter-Reay

48.   Sage Karam (backup)

49.   Stefan Wilson

50.   Jack Hawksworth
51. Juan Pablo Montoya
52. James Hinchcliffe
53. Scott Dixon (backup)
54. Carlos Munoz
55. Oriol Servia (backup)
56. Graham Rahal (backup)
57. Sage Karam
58. Josef Newgarden (backup)
59. Stefan Wilson (backup)
60. Alexander Rossi (backup)
61. Pippa Mann
62. Ed Carpenter
63. Conor Daly
64. Graham Rahal
65. Townsend Bell (backup)