By René Fagnan, View author's other articles Friday, May 24, 2013

American Ed Carpenter will lead the field to the green flag in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday with rookie Carlos Munoz and Marco Andretti alongside him on the front row.

Two Penske Racing drivers, AJ Allmendinger and Will Power will start from the second row.

All front starters will be driving Chevrolet-powered Dallaras. The fastest Honda qualifier is former Indy 500 pole winner, Canadian Alexandre Tagliani who will start from the 11th place.

Four female drivers will take the green on Sunday: Simona de Silvestro (24th), Ana Beatriz (29th), Pippa Mann (30th) and Katherine Legge (33th and last).

Photo: IMS

Starting grid

Row 1
1. No. 20 Ed Carpenter (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.762mph
2. No. 26 Carlos Munoz * (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.342mph
3. No. 25 Marco Andretti (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.261mph

Row 2
4. No. 5 EJ Viso (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.150mph
5. No. 2 AJ Allmendinger * (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.099mph
6. No. 12 Will Power (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 228.087mph

Row 3
7. No. 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 227.904mph
8. No. 3 Helio Castroneves (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 227.762mph
9. No. 27 James Hinchcliffe (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 227.070mph

Row 4
10. No. 4 JR Hildebrand (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 227.441mph
11. No. 98 Alex Tagliani (Honda) Four-lap average: 227.386mph
12. No. 11 Tony Kanaan (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 226.949mph

Row 5
13. No. 22 Oriol Servia (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 226.814mph
14. No. 19 Justin Wilson (Honda) Four-lap average: 226.370mph
15. No. 7 Sebastien Bourdais (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 226.196mph

Row 6
16. No. 9 Scott Dixon (Honda) Four-lap average: 226.158mph
17. No. 10 Dario Franchitti (Honda) Four-lap average: 226.069mph
18. No. 14 Takuma Sato (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.892mph

Row 7
19. No. 83 Charlie Kimball (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.880mph
20. No. 16 James Jakes (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.809mph
21. No. 77 Simon Pagenaud (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.674mph

Row 8
22. No. 60 Townsend Bell (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 225.643mph
23. No. 8 Ryan Briscoe (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.265mph
24. No. 78 Simona De Silvestro (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 225.226mph

Row 9
25. No. 21 Josef Newgarden (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.731mph
26. No. 15 Graham Rahal (Honda) Four-lap average: 225.007mph
27. No. 6 Sebastian Saavedra (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 224.929mph

Row 10
28. No. 55 Tristan Vautier * (Honda) Four-lap average: 224.873mph
29. No. 18 Ana Beatriz (Honda) Four-lap average: 224.184mph
30. No. 63 Pippa Mann (Honda) Four-lap average: 224.005mph

Row 11
31. No. 41 Conor Daly * (Honda) Four-lap average: 223.582mph
32. No. 91 Buddy Lazier (Chevrolet) Four-lap average: 223.442mph
33. No. 81 Katherine Legge (Honda) Four-lap average: 223.176mph

*Rookie driver