What time is the Indy 500? 2019 TV channel, pole winner, qualifying results, lineup & live stream

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What time is the Indy 500? 2019 TV channel, pole winner, qualifying results, lineup & live stream image

The date for this year's Indianapolis 500, also known as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, is set for Sunday, May 26 with a start time of 12 p.m. ET. For the first time ever, NBC is the TV channel on which the Indy 500 will be shown. Not a bad way to present the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

NBC, though, is not the only place fans can watch this year's Indy 500, as multiple live-stream options are available. The Indy 500 can be streamed live via fuboTV. (New fuboTV users can sign up with a seven-day free trial.) The race also can be streamed on NBCSports.com and with the NBC Sports app.

MORE: Watch the Indy 500 live with fuboTV (7-day trial)

The Indy 500 is the finale of what was scheduled to be an entire month of IndyCar coverage from NBC in Indianapolis. The first practice for the 2019 Indy 500 was scheduled to take place a full 12 days before the race, with a total of nine practices and four qualifying sessions sprinkled into the days leading up to the Indy 500. Practice sessions for the Indy 500 in the week leading up to the race, plus the morning qualifying session on Saturday, May 18, can be streamed live via INDYCAR Pass on NBC Sports Gold.

The Indy 500 has not seen a repeat winner since 2002, when Helio Castroneves reached victory lane, chugged the famed milk and kissed the bricks for the second consecutive year. That's bad news for Penske racing's Will Power, the winner of last season's Indy 500. Of the 36 drivers who are entered to race in the 2019 Indy 500, seven — Castroneves, Power, Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan, Alexander Rossi and Takuma Sato — are previous Indy 500 winners.

Below is how to watch the Indy 500 in 2019, including the TV schedule, live stream info and qualifying results for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

MORE: Full qualifying results | Practice times

When is the Indy 500 in 2019?

Indy 500 TV channel

The 2019 Indy 500 will be broadcast live on NBC. The presentation of the race, though, is the back end of what will have been a full month of IndyCar coverage from NBC Sports in Indianapolis.

The IndyCar Grand Prix, which took place on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a couple weeks prior to the Indy 500, became the first IndyCar race ever to be shown on NBC. It's part of NBC's TV contract, which splits the IndyCar season coverage between two networks, NBC and NBCSN.

Leigh Diffey (play-by-play), Townsend Bell (analyst) and Paul Tracy (analyst) will call NBC Sports’ inaugural Indianapolis 500 broadcast on NBC.

Per a release, NBC's commentary team for the Indy 500 also includes host Mike Tirico and former driver Danica Patrick (studio analyst). Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood will provide on-site reports, and Krista Voda will host pre- and post-race presentations. Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Kevin Lee and Jon Beekhuis will serve as pit reporters for NBC Sports’ Indy 500 coverage, along with IndyCar insider Robin Miller and reporter Dillon Welch.

Of the 17 IndyCar races on the schedule for 2019, eight, including both races in Indianapolis, were scheduled to be broadcast on NBC, and nine were scheduled to air on NBC Sports Network. NBC also offers additional coverage of IndyCar practices and qualifying sessions on its NBC Sports Gold app. (More on that below.)

NBC's coverage of the Indy 500 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway will begin at 9 a.m. ET with a pre-race show on NBCSN. Coverage on NBC begins at 11 a.m. ET, with the race scheduled to start at noon ET.

Indy 500 TV schedule

DateTimeEventHow to watch
Tue., May 1411 a.m. ETPractice 1NBC Sports Gold
Tue., May 141 p.m. ETROPNBC Sports Gold
Tue., May 143 p.m. ETPractice 1NBC Sports Gold
Wed., May 1511 a.m. ETPractice 2NBC Sports Gold
Thurs., May 1611 a.m. ETPractice 3NBC Sports Gold
Fri., May 1711 a.m. ETPractice 4NBC Sports Gold
Sat., May 188 a.m. ETPractice 5NBC Sports Gold
Sat., May 1811 a.m. ETQualifying (a.m.)NBC Sports Gold
Sat., May 185 p.m. ETQualifying (p.m.)NBCSN/fuboTV
Sun., May 1910:15 a.m. ETPractice 6NBC Sports Gold
Sun., May 1912 p.m. ETLast row qualifyingNBC/fuboTV
Sun., May 191:15 p.m. ETFast 9 qualifyingNBC/fuboTV
Sun., May 193:15 p.m. ETPractice 7NBC Sports Gold
Mon., May 2012 p.m. ETPractice 8NBCSN/fuboTV
Fri., May 2411 a.m. ETCarb day final practiceNBCSN/fuboTV
Fri., May 242 p.m. ETPit stop competitionNBCSN/fuboTV
Sun., May 269 a.m. ETPre-race showNBCSN/fuboTV
Sun., May 2611 a.m. ETIndy 500NBC/fuboTV

Indy 500 live stream

Indy 500 practice sessions in the week leading up to the race, plus the morning qualifying session on Saturday, May 18, can be streamed via INDYCAR Pass on NBC Sports Gold. As for afternoon qualifying, last row qualifying, Fast 9 qualifying, the final two practices, the pit stop competition and the race itself, live-stream presentations can be found on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

The Indy 500 also can be streamed live via fuboTV. New fuboTV users can sign up with a seven-day free trial.

Throughout the season, INDYCAR Pass will provide live streams of all IndyCar practice and qualifying sessions. The service also will provide same-day replays of IndyCar races, live streams of Indy Lights races and more.

Indy 500 qualifying results, starting lineup

A new qualifying format is in place for the 2019 Indy 500. The process took place Saturday, May 18 — one in the morning and another in the afternoon. These quaifying sessions set positions 10-30 in the 33-car field for the Indy 500. Nos. 1-9 and the final three spots were determined Sunday.

A more detailed breakdown of the Indy 500 qualifying format can be found here.

Here's the full starting order for the 2019 Indy 500:

Pos.Car No.Driver
1.22Simon Pagenaud
2.20Ed Carpenter
3.63Spencer Pigot
4.21Ed Jones
5.88Colton Herta
6.12Will Power
7.18Sébastien Bourdais
8.2Josef Newgarden
9.27Alexander Rossi
10.98Marco Andretti
11.25Conor Daly
12.3Helio Castroneves
13.7Marcus Ericsson
14.30Takuma Sato
15.33James Davison
16.14Tony Kanaan
17.15Graham Rahal
18.9Scott Dixon
19.77Oriol Servia
20.23Charlie Kimball
21.48JR Hildebrand
22.28Ryan Hunter-Reay
23.19Santino Ferrucci
24.4Matheus Leist
25.60Jack Harvey
26.42Jordan King
27.81Ben Hanley
28.26Zach Veach
29.10Felix Rosenqvist
30.39Pippa Mann
31.24Sage Karam
32.5James Hinchcliffe
33.32Kyle Kaiser

Indy 500 past winners

Among active IndyCar drivers, Castroneves has the most career Indy 500 victories with three. He is the only active driver who has reached victory lane more than once in the Indy 500.

Castroneves (2001-02) is also one of five drivers who have won consecutive Indy 500s; Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose, Bill Vukovich and Al Unser Sr. are the others. Nobody has ever won three Indy 500s in a row.

The record for career Indy 500 wins is four. Unser Sr., A.J. Foyt, and Rick Mears share that record.

Below is the all-time list of Indy 500 winners.

YearIndy 500 winner
2018Will Power
2017Takuma Sato
2016Alexander Rossi
2015Juan Pablo Montoya
2014Ryan Hunter-Reay
2013Tony Kanaan
2012Dario Franchitti
2011Dan Wheldon
2010Dario Franchitti
2009Helio Castroneves
2008Scott Dixon
2007Dario Franchitti
2006Sam Hornish Jr.
2005Dan Wheldon
2004Buddy Rice
2003Gil de Ferran
2002Helio Castroneves
2001Helio Castroneves
2000Juan Pablo Montoya
1999Kenny Brack
1998Eddie Cheever Jr.
1997Arie Luyendyk
1996Buddy Lazier
1995Jacques Villeneuve
1994Al Unser Jr.
1993Emerson Fittipaldi
1992Al Unser Jr.
1991Rick Mears
1990Arie Luyendyk
1989Emerson Fittipaldi
1988Rick Mears
1987Al Unser
1986Bobby Rahal
1985Danny Sullivan
1984Rick Mears
1983Tom Sneva
1982Gordon Johncock
1981Bobby Unser
1980Johnny Rutherford
1979Rick Mears
1978Al Unser
1977A.J. Foyt Jr.
1976Johnny Rutherford
1975Bobby Unser
1974Johnny Rutherford
1973Gordon Johncock
1972Mark Donohue
1971Al Unser
1970Al Unser
1969Mario Andretti
1968Bobby Unser
1967A.J. Foyt
1966Graham Hill
1965Jim Clark
1964A.J. Foyt Jr.
1963Parnelli Jones
1962Rodger Ward
1961A.J. Foyt
1960Jim Rathman
1959Rodger Ward
1958Jimmy Bryan
1957Sam Hanks
1956Pat Flaherty
1955Bob Sweikert
1954Bill Vukovich
1953Bill Vukovich
1952Troy Ruttman
1951Lee Wallard
1950Johnnie Parsons
1949Bill Holland
1948Mauri Rose
1947Mauri Rose
1946George Robson
1945No race (WWII)
1944No race (WWII)
1943No race (WWII)
1942No race (WWII)
1941Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose
1940Wilbur Shaw
1939Wilbur Shaw
1938Floyd Roberts
1937Wilbur Shaw
1936Louis Meyer
1935Kelly Petillo
1934Bill Cummings
1933Louis Meyer
1932Fred Frame
1931Louis Schneider
1930Billy Arnold
1929Ray Keech
1928Louis Meyer
1927George Souders
1926Frank Lockhart
1925Peter DePaolo
1924Joe Boyer/L.L. Corum
1923Tommy Milton
1922Jimmy Murphy
1921Tommy Milton
1920Gaston Chevrolet
1919Howdy Wilcox
1918No race (WWI)
1917No race (WWI)
1916Dario Resta
1915Ralph DePalma
1914Rene Thomas
1913Jules Goux
1912Joe Dawson
1911Ray Harroun