With a week of practice under their belts, and an extra dose of boost in their engines, 34 Drivers will take to their cars on Saturday and attempt to qualify for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500. There will be some who's sole goal will be just to "get it in the show", and there will be some that will not be satisfied with anything other than the front row, specifically the pole, which not only brings with it bragging rights, but also a cheque for $100,000. No doubt, Ed Carpenter will be in the second group, attempting to pull off what no one in history has: 3 consecutive Indy 500 Poles.

Following today's practice, everyone gathered for the Qualification Draw. One by one numbers were pulled out of a bucket by drivers, team owners, offspring, parents, sponsors, and PR reps, setting the order for Saturday's qualification runs, with Carlos "Grumpy Cat" Huertas pulling out the coveted 1st spot.

QUALIFYING ORDER (list based on primary car order, (back up car qualy spot in parenthesis)
(thank you Tony DiZinno at NBCSports for compiling the list)

1. 18-Carlos Huertas (18T: 33)
2. 28-Ryan Hunter-Reay (28T: 28)
4. 9-Scott Dixon (9T: 49)
8. 20-Ed Carpenter (20T: 3)
10. 15-Graham Rahal (15T: 12A)
12. 7-James Jakes (7T: 39)
14. 17-Sebastian Saavedra (17T: 37)
15. 43-Conor Daly (43T: 6)
16. 88-Bryan Clauson (88T: 38)
19. 6-JR Hildebrand (6T: 41)
20. 29-Simona de Silvestro (29T: 7)
21. 4-Stefano Coletti (4T: 34)
25. 14-Takuma Sato (14T: 22)
26. 1-Will Power (1T: 24)
30. 63-Pippa Mann (63T: 54)
35. 10-Tony Kanaan (10T: 9)
36. 32-Oriol Servia (32T: 23)
44. 25-Justin Wilson (25T: 18)
45. 91-Buddy Lazier (91T: 11)
47. 83-Charlie Kimball (83T: 42)
50. 11-Sebastien Bourdais (11T: 43)
51. 26-Carlos Munoz (26T: 56)
52. 22-Simon Pagenaud (22T: 29)
53. 21-Josef Newgarden (21T: 67)
57. 41-Jack Hawksworth (41T: 68)
58. 3-Helio Castroneves (3T: 31)
59. 48-Alex Tagliani (48T: 27)
60. 2-Juan Pablo Montoya (2T: 17)
61. 24-Townsend Bell (24T: 48)
62. 5-James Hinchcliffe (5T: 46)
63. 98-Gabby Chaves (98T: 55)
64. 19-Tristan Vautier/James Davison (19T: 40)
65. 27-Marco Andretti (27T: 5)
66. 8-Sage Karam (8T: 32)

So how does it all work?

The schedule is as follows for the weekend:

Saturday May 16th
INDIANAPOLIS 500 QUALIFICATION DAY
8am - 8:30am - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 1 Practice
8:30am - 9:00am - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 2 Practice
9:00am - 10:00am - Verizon IndyCar Series Full Field Practice
11am - 5:50pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying - Positions 1-9 Advance to Fast 9

Sunday May 17th
OLD NATIONAL ARMED FORCES POLE DAY
8:30am - 9:30am - Verizon IndyCar Series Full Field Practice
10:15am - 12:15pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 1 Qualifying
(Positions 10-33)
12:45pm - 01:30pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 2 Qualifying
2:00pm - 02:45pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Fast 9 Qualifying
(Positions 1-9)

Yes, but how does it all work?!

Well, we could attempt to explain it, but we'll let the fine folks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway lay it out for you: Qualification Day Infographic