Marco Andretti is starting first in the 2020 Indianapolis 500.
The third-generation racer barely beat out Scott Dixon on Sunday to start first in the pandemic-postponed race. Andretti had the fastest qualifying time of everyone on Saturday and then posted the fastest four-lap average again on Sunday among the nine drivers who were racing for pole position.
Andretti’s pole is the first for the famed racing family since his grandfather, Mario, started first in the 1987 Indianapolis 500 when Marco was a baby. Marco’s father, Michael, never started first in the Indy 500 and famously never won the race despite coming close and having an incredibly fast car in myriad races.