“It was so amazing,” Kealoha said. “I was really proud of myself.”

among the 34 cars trying to make the 33-car field when practice opened Tuesday, only to see IndyCar champion Alex Palou take the top spot the following day. Newgarden was back to setting the pace Thursday, turning just 35 laps but with a fastest of 226.632 mph — more than a full mile-per-hour better than Scott Dixon and anyone else.“Lots of things can change,” said Dixon, who is trying to tie Rick Mears’ record with his sixth Indy 500 pole. “The Penske teams seem strong, there’s no doubt about that. They’re running some big laps. There can always be some kind of weird twist.”

Dixon was the lone Honda-powered car among the top five Thursday with a best lap of 225.457 mph for Chip Ganassi Racing. Conor Daly was third,on a good day for Arrow McLaren, and Ryan Hunter-Reay was fifth.“They’re two different beasts you’re trying to make go fast, to be fairly honest with you. Just because you have a good traffic car doesn’t mean you’ll have a good qualifying car, and vice versa,” O’Ward said. “In traffic, I think we’ve gotten better, but there’s still a handful of other cars that I believe are a lot stronger than we are, so still work to do.”

Palou turned 112 laps on Thursday, second only to Kyffin Simpson, and had a best lap of 223.456 mph.Honda was planning to change the engines late Thursday on all of its full-time entries ahead of this weekend’s qualifying.

It will be the second engine change for Dixon,

. His initial engine was changed Wednesday night, and Honda plans to send that one back to California to inspect what was wrong with it. Dixon will be penalized for that change at the next race, in Detroit on June 1, while the rest of the Honda engine changes are permitted under Indy 500 rules.. And U.S. shoppers currently rely on a lot of goods made abroad.

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Cars rest on a carrier at the BNSF Railway vehicle storage facility at the Port of Richmond on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Cars rest on a carrier at the BNSF Railway vehicle storage facility at the Port of Richmond on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)