Wisconsin'S Elkhart lake: Alexander Rossi secured his maiden pole in three years and will head the starting lineup to the green flag at Road America on Sunday, attempting to end a nearly three-year winless record in the NTT IndyCar Series.

Rossi will start from the pole position in the Sonsio Grand Prix, which will hold on the 14-turn, 4.048-mile road layout where he won his last IndyCar Series race 44 races ago on June 23, 2019.

It's surreal to believe it's been that long, Rossi added.

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Rossi stated, "It's been a long time since we've been in this position." It's incredible. It's fine. We'll enjoy it, but we've got a job to do.

The American became the eighth different pole winner through eight qualifying sessions, marking the most incredible parity in IndyCar since 1961. That season, there were nine different pole winners.

Josef Newgarden of Team Penske qualified second, followed by Alex Palou, the incumbent series champion, and Marcus Ericsson, the Indianapolis 500 winner of Chip Ganassi Racing.

Andretti's Colton Herta qualified fifth but will start 11th due to six-position penalties for an unauthorised engine change before the Indianapolis 500. Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren SP will start fifth, while Andretti's Romain Grosjean will start sixth. Will Power, the current IndyCar points leader, qualified 15th after failing to progress out of the first group after his win last weekend in Detroit. IndyCar never had a victor come from a position lower than 13th, except Alex Tagliani in 2004.

As she adjusted to her first IndyCar road circuit race since 2015, Simona de Silvestro qualified 27th and last on the grid for her maiden start. For the first time since the 2013 season finale, she and Tatiana Calderon compete in the same race.

In the meantime, Rossi has been on a tear for the past three weeks.

In the Indianapolis 500, he finished fifth, and last week in Detroit, he finished second to Power. He also stated last week that he would leave Andretti Autosport at the end of this season to drive for McLaren the following year.

There is no revelation, in my opinion. We aren't making any changes. According to Rossi, "Mistakes have limited, and chaotic occurrences have been kept under control, except for a clutch blowing up this morning." The IndyCar lineup for Sunday's Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America on the 14-turn, 4.048-mile road track (qualifying position, vehicle number in parenthesis, driver, engine, time, speed) is as follows:

1st ROW

1. Honda's (27) Alexander Rossi, 01:44.8656 (137.799 mph)

2. (2) Chevrolet, Josef Newgarden, 01:44.9371 (137.705)

2ND ROW

3. (10) Honda's Alex Palou, 01:45.3822 (137.124)

4. (8) Honda's Marcus Ericsson, 01:45.4240 (137.069)

3RD ROW

5. (5) Chevrolet's Pato O'Ward, 01:45.6826 (136.734)

Honda, 01:45.1543, 6. (28) Romain Grosjean (137.421)

4TH ROW

Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 01:45.2307, 7. (7) (137.321)

8. (3) Chevrolet, Scott McLaughlin, 01:45.2412 (137.307)

5TH ROW

9. (9) Honda's Scott Dixon, 01:45.2446 (137.303)

6TH ROW

Honda, 01:45.5388 (136.920)**, 11. (26) Colton Herta

12. (77) Chevrolet's Callum Ilott, No Time (No Speed)

7TH ROW

13. (30) Honda's Christian Lundgaard, 01:45.4024 (137.097)

14. (18) Honda's David Malukas, 01:45.6017 (136.839)

8TH ROW

Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:45.4227, 15. (12) (137.071)

Helio Castroneves, Honda, 16. (06), 01:45.6217 (136.813)

9TH ROW

Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 17. (21) 01:45.5581 (136.895)

18. (20) Chevrolet's Conor Daly, 01:45.7234 (136.681)

ROW TEN

Takuma Sato, Honda, 19. (51) 01:45.7045 (136.706)

Honda, 01:45.9420, 20. (45) Jack Harvey (136.399)

10. (60) Honda's Simon Pagenaud, 01:45.2759 (137.262)

11TH ROW

Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 21. (29) 01:46.0785 (136.224)

Graham Rahal, Honda, 22. (15) 01:45.9951 (136.331)

12TH ROW

Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 23. (4) 01:46.9755 (135.081)

Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 24. (14) 01:46.6130 (135.541)

13TH ROW

Chevrolet, 01:47.5661, 25. (11) Tatiana Calderon (134.340)

Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 26. (48), 01:47.3134 (134.656)

14TH ROW

Simona De Silvestro, Chevrolet, 27. (16) 01:48.1033 (133.672)