Recovered from a nasty looking crash the day before, St. James puts up a 218.826mph run, trailering Boat s 41 car and putting Robby Unser on the bubble. Former Boilermaker cornerback Rod Woodson may have been faster as Guerrero sportingly waves off his run. Schroeder joins teammate Miller in the show for the moment, running four laps at 219.322mph. Miller gets on the bubble as time ticks down. Boat s 11T car is next in line, but will not get a chance if Drinan completes all four qualifying laps.
Boat rolls out with less than a minute on the clock.
As the other cars in line are rolled back to the pits, Boat screams by the finish line to complete his fourth lap. His average of 218.872 punches his ticket for the 500. Miller laments what could have been as his car number disappears from Indy s famous scoring pylon.