Teammates Dixon, Rosenqvist Top Honda Qualifiers in Toronto
• Scott Dixon qualifies second for Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing
• Rookie teammate Felix Rosenqvist qualifies third
• Alexander Rossi runs fourth for Andretti Autosport

TORONTO, Ont., Canada (July 13, 2019) – Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist led the way for the Honda field today in NTT IndyCar Series qualifying, and will start second and third, respectively, in Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto.

Dixon, who won from the second starting position last year, ended the three rounds of “knockout” qualifying 16 hundredths of a second off the pole time set by Simon Pagenaud. Rosenqvist, an IndyCar Series rookie this season but a two-time winner on the Exhibition Place street circuit in Indy Lights competition, will start third in his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

Twice a race winner this season – at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and Road America – Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi was the third Honda driver to advance to final round “Fast Six” qualifying, and will start fourth. Live television coverage of the Honda Indy Toronto, 11th round of the 2019 season, begins at 3 p.m. EDT Sunday on the NBC Sports Network.

Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) defending race winner, defending series champion, will start second: “I just couldn’t quite piece together a lap [for the pole]. Both Chip Ganassi Racing Hondas have been fast all weekend, but at times it was a struggle getting a clear track [in practice]. It was better in qualifying with the split groups, and I felt my last lap could’ve been ‘the one’ had I finished it! [Dixon spun exiting the last corner of his final qualifying lap]. The second-place start for us last year worked out well and turned into a win so we hope to replicate that tomorrow.”