INDIANAPOLIS – A week after a stunning victory in the IndyCar Grand Prix, Simon Pagenaud continued his impressive month of May by winning the pole for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

The seventh driver to take time during the Fast Nine Shootout Sunday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pagenaud placed his No. 22 Team Penske Chevrolet on the pole thanks to a four-lap average of 229.992 mph.

“It’s just amazing,” Pagenaud said in the moments after officially earning the pole. “Thank you to Team Chevy and Menards. It is incredible to be able to bring this for John (Menard). Obviously last week was amazing, but this is even more special.

“This, this is incredible,” Pagenaud added. “This is the biggest race in the world so obviously I’m on cloud nine.”

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Ed Carpenter, in search of his fourth Indianapolis 500 pole, came up just short with a four-lap average of 229.889 mph. Spencer Pigot, who ended Saturday as the fastest competitor of the 36 who attempted to qualify, took the last spot on the front row for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing with a 229.826 mph lap in his Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet.

“It was flat (out) all four laps. That’s kind of all we can do,” Pigot said.

Ed Jones will lead the second row thanks to a 229.646 mph four-lap average in the ECR/Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet. Colton Herta was the fastest Honda in the field, qualifying fifth for Harding-Steinbrenner Racing at 229.086 mph. Will Power, the defending Indianapolis 500 winner, was sixth at 228.645 mph.

Sebastian Bourdais (228.621 mph), Josef Newgarden (228.396 mph) and Alexander Rossi (228.247 mph) qualified seventh through ninth, respectively.

Pagenaud’s pole is the 18th in the history of Team Penske at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500. He’ll now try to give team owner Roger Penske his 18th victory in the Indianapolis 500 on May 26.

“Just being able to get a pole under my belt here at the speedway is very amazing, but the goal is to win the race,” Pagenaud said.

This report will be updated.