Saturday Morning update from Belle Isle

A beautiful Saturday is expected on Belle Isle

Another beautiful day on Belle Isle. There is no rain in the forecast for today but tomorrow we could see rain.

Qualifying today and tomorrow will a different format than IndyCar usually follows on road and street courses. The drivers have been assigned to a qualifying group 1 or 2 based on their times in the Friday afternoon practice session. Each group will go out for 12 minutes, with a guaranteed 5 minutes of green time. The fastest driver between both groups will be on pole. Then the groups will line up by their remaining times within their group.

The No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing crew of Scott Dixon were awarded the Firestone Pit Stop Performance Award with a total pit lane time of 1 minute, 55 seconds during the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 13th. The team was awarded $10,000 yesterday after the first practice session.

Watch for more updates during the day. IndyCar qualifying starts at 10:05 am and the Race 1 will start at 3:30 pm.

Lucille Dust and Tim Wohlford reporting live from Detroit