Urrutia wins Lights pole
With a lap time of 1:32.2997s, Santiago Urrutia won pole position for today's Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Presented by Cooper Tires. The driver of the No. 55 Mazda/SPM with Curb-Agajanian entry was 0.181s quicker than teammate Andre Negrao. Carlin's Ed Jones was third.
The green flag for today's race is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. local time.
RESULTS
| P | No | Name | FTime | Diff | Laps | FL | Gap | FSpeed | Team |
| 1 | 55 | Santiago Urrutia | 1:32.300 | 0.000 | 13 | 12 | 0.000 | 131.441 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian |
| 2 | 17 | Andre Negrao | 1:32.481 | 0.1810 | 13 | 11 | 0.1810 | 131.184 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian |
| 3 | 11 | Ed Jones | 1:32.635 | 0.3353 | 14 | 12 | 0.1543 | 130.966 | Carlin |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Kaiser | 1:32.673 | 0.3732 | 16 | 16 | 0.0379 | 130.912 | Juncos Racing |
| 5 | 5 | Zach Veach | 1:32.794 | 0.4948 | 17 | 17 | 0.1216 | 130.741 | Belardi Auto Racing |
| 6 | 4 | Felix Serralles | 1:32.947 | 0.6475 | 17 | 17 | 0.1527 | 130.526 | Carlin |
| 7 | 27 | Dean Stoneman | 1:32.978 | 0.6781 | 16 | 16 | 0.0306 | 130.483 | Andretti Autosport |
| 8 | 13 | Zachary Claman De Melo | 1:32.982 | 0.6827 | 18 | 15 | 0.0046 | 130.476 | Juncos Racing |
| 9 | 3 | Garett Grist | 1:33.279 | 0.9793 | 9 | 9 | 0.2966 | 130.061 | Team Pelfrey |
| 10 | 51 | Shelby Blackstock | 1:33.363 | 1.0635 | 16 | 16 | 0.0842 | 129.944 | Andretti Autosport |
| 11 | 28 | Dalton Kellett | 1:33.418 | 1.1187 | 18 | 18 | 0.0552 | 129.867 | Andretti Autosport |
| 12 | 22 | Neil Alberico | 1:33.510 | 1.2106 | 11 | 10 | 0.0919 | 129.740 | Carlin |