Milwaukee Indy Lights: Sage Karam takes pole position

The Schmidt driver was the third to head out for his two-lap run and went to the top with an average speed of 146.798mph, knocking off previous pacesetter and current points leader Carlos Munoz.

"We're not really a team that focuses much on qualifying; we're more about race set-up," said Karam. "So to focus on race set-up and then get pole is always a good surprise.

"It's always good when you outqualify the Andretti cars, because I really respect their programme and I know that they're strong on qualifying set-ups.

"It's going to be a tough race; the lapped traffic is going to be interesting, and you're going to have to conserve your tyres and yet push.

"So it's going to be pretty crazy, and I think the guys who raced here last year have a little advantage in knowing when to push and when not to."

Zach Veach also managed to better Munoz's time with an average just 0.088mph down on Karam's to secure himself the outside of the front row, with Peter Dempsey claiming the third-fastest speed.

Pos  Driver             Team      Speed
 1.  Sage Karam         Schmidt   146.798
 2.  Zach Veach         Andretti  146.710
 3.  Peter Dempsey      Belardi   146.043
 4.  Carlos Munoz       Andretti  145.809
 5.  Jack Hawksworth    Schmidt   145.798
 6.  Juan Pablo Garcia  Moore     144.964
 7.  Gabby Chaves       Schmidt   144.599
 8.  Jorge Goncalvez    Belardi   143.187

Order set by average speed on two-lap run