The morning showers had hinted at a frustrating day ahead at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the drivers and teams of the Verizon IndyCar Series championship bidding to qualify for this year's Indy 500. In the end, those early brief outbreaks of rain were nothing compared to the reality of the heavy downpour that arrived shortly after midday, just minutes after qualifying for the 99th running of the greatest spectacle of motorsport had officially got underway. Only two of the 34 drivers had managed to complete their quota of qualifying laps to post a time. As determined by a random draw on Friday afternoon, Dale Coyne Racing's Carlos Huertas was first out and set a four-lap aggregate speed...
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