Qualifying Chronology
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 | ||||||||||
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| No qualifications due to rain | ||||||||||
| Sunday, May 14, 2006 | ||||||||||
| No qualifications due to rain | ||||||||||
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 | ||||||||||
| Attempt | Time | Day | Car No. |
Driver | Laps | Total Time |
Speed (mph) |
Result | Position | Rank |
| 1 | 12:03 | 1 | 92 | Jeff Bucknum | 4 | 2:42.5566 | 221.461 | Qualified | 22 | 22 |
| 2 | 12:07 | 1 | 90 | Townsend Bell | 4 | 2:40.9590 | 223.659 | Qualified; withdrawn | -- | -- |
| 3 | 12:12 | 1 | 4T | Vitor Meira | 4 | 2:39.1823 | 226.156 | Qualified | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 12:16 | 1 | 31 | Al Unser, Jr. | 4 | 2:44.0925 | 219.388 | Qualified | 27 | 27 |
| 5 | 12:21 | 1 | 7 | Bryan Herta | 4 | 2:40.5859 | 224.179 | Qualified | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | 12:25 | 1 | 41 | Larry Foyt | 4 | 2:42.6519 | 221.331 | Qualified | 23 | 23 |
| 7 | 12:30 | 1 | 88 | Airton Dare | 4 | 2:45.0091 | 218.170 | Qualified | 29 | 29 |
| 8 | 12:34 | 1 | 55 | Kosuke Matsuura | 4 | 2:39.6431 | 225.503 | Qualified | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | 12:39 | 1 | 2 | Tomas Scheckter | 4 | 2:40.2431 | 224.659 | Qualified | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | 12:43 | 1 | 51 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | 4 | 2:42.1420 | 222.028 | Qualified | 19 | 19 |
| 11 | 12:48 | 1 | 52 | Max Papis | 4 | 2:42.1198 | 222.058 | Qualified | 18 | 18 |
| 12 | 12:52 | 1 | 1 | Michael Andretti | 4 | 2:40.3505 | 224.508 | Qualified | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | 12:57 | 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 4 | 2:38.6457 | 226.921 | Qualified | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | 1:01 | 1 | 21 | Jaques Lazier | 4 | 2:42.7847 | 221.151 | Qualified | 24 | 24 |
| 15 | 1:06 | 1 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | 4 | 2:38.7471 | 226.776 | Qualified | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 1:11 | 1 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 4 | 2:40.3224 | 224.548 | Qualified | 12 | 12 |
| 17 | 1:15 | 1 | 8 | Scott Sharp | 4 | 2:39.7720 | 225.321 | Qualified | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | 1:20 | 1 | 15T | Buddy Rice | 4 | 2:40.4326 | 224.393 | Qualified | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | 1:24 | 1 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 4 | 2:40.0586 | 224.917 | Qualified | 9 | 9 |
| 20 | 1:29 | 1 | 91 | P. J. Chesson | 4 | 2:42.4724 | 221.576 | Qualified | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 1:33 | 1 | 6 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 4 | 2:37.2155 | 228.985 | Qualified | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 1:38 | 1 | 12 | Roger Yasukawa | 4 | 2:44.5393 | 218.793 | Qualified | 28 | 28 |
| 23 | 1:42 | 1 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | 4 | 2:38.3543 | 227.338 | Qualified | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | 1:47 | 1 | 16T | Danica Patrick | 4 | 2:40.2319 | 224.674 | Qualified | 10 | 10 |
| 25 | 1:51 | 1 | 5 | Buddy Lazier | 4 | 2:42.9534 | 220.922 | Qualified | 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 1:56 | 1 | 17T | Jeff Simmons | 4 | 2:43.3785 | 220.347 | Qualified | 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 2:00 | 1 | 97 | Stephan Gregoire | 4 | 2:45.5723 | 217.428 | Qualified | 30 | 30 |
| 28 | 2:05 | 1 | 3T | Hélio Castroneves | 4 | 2:37.8893 | 228.008 | Qualified | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | 2:10 | 1 | 14 | Felipe Giaffone | 4 | 2:42.4973 | 221.542 | Qualified | 21 | 21 |
| 30 | 2:14 | 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 3 | 2:02.1355 | 221.066 | Waved off | -- | -- |
| 31 | 5:27 | 1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | 4 | 2:41.1857 | 223.345 | Qualified | 17 | 17 |
| 32 | 5:33 | 1 | 90 | Townsend Bell | 4 | 2:40.4466 | 224.374 | Qualified | 15 | 15 |
| 33 | 5:38 | 1 | 98 | P. J. Jones | 4 | 2:46.8091 | 215.816 | Qualified | 32 | 32 |
| 34 | 5:51 | 1 | 61 | Arie Luyendyk, Jr. | 4 | 2:46.3952 | 216.352 | Qualified | 31 | 31 |
| Sunday, May 21, 2006 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 5:08 | 2 | 18 | Thiago Medeiros | 4 | 2:46.8763 | 215.729 | Qualified | 33 | 33 |
| REPORT | ||||||||||
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