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Sage Karam barely beat Carlos Munoz to earn his first ever Firestone Indy Lights pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Karam set a two-lap average speed of 189.243 mph, putting him just ahead of Munoz's 189.103 mph mark (Munoz who will also take part in the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar race).

Sage Karam, Schmidt Peterson. (Photo: Chris Jones/IMS)

Munoz admitted that jumping between the Lights car and the IndyCar had made things a little trickier for him.

The Colombian's closest title rival was Jack Hawksworth, who ended up fifth on the grid behind Peter Dempsey and Gabby Chaves, but said that he was satisfied with his starting position.

A small field of just 11 cars took part in the qualifying session.

Pos  Driver   Team   Speed (in mph)
1. Sage Karam  Schmidt Peterson  189.243
2. Carlos Munoz   Andretti  189.103
3. Peter Dempsey  Belardi  188.793
4. Gabby Chaves   Schmidt Peterson  187.770
5. Jack Hawksworth   Schmidt Peterson   187.410
6. Kyle O'Gara  Schmidt Peterson   187.276
7. Zach Veach  Andretti   187.013
8. Juan Pablo Garcia  Moore  186.509
9. Chase Austin  Herta  186.261
10. Jorge Goncalvez   Belardi  186.183
11. Jimmy Simpson  Moore  185.967