It sure looks like Alessandro de Tullio has this qualifying thing figured out in INDY NXT by Firestone.

Rookie de Tullio swept the poles for both races in the Grand Prix of Alabama on Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park in the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing entry, increasing his top qualifier total to three this season. De Tullio, from Miami, also won the pole at the last event, the Grand Prix of Arlington on March 15 but finished 11th after being shoved wide in Turn 1 on the opening lap.

SEE: Qualifying Results Race 1 | Qualifying Results Race 2

“It’s unreal, pole for both races,” de Tullio said. “What a start to the weekend. Arlington, we had the pace, but we had that unfortunate incident in the race. We knew we were contenders even from St. Pete, so to be back on pole here for both of the races is unreal. Now we just have to stay calm, get through the start and do a good job in the race.”

The 35-lap opening race of the first doubleheader of the season is scheduled for 1 p.m. today. The second race, a 30-lapper on the 17-turn, 2.3-mile circuit, is at 11 a.m. ET Sunday. Live coverage of both races will be provided by FS1, FOX One, the FOX Sports app and INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls.

Starting grids for both races were determined by each driver’s two quickest laps, with their best setting the lineup for Race 1 and second-best forming the grid for Race 2. De Tullio set a track record of 1 minute, 10.3176 seconds with his best lap, shattering the mark of 1:10.7371 set in 2023 by current NTT INDYCAR SERIES race winner Christian Rasmussen. De Tullio’s second-best lap of 1:10.3885 also was good enough for the top spot in Race 2.

Series leader and Arlington race winner Max Taylor will start second in both races after his best laps of 1:10.4758 and 1:10.5933 in the No. 28 Susan G. Komen car of Andretti Global. St. Petersburg race winner Nikita Johnson is starting third in both races in the No. 21 Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR entry with his two best laps of 1:10.4024 and 1:10.4514.

The grid composition for both races started to deviate with the fourth spot. Rookie Enzo Fittipaldi will start fourth in the No. 67 HMD Motorsports machine with his best lap of 1:10.6651, while Jordan Missig produced an impressive lap of 1:10.8263 to take the fourth spot for Race 2 in the No. 48 ABEL Motorsports car.

Row 3 of the first race will be comprised of Bryce Aron in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing car and rookie Tymek Kucharczyk in the No. 71 HMD Motorsports machine. The third row for Race 2 will be filled by rookie Max Garcia in the No. 12 ABEL Motorsports entry and Fittipaldi.