[ClaytonYeley]

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway...lis-500-field/

With it being the last year for this car I guess they will be sending some people home. Anyways, I can't wait for May. Great time to be in the Hoosier state.

[Al Pierce]

[QUOTE= With it being the last year for this car I guess they will be sending some people home. [/QUOTE]

May send some cars home...probably not any legitimate drivers. They always have a bunch of phantom entries, cars without motors, "start and park cars", people walking around with helmet bags, etc. 41 entries..they may be lucky to have 33 starters.

[richie]

There looks to be three entries that look to be "garage space" or "phantom entries." That's the Panther #44, Sarah Fisher's 57, and the China Racing #89. That brings you down to 39 attempting to qualify at least. While there are entries that may not show up, many times there are deals put together with backup cars that are not on the entry list. But with qualifying down to just one weekend, that is less likely to happen. So, I'm gonna guess about 39-40 trying to qualify ultimately.

How many times are people going to say that they'll be lucky to have 33 cars? Not happening.

[767]

42 entries 83 cars. I predict you will see a few guys try to make the field the 2nd day. I really only see 2 entries on here that may be phantams. If DRR is up to speed, I wouldn't be surprised to see them put Pagenout in a car. Or look for him to fall into another ride, after last weekend, I bet he can come up with some backing. I also would not be surprised to see a last min. announcment about Hornish driving one of these cars. Here is the list. I took out all of the t cars.


Car Driver Hometown Car Name Entrant
2 Oriol Servia Pals, Spain Telemundo Newman/Haas Racing Newman/Haas Racing
3 Helio Castroneves (W) Sao Paulo Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske Team Penske
4 JR Hildebrand (R) Sausalito, Calif. National Guard Panther Racing Panther Racing
5 Takuma Sato Tokyo KV Racing Technology - Lotus KV Racing Technology - Lotus
6 Ryan Briscoe Sydney IZOD Team Penske Team Penske
7 Danica Patrick Roscoe, Ill. Team GoDaddy Andretti Autosport
8 TBA Dragon Racing Dragon Racing
9 Scott Dixon (W) Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chip Ganassi Racing
10 Dario Franchitti (W) Edinburgh, Scotland Target Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chip Ganassi Racing
11 Davey Hamilton Nampa, Idaho HP/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
12 Will Power Toowoomba, Australia Verizon Team Penske Team Penske
14 Vitor Meira Brasilia, Brazil ABC Supply Co A.J. Foyt Racing A.J. Foyt Enterprises
16 TBA TBA TBA TBA
17 Raphael Matos Belo Horizonte, Brazil Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc. AFS Racing
18 James Jakes (R) Leeds, England Acorn Stairlifts Dale Coyne Racing
19 TBA Boy Scouts of America Dale Coyne Racing
22 Justin Wilson Sheffield, England Z-Line Designs/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
23 Paul Tracy Scarborough, Ontario WIX Filters/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
24 Ana Beatriz Sao Paulo Team Ipiranga/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
26 Marco Andretti Nazareth, Pa. Team Venom Andretti Autosport
27 Mike Conway Bromley, England Team GoDaddy.com Andretti Autosport
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Boca Raton, Fla. Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Andretti Autosport
30 Bertrand Baguette Verviers, Belgium Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
34 Sebastian Saavedra Bogotá, Colombia Conquest Racing Conquest Racing
36 TBA Conquest Racing Conquest Racing
38 Graham Rahal New Albany, Ohio Service Central Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing
43 John Andretti Indianapolis Team Window World Richard Petty/ Andretti Autosport
44 TBA Panther Racing Panther Racing
57 TBA Sarah Fisher Racing Sarah Fisher Racing
59 E.J. Viso Caracas, Venezuela PDVSA – KV Racing Technology- Lotus KV Racing Technology – Lotus
67 Ed Carpenter Indianapolis Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Sarah Fisher Racing
77 Alex Tagliani Lachenaie, Quebec Bowers & Wilkins/Sam Schmidt Motorsports Sam Schmidt Motorsports
78 Simona De Silvestro Thun, Switzerland Nuclear Clean Air Energy HVM Racing Nuclear Clean Air Energy HVM Racing
82 Tony Kanaan Salvador, Brazil GEICO – KV Racing Technology – Lotus KV Racing Technology - Lotus
83 Charlie Kimball (R) Camarillo, Calif. Levemir and NovoLog FlexPen Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
88 Jay Howard (R) Basildon, England Service Central Schmidt-RLL Racing Sam Schmidt – RLL Racing
89 TBA China Racing China Racing
98 Dan Wheldon (W) Emberton, England Bryan Herta Autosport Bryan Herta Autosport
99 Townsend Bell San Luis Obispo, Calif. Herbalife Sam Schmidt Motorsports Sam Schmidt Motorsports
06 James Hinchcliffe (R) Toronto Sprott Newman/Haas Racing Newman/Haas Racing
07 Tomas Scheckter Cape Town, South Africa Team REDLINE Xtreme – Circle K KV Racing Technology – SH Racing
TBA Bruno Junqueira Belo Horizonte, Brazil A.J. Foyt Racing A.J. Foyt Enterprises

[openwheelKT]

Originally Posted by 767 42 entries 83 cars. I predict you will see a few guys try to make the field the 2nd day. I really only see 2 entries on here that may be phantams. If DRR is up to speed, I wouldn't be surprised to see them put Pagenout in a car. Or look for him to fall into another ride, after last weekend, I bet he can come up with some backing. I also would not be surprised to see a last min. announcment about Hornish driving one of these cars. Here is the list. I took out all of the t cars.

Pagenaud will be in the #16 car. His sports car team is fielding the car with an association with a current team (Panther is a good bet). Just hasn't been officially announced yet. Their plan is to be full-time next season. I've read several places Hornish isn't really interested, but if he did run, I think car #8 or #44 would be the places. Heard Buddy Rice might get the #8 seat with Penske, Jr. Would be nice to see a former american winner in a seat. He certainly belongs.

I think almost all of the TBA cars will be filled IF teams don't have issues with their primary cars. I see 38-41 cars going for 33. There will be no issues getting 33.

[jim goerge]

42 entries and I can actually pronounce14 of them Wheres names like Clauson Darland Cooooooons jr Kinser etc etc Guys who will drive the wheels of those cars but just don:t have the cash to buy a ride