The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race is 60 days away. Time to do a run down of what we know.
Confirmed
Andretti Autosport (32)
#7 - Danica Patrick - GoDaddy.com
#11 - Tony Kanaan - 7/11
#26 - Marco Andretti - Venom Energy Drink
#37 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Izod
#43 - John Andretti - Window World (Richard Petty part car owner)
Team Penske
#3 - Helio Castroneves - Team Penske
#6 - Ryan Briscoe - Team Penske
#12 - Will Power - Verizon Wireless
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target
Sam Schmidt Racing (w/Chip Ganassi)
#99 - Townsend Bell - Herbalife
KV Racing
#5 - Takuma Sato - Lotus
#8 - E.J. Viso - PDVSA/Jet Aviation
#15 - Paul Tracy - Geico
#32 - Mario Moraes - KV Racing
Dale Coyne Racing
#18 - Milka Duno - CITGO
#19 - Alex Lloyd - Boy Scouts of America
Conquest Racing
#34 - Mario Romancini - Ronn Motor Company
#36 - Bertrand Baguette - Royal Automobile Club of Belgium
Sarah Fisher Racing
#66 - Jay Howard - Tire Kingdom
#67 - Sarah Fisher - Dollar General
Luczo Dragon Racing/de Ferran Motorsports
#2 - Raphael Matos - HP
#21 - Davey Hamilton - HP
FAZZT Race Team
#33 - Bruno Junqueira - TBA
#77 - Alex Tagliani - Bowers & Wilkens
Panther Racing
#4 - Dan Wheldon - National Guard
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#14 - Vitor Meira - ABC Supply Co.
HVM Racing
#78 - Simona De Silvestro
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#22 - Justin Wilson - Z-Lines Designs
#24 - Mike Conway - Dad's Root Beer
Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
#06 - Hideki Mutoh - Panasonic/Formula Dream
Bryan Herta Autosport
#29 - Sebastian Saavedra - TBA
Likely (7)
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#41 - Anthony Foyt IV - ABC Supply Co.
Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
#02 - Graham Rahal - TBA
Vision Racing
#20 - Ed Carpenter - TBA
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#23 - Ana Beatriz - TBA
Panther Racing
#16 - TBA - TBA
Team 3G
#98 - TBA - TBA
HVM Racing
#79 - Junior Strous - Shell
Rumored/Possibilities
Rahal-Letterman Racing
#17 - Oriol Servia - TBA
Hemelgarn Racing
#91 - Buddy Lazier - TBA
Robby Gordon Motorsports
#?? - Robby Gordon - TBA
PDM Racing
#?? - TBA - TBA
Walker Racing
#?? - J.R. Hildebrand - Automatic Fire Sprinklers
Stars & Stripes Racing
#?? - TBA - TBA
Free Agent Drivers
Tomas Scheckter - Brings a fair amount of Mona Vie money.
J.R. Hildebrand - Seemed ready to get the fifth Andretti Autosport car, but with the announcement of John Andretti, it seems unlikely. Linked to a couple of teams.
Jonathan Summerton - Linked to a couple of teams.
Oriol Servia - Ran last season with Rahal Letterman Racing at Indy. RLR would like to have him back but do not have a deal.
Scott Sharp - In tight with the owner of Patron Spirits who sponsors and drives for Sharp's ALMS GT team. Drove for Panther Racing at Indy in 2009.
Simon Pagenaud - Took over Scott Sharp's seat with Patron-Highcroft Racing in the ALMS Prototypes. Was a rising open-wheel talent before reunification.
Buddy Rice - Robin Miller says it doesn't look good for Buddy Rice to return in 2010.
Buddy Lazier - Again, Miller doesn't seem hopeful for Buddy Lazier to return in 2010. If Hemelgarn puts something together, expect Buddy to drive it though.
James Hinchcliffe - Has money, might be looking for a one-off Indy 500 ride to go along with his Firestone Indy Lights Season.
Roger Yasukawa - Qualified or attempted to qualify from 2003 until 2008. Competed at Motegi in 2009.
Of course, anything out side of the confirmed rides are not guaranteed, and there are more possibilities that could pop up, and more drivers that could show up looking for rides. That is the magic of the Indianapolis 500. It's not solely the race that gets us excited, but the I500 Silly Season, every single practice lap, the pace laps, bump day, pole day, race day, carb day... The entire event is just so magical.
Right now, I've got 38 cars penciled in to attempt to qualify for the big race. That basically counts all my confirmed and likely's. I'm thinking there will be another 1 or 2 cars show up that aren't in that neighborhood yet, and considering Honda is preparing 40 engines for Indy, I think we can expect around that number.
Every time a new car or car/driver combo is confirmed or becomes likely to occur, I will update this list.
Please feel free to discuss in the comments section and even mention possibilities I might have missed. I'll be glad to update the list as best I can, and I hope you enjoy the up to date list.
EDIT: After a quick update, I've corrected Davey Hamilton's car number (#21), Jay Howard's car number (#66), added Walker Racing with J.R. Hildebrand as a possibility, and added Junior Strous with HVM Racing as a likely.
Random Thoughts on Long Beach
1 day ago
3 comments:
I think they'd better make more than 40 engines.
Why are you using the white font with light blue background? I like the format and will be coming back for updates but please make it easier to read if you can.
If you have any suggestions, please pass them on. I'm not sure what I can do to make it easier on the eyes. I knew when I looked at this list, it wasn't the easiest thing to read, but I really don't know what to do.
Give me your ideas and I'll be glad to try it out.
Also, I would think Honda will be prepping some extra engines, on top of the forty they are doing already, just in case. They are going to need to do a couple rebuilds during May I would think, or simply replace an engine here or there.
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