INDY 500 - Indianapolis 500 Drivers and Teams
INDIANAPOLIS -RIS- (May 17, 2018) As we wind up what is very likely the last fine-weather practice day here a the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, let's take a look at the breakdown of 35 drivers, and their teams and engines competing for the 33 coveted positions in the 2018 Indianapolis 500 field.
TEAM PENSKE (C)
#1 - Josef Newgarden - Verizon Team Penske
#3 - Helio Castroneves - Pennzoil Team Penske *
#12 - Will Power - Verizon Team Penske
#22 - Simon Pagenaud - Menards Team Penske
CHIP GANASSI RACING (H)
#9 - Scott Dixon - PNC Bank CGR *
#10 - Ed Jones - NTT Data CGR
ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT (H)
#25 - Stefan Wilson - #Driven2SaveLives
#26 - Zach Veach - Group One Thousand One
#27 - Alexander Rossi - NAPA Auto Parts *
#28 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - DHL *
#29 - Carlos Munoz - Ruoff Home Mortgage
ANDRETTI HERTA RACING with CURB-AGAJANIAN (H)
#98 - Marco Andretti - U.S. Concrete / Curb
RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN (H)
#15 - Graham Rahal - United Rentals
#30 - Takuma Sato - Mi-Jack / Panasonic *
SCUDERIA CORSA with RLL (H)
#64 - Oriol Servia - Scuderia Corsa
AJ FOYT ENTERPRISES (C)
#4 - Matheus Leist - ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing #
#14 - Tony Kanaan - ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing *
AJ FOYT with BYRD/HOLLINGER/BELARDI (C)
#33 - James Davison - Jonathan Byrd's 502 East
ED CARPENTER RACING (C)
#13 - Danica Patrick - GoDaddy
#20 - Ed Carpenter - Fuzzy's Vodka
#21 - Spencer Pigot - Preferred Freezer Service
SCHMIDT PETERSON MOTORSPORTS (H)
#5 - James Hinchcliffe - Arrow Electronics SPM
#6 - Robert Wickens - Lucas Oil SPM #
SPM/AFS RACING (H)
#7 - Jay Howard - One Cure SPM
MEYER SHANK RACING with SPM (H)
#60 - Jack Harvey - AutoNation / SiriusXM
DALE COYNE RACING (H)
#19 - ZacHary Claman De Melo - Paysafe #
#63 - Pippa Mann - Dale Coyne Racing
DALE COYNE RACING dba THOM BURNS RACING (H)
#17 - Conor Daly - United States Air Force
DALE COYNE RACING with VASSER-SULLIVAN RACING (H)
#18 - Sebastien Bourdais - Team SealMaster
DREYER & REINBOLD RACING (C)
#24 - Sage Karam - WIX Filters DRR
#66 - JR Hildebrand - Salesforce
CARLIN RACING (C)
#23 - Charlie Kimball - Fiasp
#59 - Max Chilton - Gallagher
JUNCOS RACING (C)
#32 - Kyle Kaiser - NFP / Juncos Racing #
HARDING RACING (C)
#88 - Gabby Chaves - Harding Group
LEGEND:
(C) - Chevrolet
(H) - Honda
* - Previous Winner
# - Rookie
Tom Beeler
Tom has been a contributor to RIS since 1992. He was invited to join the staff as a full-time reporter/editor in 1995, and has covered IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR, Grand-Am, ALMS and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to his RIS work, Tom has been a contributor for General Motors, Nissan, Toyota and the ACO.