» IndyCars: Indy 500 entry list confirmed

The final entry list for the centenary running of the Indianapolis 500 has been confirmed, with a 40-driver list that features a grand total of five former Indy 500 winners and eight rookies along with the IndyCar Series’ regular drivers.

‘Open Day’ – the full full official day of on-track activity at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – scheduled for this Saturday, the field will be whittled down to a 33-car starting list for the great race, which will be run on the last weekend in May.

The list includes 12 Americans, eight British drivers, six Brazilians, three Canadians and two Australians. Other countries such as Belgium, China, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela are also represented.

Seven of the eight rookie drivers – Ho-Pin Tung, James Hinchcliffe, Charlie Kimball, Scott Speed, Pippa Mann, James Jakes – will be required to take part in today’s Rookie Orientation Program will be required to certify that they can participate in qualifying for the race.

The only remaining seat without a confirmed driver is the #57 entry attributed to Sarah Fisher Racing. At this stage, the team has confirmed that it’s concentrating its resources on getting Ed Carpenter into its #67 entry, and that any decision on running a second car will be made only if it can do so without overstretching its budget. Any entry would preclude the use of a rookie driver, and it’s believed that former Indy 500 winner Buddy Lazier is the lead candidate for the seat.

The full entry list is as follows:

No.	Sponsor	Sponsor	Driver
2.	Telemundo	Newman/Haas Racing	Oriol Servià
3.	Shell V-Power / Pennzoil	Team Penske	Hélio Castroneves
4.	National Guard	Panther Racing	JR Hildebrand
5.	Lotus	KV Racing Technology Lotus	Takuma Sato
6.	IZOD	Team Penske	Ryan Briscoe
7.	Team GoDaddy.com	Andretti Autosport	Danica Patrick
8.	Schmidt	Dragon Racing	Ho-Pin Tung
9.	Target	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon
10.	Target	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dario Franchitti
11.	HP	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Davey Hamilton
12.	Verizon	Team Penske	Will Power
14.	ABC Supply Co.	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Vitor Meira
17.	AFS Inc.	AFS Racing	Raphael Matos
18.	Acorn Stairlifts	Dale Coyne Racing	James Jakes
19.	Boy Scouts of America	Dale Coyne Racing	Alex Lloyd
20.	Fuzzy’s Vodka	Dragon Racing	Scott Speed
22.	Z-Line Designs	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Justin Wilson
23.	WIX Filters	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Paul Tracy
24.	Team Ipiranga	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Ana Beatriz
26.	Team Venom	Andretti Autosport	Marco Andretti
27.	Various	Andretti Autosport	Mike Conway
28.	Team DHL	Andretti Autosport	Ryan Hunter-Reay
30.	RACB / Aspria RLL Special	Rahal/Letterman/Lanigan	Bertrand Baguette
34.	TBA	Conquest Racing	Sebastian Saavedra
36.	TBA	Conquest Racing	Pippa Mann
38.	Service Central	Chip Ganassi Racing	Graham Rahal
41.	TBA	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Bruno Junqueira
43.	Window World	Richard Petty / Andretti Autosport	John Andretti
44.	TBA	Panther Racing	Buddy Rice
57.	TBA	Sarah Fisher Racing	TBA
59.	PDVSA	KV Racing Technology Lotus	E.J. Viso
67.	Dollar General	Sarah Fisher Racing	Ed Carpenter
77.	Bowers & Wilkins	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Alex Tagliani
78.	Nuclear Clean Air Energy	HVM Racing	Simona di Silvestro
82.	GEICO	KV Racing Technology Lotus	Tony Kanaan
83.	Levemir & Novolog FlexPen	Chip Ganassi Racing	Charlie Kimball
88.	Service Central	Sam Schmidt / RLL Racing	Jay Howard
98.	William Rast	Bryan Herta Autosport	Dan Wheldon
99.	Herbalife	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Townsend Bell
06.	Sprott	Newman/Haas Racing	James Hinchcliffe
07.	REDLINE Xtreme / Circle K	KV Racing Technology	Tomas Scheckter