Yahoo Autos Indy 500 field likely set at 35 entries after Foyt opts to stay at two cars
A.J. Foyt Racing will not enter a third car for the Indianapolis 500, and with that decision, the field of qualifiers should be set for the 108th running of the event.
“Just two,” team president Larry Foyt told RACER on Thursday at St. Petersburg.
Although the development with Foyt was not unexpected, the confirmation from the team means the Indy 500 will have 35 entries fielded by 12 teams unless there are unforeseen withdrawals, or the filing of a 36th entry from an unknown team takes place.
Chip Ganassi Racing has the most cars headed to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with five and Abel Motorsports, making its second appearance, is the smallest with one.
Among engine manufacturers, Chevrolet — the defending race winner — has 17 cars that will use its 2.2-liter twin-turbo V6 engines, and Honda has 18 on its supply list for its championship-winning 2.2-liter twin-turbo V6 motors.
The 35 are made up of:
Abel Motorsports (1)
No. 50 Chevy: RC Enerson
A.J. Foyt Racing (2)
No. 14 Chevy: Santino Ferrucci
No. 41 Chevy: Sting Ray Robb
Andretti Global (4)
No. 26 Honda: Colton Herta
No. 27 Honda: Kyle Kirkwood
No. 28 Honda: Marcus Ericsson
No. 98 Honda: Marco Andretti
Arrow McLaren (4)
No. 5 Chevy: Pato O’Ward
No. 6 Chevy: David Malukas
No. 7 Chevy: Alexander Rossi
No. 17 Chevy: Kyle Larson
Chip Ganassi Racing (5)
No. 4 Honda: Kyffin Simpson
No. 8 Honda: Linus Lundqvist
No. 9 Honda: Scott Dixon
No. 10 Honda: Alex Palou
No. 11 Honda: Marcus Armstrong
Dale Coyne Racing (2)
No. 18 Honda: Nolan Siegel
No. 51 Honda: TBD
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports (2)
No. 23 Chevy: Conor Daly
No. 24 Chevy: Ryan Hunter-Reay
Ed Carpenter Racing (3)
No. 20 Chevy: Ed Carpenter
No. 21 Chevy: Rinus VeeKay
No. TBD Chevy: Christian Rasmussen
Juncos Hollinger Racing (2)
No. 77 Chevy: Romain Grosjean
No. 78 Chevy: Agustin Canapino
Meyer Shank Racing (3)
No. 06 Honda: Helio Castroneves
No. 60 Honda: Felix Rosenqvist
No. 66 Honda: Tom Blomqvist
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (4)
No. 15 Honda: Graham Rahal
No. 30 Honda: Pietro Fittipaldi
No. 45 Honda: Christian Lundgaard
No. 75 Honda: Takuma Sato
Team Penske (3)
No. 2 Chevy: Josef Newgarden
No. 3 Chevy: Scott McLaughlin
No. 12 Chevy: Will Power
