The 14th race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the ABC Supply 500, is scheduled to take place this Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Here is the entry list for that race.
The ABC Supply 500 is the 14th race on the 17-race 2018 IndyCar schedule, and it is scheduled to take place this Sunday, August 19 at Pocono Raceway. The race is the fifth of six oval track races and the third and final superspeedway race on this season’s schedule.
The race is scheduled to be a 200-lap race around the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. A total of 22 drivers are on the entry list for this race.
The driver total of 22 on the entry list for this race is tied for the lowest among all races that have been held so far in the 2018 season. Just two of the season’s first 13 races featured only 22 drivers.
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Both of these races, which were both oval track races, took place recently. The DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway, which was the ninth race of the season, featured just 22 drivers, and the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway, which was the 11th race of the season, featured just 22 drivers as well.
Only two of the four oval races that have been contested so far this season featured more than 22 drivers. Those two races were the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix at ISM Raceway, which was the second race of the season, and the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which was the sixth race of the season. Those races featured 23 drivers and 33 drivers, respectively.
Since IndyCar returned to Pocono Raceway in the 2013 season, three of the five races, including the last two, that have been held at the track featured 22 drivers. The other two featured 24 drivers, so the entry list for this Sunday’s race is tied for the lowest for a race at Pocono since IndyCar returned to the track for the first time in 24 years five years ago.
A total of 18 drivers (19 including James Hinchcliffe, who attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 but failed to do so) have driven in each of the 13 races that have been contested so far this season, and all 19 of those drivers are set to compete in this Sunday’s ABC Supply 500. There are three part-time drivers who are set to compete in the race as well.
Here is a list of the three part-time drivers who are set to compete in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway this Sunday.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Pietro Fittipaldi | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 2 | Ed Carpenter | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Conor Daly | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network this Sunday, August 19 at 1:30 p.m. ET, as that is when the live broadcast of the ABC Supply 500 is scheduled to begin from Pocono Raceway.