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IndyCar: Provisional 2019 Indianapolis 500 entry list entering May

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: Cars start their engines during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: Cars start their engines during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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Is it May yet? For the first time all year, the answer to that question is yes, and IndyCar fans could not be happier. Here is how the entry list for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 looks entering the month.

The calendars have officially turned from April to May, and we are officially in the month during which the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to take place. The only race remaining on the IndyCar schedule before then is the 17-race 2019 season’s fifth race, the IndyCar Grand Prix, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

The 85-lap race around the 13-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway natural terrain road course in Speedway, Indiana is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 11.

After that, all eyes will shift to the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.

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Practice for this year’s running of the 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, May 14, and qualifying for the race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19.

The race itself is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 26. As of now, there are 34 confirmed drivers on the entry list for the race, meaning that there will be at least one driver who ends up bumped from the field, and two more drivers will likely be confirmed in the near future, as there are 36 confirmed cars on the entry list. As a result, three drivers will be bumped.

Entering the month of May, here is how the entry list for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 looks.

NOTE: Drivers listed in italics are part-time drivers or Indy 500 one-offs. (R) denotes the Indy 500 rookies.

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Matheus Leist – #4 Chevrolet
  • Tony Kanaan – #14 Chevrolet

Andretti Autosport

  • Conor Daly – #25 Honda
  • Zach Veach – #26 Honda
  • Alexander Rossi – #27 Honda
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28 Honda
  • Marco Andretti – #98 Honda (Andretti Herta Autosport)

Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

  • James Hinchcliffe – #5 Honda
  • Marcus Ericsson (R) – #7 Honda
  • #77 Honda (unconfirmed driver)

Carlin

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • Scott Dixon – #9 Honda
  • Felix Rosenqvist (R) – #10 Honda

Clauson Marshall Racing

Dale Coyne Racing

  • Sebastien Bourdais – #18 Honda
  • Santino Ferrucci (R) – #19 Honda
  • James Davison – #33 Honda

DragonSpeed

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Ed Carpenter Racing

Harding Steinbrenner Racing

  • Colton Herta (R) – #88 Honda

Juncos Racing

McLaren

Meyer Shank Racing

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

  • Graham Rahal – #15 Honda
  • Takuma Sato – #30 Honda
  • Jordan King (R) – #42 Honda

Team Penske

  • Josef Newgarden – #2 Chevrolet
  • Helio Castroneves – #3 Chevrolet
  • Will Power – #12 Chevrolet
  • Simon Pagenaud – #22 Chevrolet

As far as the unconfirmed drivers, Oriol Servia is the most likely candidate to drive the #77 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda while Kyle Kaiser is the most likely candidate to drive the #32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet at this point. Carlos Munoz is also still in the mix to potentially drive the #77 Honda, but this possibility looks less and less likely by the day.

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With the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 scheduled to take place in just 25 days, expect the official entry list to be confirmed in the very near future.