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IndyCar: 2019 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 entry list

By Asher Fair

MADISON, IL - AUGUST 10: The two Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota GForce of Scott Dixon #9 and Tomas Scheckter are followed by Tony Kanaan in the #11 Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara and eventual race winner Helio Castroneves in the Marlboro Team Penske Toyota Dallara during practice for the Emerson Indy 250, round 11 of the IRL (Indy Racing League) IndyCar Series on August 10, 2003 at the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Darrell Ingham/Getty Images)
MADISON, IL - AUGUST 10: The two Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota GForce of Scott Dixon #9 and Tomas Scheckter are followed by Tony Kanaan in the #11 Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara and eventual race winner Helio Castroneves in the Marlboro Team Penske Toyota Dallara during practice for the Emerson Indy 250, round 11 of the IRL (Indy Racing League) IndyCar Series on August 10, 2003 at the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Darrell Ingham/Getty Images) /
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The final oval race of the 2019 IndyCar season is the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and it is set to feature 22 drivers.

The fifth and final oval race and the 15th overall race of the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season is scheduled to take place this Saturday evening at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, formerly known as Gateway Motorsports Park.

This year’s running of this race, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500, is set to be the third race at the track since the series returned to it following a 14-year hiatus in the 2017 season.

A total of 22 drivers are set to compete in this 248-lap race around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in Madison, Illinois, making this race the seventh race of the season to feature a season-low total of 22 drivers.

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Of the 22 drivers who are set to compete in this race, 19 are full-time drivers who have competed in each of the season’s first 14 races and three are part-time drivers.

The three part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race are Ed Carpenter Racing’s Ed Carpenter, who has competed in each of the season’s first four oval races, Carlin’s Conor Daly, who has done the same, and Carlin’s Charlie Kimball, who has competed in three oval races and one street course race so far this year. They are set to drive the #20 Chevrolet, the #59 Chevrolet and the #23 Chevrolet, respectively.

Here is a list of the 22 drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology at Gateway.

NOTE: Rookie drivers are listed in italics.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
2 – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
3 – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
4 – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
5 – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
6 – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
7 – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
8 – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
9 – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
10 – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda
11 – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
12 – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
13 – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
14 – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
15 – Charlie Kimball – #23, Carlin, Chevrolet
16 – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
17 – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
18 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
19 – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
20 – Conor Daly – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet
21 – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
22 – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda

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NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the 2019 IndyCar season’s 15th race live from World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 24. The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 is scheduled to get underway shortly thereafter at 8:45 p.m. ET.