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IndyCar: Who’s in, who’s out heading into 2020

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Spencer Pigot of the United States, driver of the #21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Spencer Pigot of the United States, driver of the #21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Who will not return from the 2019 IndyCar season for the upcoming 2020 campaign, and who will be a part of the driver lineup throughout the year?

A total of 21 drivers have been confirmed as full-time drivers for the 17-race 2020 IndyCar season, including one that is slated to drive for multiple teams.

In total, there are 24 full-time entries that have been confirmed for the 2020 season, but because of the fact that one full-time driver is slated to drive two cars throughout the year, this means that there are four, not three, confirmed full-time entries without full-time drivers.

The part-time driver lineups of each of these four full-time entries have also, in fact, been confirmed.

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Last season, there were 19 full-time drivers, although only 18 of them ended up competing in each of the 17 races on the schedule.

Of these 19 full-time drivers, who is in and who is out heading into the 2020 season?

A total of 14 of these drivers are slated to return to the series in a full-time capacity in the 2020 season, with seven additional full-time drivers set to join them.

Of these 14 drivers, 12 are set to return to the same team in 2020 while two switched teams. Of these 12 drivers, two are set to say at the same team but switch cars.

Of the five full-time drivers from the 2019 season who are not slated to return as full-time drivers in 2020, three are still set to compete, just not in a full-time capacity. Of those three drivers, one is set to do so at the same team as he did last year.

So who is going where ahead of the 2020 season?

NOTE: (R) means rookie. Only full-time entries are discussed.

Staying put

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Tony Kanaan, #14 Chevrolet (now part-time, was full-time)

Andretti Autosport

  • Zach Veach, #26 Honda
  • Alexander Rossi, #27 Honda
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28 Honda
  • Marco Andretti, #98 Honda (Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian)

Carlin

  • Max Chilton, #59 Chevrolet (Indianapolis 500 and road and street course races)
  • Conor Daly, #59 Chevrolet (oval races aside of Indy 500)

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • Scott Dixon, #9 Honda
  • Felix Rosenqvist, #10 Honda

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • Ed Carpenter, #20 Chevrolet (oval races only)

Meyer Shank Racing

  • Jack Harvey, #60 Honda (now full-time, was part-time)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

  • Graham Rahal, #15 Honda
  • Takuma Sato, #30 Honda

Team Penske

  • Will Power, #12 Chevrolet
  • Simon Pagenaud, #22 Chevrolet

Switching cars

Dale Coyne Racing

  • Santino Ferrucci, #19 Honda to #18 Honda (with Vasser-Sullivan)

Team Penske

  • Josef Newgarden, #1 Chevrolet (was #2 Chevrolet but he is the reigning champion)

Moving in

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Charlie Kimball, #4 Chevrolet
  • Sebastien Bourdais, #14 Chevrolet (part-time)
  • Dalton Kellett (R), #14 Chevrolet (part-time)

Andretti Autosport

  • Colton Herta, #88 Honda (Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport)

Arrow McLaren SP

  • Patricio O’Ward, #5 Honda-turned-Chevrolet
  • Oliver Askew (R), #7 Honda-turned-Chevrolet

Carlin

  • Felipe Nasr (R), #31 Chevrolet (part-time)

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • Marcus Ericsson, #8 Honda

Dale Coyne Racing

  • Alex Palou (R), #55 Honda (with Team Goh)

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • Conor Daly, #20 Chevrolet (road and street course races only)
  • Rinus VeeKay (R), #21 Chevrolet

Moving out

NOTE: Italics indicate that the driver is out of a full-time ride for the 2020 season.

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Matheus Leist (replaced by Charlie Kimball)

Arrow McLaren SP (known as Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in 2019)

  • James Hinchcliffe (set to compete in at least three races including the Indianapolis 500 for Andretti Autosport, replaced by Patricio O’Ward)
  • Marcus Ericsson (replaced by Oliver Askew)

Carlin

  • Charlie Kimball (replaced by Felipe Nasr and other part-time driver(s) TBD)
  • Patricio O’Ward (replaced by Nasr and other part-time driver(s) TBD)
  • Sage Karam (replaced by Felipe Nasr and other part-time driver(s) TBD)
  • RC Enerson (replaced by Felipe Nasr and other part-time driver(s) TBD)

Dale Coyne Racing

  • Sebastien Bourdais (replaced by Santino Ferrucci)

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • Ed Jones (replaced by Conor Daly)
  • Spencer Pigot (replaced by Rinus VeeKay)

Harding Steinbrenner Racing

  • Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing moved to Andretti Autosport)

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The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is scheduled to get the 2020 IndyCar season underway in just a few days. This race is set to be broadcast live from the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on NBC Sports Network beginning at 3:30 p.m ET on Sunday, March 15.