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Indy 500: Final preseason look at the 2020 entry list

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 26: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 Team Penske Chevrolet leads Alexander Rossi during the 103rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 26: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 Team Penske Chevrolet leads Alexander Rossi during the 103rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /
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The 2020 IndyCar season is scheduled to get underway this weekend. How does the Indy 500 entry list look as the start of the season nears?

After an offseason of nearly six months, the 2020 IndyCar season is scheduled to get started this Sunday, March 15 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Practice sessions are scheduled to commence on the 14-turn, 1.8-mile (2.897-kilometer) temporary street circuit on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida beginning tomorrow afternoon.

While the focus is on getting the 2020 season underway, that focus will quickly shift to the crown jewel on the schedule in the coming weeks.

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That race is the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) superspeedway oval in Speedway, Indiana is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 24, and the entry list for it has steadily been coming together over the course of the offseason.

What do we know about the field for this race heading into the 2020 season?

In total, there are 32 confirmed cars with 30 confirmed drivers thus far with four additional cars speculated.

Here is an early look at the entry list for this race just prior to the start of the new campaign.

Full-time drivers (confirmed)

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Charlie Kimball, #4 Chevrolet

Andretti Autosport

  • Zach Veach, #26 Honda
  • Alexander Rossi, #27 Honda
  • Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28 Honda
  • Colton Herta, #88 Honda (Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport)
  • Marco Andretti, #98 Honda (Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian)

Arrow McLaren SP

  • Patricio O’Ward, #5 Chevrolet
  • Oliver Askew, #7 Chevrolet

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • Marcus Ericsson, #8 Honda
  • Scott Dixon, #9 Honda
  • Felix Rosenqvist, #10 Honda

Dale Coyne Racing

  • Santino Ferrucci, #18 Honda (with Vasser-Sullivan)
  • Alex Palou, #55 Honda (with Team Goh)

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • Rinus VeeKay, #21 Chevrolet

Meyer Shank Racing

  • Jack Harvey, #60 Honda

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

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

Team Penske

  • Josef Newgarden, #1 Chevrolet
  • Will Power, #12 Chevrolet
  • Simon Pagenaud, #22 Chevrolet

OTHER:

  • Conor Daly
    • #20 Chevrolet – Ed Carpenter Racing (12 road and street course races)
    • #TBD Chevrolet – Ed Carpenter Racing (Indianapolis 500)
    • #59 Chevrolet – Carlin (four non-Indy 500 oval races)

Part-time drivers (confirmed)

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • Tony Kanaan, #14 Chevrolet (ovals-only deal)
  • Dalton Kellett, #TBD Chevrolet (nine-race deal)

Andretti Autosport

  • James Hinchcliffe, #29 Honda (three-race deal)

Carlin

  • Max Chilton, #59 Chevrolet (13-race deal)

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

  • Sage Karam, #24 Chevrolet (four-race deal)

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • Ed Carpenter, #20 Chevrolet (ovals-only deal)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

  • Spencer Pigot, #45 Honda (with Citrone/Buhl Autosport)

Full-time drivers (speculated)

N/A

Remaining full-time seats (confirmed)

  • Carlin, #31 Chevrolet

Remaining full-time seats (speculated)

N/A

Indy 500 one-offs (confirmed)

Arrow McLaren SP

  • Fernando Alonso, #66 Chevrolet

Team Penske

  • Helio Castroneves, #3 Chevrolet

Indy 500 one-offs (speculated)

  • James Davison in a Jonathan Byrd’s Racing/Hayward Motorsports entry
  • Dale Coyne Racing, #TBD Honda (third car)
  • Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, #48 Chevrolet (J.R. Hildebrand?)

Other (confirmed)

Other (speculated)

  • Juncos Racing, #32 Chevrolet (Kyle Kaiser?)

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NBC is set to broadcast the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500, which is the sixth of 17 races on the 2020 IndyCar schedule, live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 24.

The 2020 season itself is scheduled to get underway this Sunday, March 15. NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg live from the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.