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IndyCar: 2021 Indy 500 entry list – April update

By Asher Fair

Takuma Sato, Indy 500, IndyCar (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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With just one month to go until the 105th running of the Indy 500, take a look at the updated entry list for IndyCar’s greatest race.

For the first time since the 2019 IndyCar season, as hard as that may to believe, the Indy 500 is scheduled to take place in May — provided we don’t get two days of rain delays to push it back to its first ever June date. And May is now just one day away.

The shortest time between two Indy 500 races has almost come to an end, as the 105th running of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is scheduled to go green one month from today on Sunday, May 30.

With just over two weeks to go until the start of practice for this race and just over three weeks to go until qualifying, a total of 33 drivers and 34 entries have been confirmed.

So this year’s Indy 500 is slated to end up being the first since the 103rd running back in 2019 to see bumping.

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There are still at least two other likely entries which have not yet been confirmed for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval in Speedway, Indiana, which would bring the entry list total to at least 36. Only 33 cars are permitted to fill the 11 rows of three on the starting grid.

In 2019, there were 36 drivers who attempted to qualify for the race, and three were left on the outside looking in. Last year, there were exactly 33 drivers who attempted to compete in the race, and all got the opportunity to do so.

With just over one month to go until the 105th running of the Indy 500, here is a list of the 33 drivers who have been confirmed for this race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway thus far.

NOTE: (R) denotes Indy 500 rookie.

Full-time drivers

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • #4 Chevrolet – Dalton Kellett
  • #14 Chevrolet – Sebastien Bourdais

Andretti Autosport

  • #26 Honda – Colton Herta
  • #27 Honda – Alexander Rossi
  • #28 Honda – Ryan Hunter-Reay

Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport

  • #29 Honda – James Hinchcliffe

Arrow McLaren SP

  • #5 Chevrolet – Pato O’Ward
  • #7 Chevrolet – Felix Rosenqvist

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • #8 Honda – Marcus Ericsson
  • #9 Honda – Scott Dixon
  • #10 Honda – Alex Palou

Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

  • #18 Honda – Ed Jones

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • #21 Chevrolet – Rinus VeeKay

Meyer Shank Racing

  • #60 Honda – Jack Harvey

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

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

Team Penske

  • #2 Chevrolet – Josef Newgarden
  • #3 Chevrolet – Scott McLaughlin (R)
  • #12 Chevrolet – Will Power
  • #22 Chevrolet – Simon Pagenaud

Part-time drivers

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • #11 Chevrolet – Charlie Kimball (whole month of May)

Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian

  • #98 Honda – Marco Andretti (only Indy 500 confirmed so far; could end up being a one-off)

Arrow McLaren SP

  • #66 Chevrolet – Juan Pablo Montoya (whole month of May)

Carlin

  • #59 Chevrolet – Max Chilton (road and street courses plus Indy 500)

Chip Ganassi Racing

  • #48 Honda – Tony Kanaan (ovals only)

Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

  • #51 Honda – Pietro Fittipaldi (R) (ovals only)
  • #52 Honda  – TBD (likely Cody Ware)

Ed Carpenter Racing

  • #20 Chevrolet – Ed Carpenter (ovals only)
  • #47 Chevrolet – Conor Daly (road and street courses plus Indy 500; technically a full-time driver since he drives for Carlin in the other oval races)

Meyer Shank Racing

  • #06 Honda – Helio Castroneves (six-race deal)

Indy 500-only drivers

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

  • #1 Chevrolet – J.R. Hildebrand

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

  • #24 Chevrolet – Sage Karam

Paretta Autosport

  • #16 Chevrolet – Simona de Silvestro

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

  • #45 Honda – Santino Ferrucci

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Tune in to NBC at 11:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 30 for the live broadcast of the 105th running of the Indy 500 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Qualifying is scheduled to take place the weekend prior on Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23.