More than 40 competitors will try to get in on one of the 33 starting spots for the next edition of the Indianapolis 500 that will be run on May 30th 2010.
Among those participants are four past winners, four IZOD IndyCar Series champions and five Firestone Indy Lights champions. Helio Castroneves (2001-02, 2009) leads the list of past winners, which also includes Scott Dixon (2008), Dario Franchitti (2007) and Dan Wheldon (2005). Castroneves will attempt to join A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears as four-time Indy 500 winners. The four IZOD IndyCar Series champions include Scott Dixon (2003, 2008), Dario Franchitti (2007, 2009), Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005). Also entered are Firestone Indy Lights champions Jay Howard (2006), Alex Lloyd (2007), Raphael Matos (2008) and A.J. Foyt IV (2002). With the new qualifying procedure recently announced, Pole Day on May 22 will feature 24 of the 33 spots being filled, with the fastest nine cars returning for a 90-minute shootout for the PEAK Performance Pole Award and the other eight positions on the grid. The remainder of the field will be filled on Bump Day (May 23). Opening Day is May 15. Car Driver Team 2-2T Raphael Matos de Ferran Dragon Racing 3-3T Helio Castroneves Team Penske 4-4T Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 5-5T Takuma Sato (R) KV Racing Technology 6-6T Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 7-7T Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 8-8T E.J. Viso KV Racing Technologies 9-9T Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 10-10T Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Racing 11-11T Tony Kanaan Andretti Autosport 12-12T Will Power Team Penske 14-14T Vitor Meira A.J. Foyt Racing 15-15T Paul Tracy KV Racing Technology 16-16T TBA A.J. Foyt Racing 17-17T TBA Rahal Letterman Racing 18-18T Milka Duno Dale Coyne Racing 19-19T Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne Racing 20-20T Ed Carpenter Panther Racing 21-21T Davey Hamilton de Ferran Dragon Racing 22-22T Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23-23T TBA Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 24-24T Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 25-25T TBA Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 26-26T Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 27 TBA AFS Racing 29 S. Saavedra (R) Bryan Herta Autosport 32-32T Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 33-33T Bruno Junqueira FAZZT Race Team 34-34T M. Romancini (R) Conquest Racing 36-36T B. Baguette (R) Conquest Racing 3737T R. Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 41-41T A.J. Foyt IV A.J. Foyt Racing 43-43T John Andretti Richard Petty/Andretti Autosport 66-66T Jay Howard (R) Sarah Fisher Racing 67-67T Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing 77-77T Alex Tagliani FAZZT Race Team 78-78T S. De Silvestro (R) HVM Racing 98-98T TBA CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G 99-99T Townsend Bell Ganassi/Schmidt Racing 06-06T Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing T means the spare car R: Rookie
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