The entry list for the next Indianapolis 500 includes a total of 40 cars that will fight to get into one of the 33 grid positions.A number of the full-time teams are adding extra cars for Indy and there is a number a well known drivers and teams that are planning to be part of this famous event.Paul Tracy's return to the 500 with KV Racing is no longer a secret, the team having also submitted a third entry for an unidentified driver to join Tracy and regular driver Mario Moraes. Also worth mentioning, Bryan Herta's new Bryan Herta Autosport Indy Lights team is to attempt to make its debut, running a single car in conjunction with Vision Racing.Absent from this year schedule, Rahal Letterman Racing will run one car for Indianapolis, with Roth Racing also making a comeback with a two-car Indy entry.Dreyer & Reinbold is set to bring four entries in total to Indianapolis, with Andretti, Davey Hamilton and one other - possibly Milka Duno - joining team regular Mike Conway.Other teams adding additional cars for Indianapolis are Panther with former 500 pole-winner Scott Sharp, Conquest, AJ Foyt Enterprises - where AJ Foyt IV is returning after losing his Vision drive - and Dale Coyne Racing, while Hemelgarn Racing will make its usual Indy run and part-time owner/driver Sarah Fisher will enter a second car alongside her own.Provisional Indianapolis 500 entry list:No Driver Team 2 Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon Racing 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske 4 Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 5 Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 6 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 8 TBA KV Racing Technology 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing10 Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Racing11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing12 Will Power Penske Racing13 EJ Viso HVM Racing14 Vitor Meira AJ Foyt Enterprises15 Paul Tracy KV Racing Technology16 Scott Sharp Panther Racing17 TBA Rahal Letterman Racing18 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing19 TBA Dale Coyne Racing20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing21 Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision Racing22 TBA Bryan Herta Autosport23 TBA Dreyer & Reinbold Racing24 Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing25 TBA Roth Racing26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing27 Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing34 TBA Conquest Racing36 TBA Conquest Racing41 AJ Foyt IV AJ Foyt Enterprises43 John Andretti Richard Petty Motorsports/Dreyer & Reinbold 44 Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold Racing48 TBA AJ Foyt Enterprises52 TBA Roth Racing67 Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing68 TBA Sarah Fisher Racing91 TBA Hemelgarn Johnson98 Stanton Barrett CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G99 Alex Lloyd Chip Ganassi Racing/Sam Schmidt Motorsports02 Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing06 Robert Doornbos Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing photo: IRL
IRL: 2009 Indy 500 provisional entry list published