The count is finally in and 22 Dallara-Hondas entered by 14 different teams will take part in the Honda Grand Prix of St-Petersburg, which will mark the start of the 2009 IndyCar season this season.Many observers were pessimistic about the car count for this year championship but late deals and last minute sponsors made the difference at the end.Entry list: No. Race number Driver Team 1-2-Raphael Matos (R) Luczo Dragon Racing 2-3- Will Power Team Penske3-4-Dan Wheldon Panther Racing4-5-Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 5-6-Ryan Briscoe Team Penske6-7-Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing7-9-Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing8-10-Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Racing9-11-Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing10-13-E.J. Viso HVM Racing11-14-Vitor Meira A.J. Foyt12-19-Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing13-20-Ed Carpenter Vision Racing14-21-Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision Racing15-23-Darren Manning Dreyer & Reinbold Racing16-24-Mike Conway (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing17-26-Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing18-27-Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing19-34-Alex Tagliani Conquest Racing20-98-Stanton Barrett (R) Team 3G21-02-Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing22-06-Robert Doornbos (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing(R)= Rookie photo: IRL
IRL: A 22-car grid in St-Petersburg, opening round of IndyCar