Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The View From The Hairpin - 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series

I'm doing this off memory (forgot to bring my printouts from TF with me to the library), so it may not exactly match the TF list.

This list counts as confirmed entries per the official Indy 500 entry list (released today - 4/21)

FULL-TIME
AA - 4 (Kanaan, Patrick, M. Andretti)
Penske - 3 (Castroneves, Briscoe, Power)
KVRT - 3 (Moraes, Viso, Sato)
Ganassi - 2 (Dixon, Wheldon)
Coyne - 2 (Lloyd, Duno)
D&R - 2 (Wilson, Conway)
Conquest - 2 (Romancini, Baguette)
DF/LD - 1 (Matos)
Panther - 1 (Wheldon)
Foyt - 1 (Meira)
FAZZT - 1 (Tagliani)
HVM - 1 (De Silvestro)
NHL - 1 (Mutoh)

EXPECTED FULL-TIME
AA - 1 extra (Hunter-Reay)

POSSIBLE LATE-START FULL-TIME
Lotus - 2 (Carroll, Rossiter)

PART-TIME
Fisher - 2 (Fisher/Rahal, Howard) Fisher/Rahal - 10 races, Howard - 5 races
AA - 1 extra (J. Andretti) Kansas, Indy
KVRT - 1 extra (Tracy) Indy, Toronto, Edmonton
DF/LD - 1 extra (Hamilton) Indy, texas, one more oval
D&R - 1 extra (Beatriz/Scheckter?) Brazil, Indy (Indy driver unconfirmed)

POSSIBLE PART-TIME
HVM - 1 extra (Strous) Indy + post-Indy RCs
SFR?/NHL? - 1 extra (Rahal) Kansas, Indy

INDY ONE-OFFS
Foyt - 2 extra (Foyt IV, J. Lazier)
RLR - 1 extra (Servia?/Rahal?)
Vision/Panther - 1 (Carpenter)
D&R - 1 extra (both Beatriz and Scheckter?)
AFS/AA - 1 (Hildebrand)
BHA - 1 (Saavedra)
FAZZT - 1 extra (Junqueira)
3G - 1 (Antinucci)
SSM/Ganassi - 1 (Bell)

1 comment:

The Hairpin said...

Lis is up and reflective of the Indy 500 entry list:

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/images/news/2010/IMS_Entry_List_4_21_2010.pdf

Sorry about forgetting the Indy 500 longshots, I didn't have those memorized.