All those driver/team combinations who have been announced for the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be in action at the Speedway on 20-21 April.
Marco Andretti will return to his favourite track with Andretti Autosport, where he scored Rookie of the Year honors in 2006 with a close runner-up finish and where he took pole position in 2020.
Tony Kanaan is the fifth member of the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda team, the 2013 Indy 500 winner preparing for his first and likely only IndyCar race of the season. Team-mate Jimmie Johnson needs to complete the Rookie Orientation Program he started last fall as he prepares for his first ever 500.
Given that this is his first year racing ovals in IndyCar, those with whom Johnson will battle for Indy’s Rookie of the Year honours include 2022’s full-time NTT IndyCar Series rookies Romain Grosjean and Devlin DeFrancesco (Andretti Autosport), Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports’s David Malukas, Kyle Kirkwood of AJ Foyt Racing and Callum Ilott (Juncos Hollinger Racing).
Former 500 winners who are confirmed entries for the 500 will include full-timers Will Power of Team Penske, Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, Meyer Shank Racing pair Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, and Dale Coyne Racing with RWR’s Takuma Sato.
In addition, two-time winner Juan Pablo Montoya will return to action with Arrow McLaren SP, although the 500 should be his second start of the year as he’ll be competing in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.
Those competing in only IndyCar’s five oval races this year will be JR Hildebrand in the third Foyt car, and Ed Carpenter in his own team’s third ECR-Chevrolet.
Weather allowing, the action will begin on Wednesday from 11am-1pm with veteran drivers, while the Rookie Orientation Program and Refresher tests run from 1-3pm. All drivers will then be allowed to run from 3pm until 6pm, while on Thursday all drivers will be permitted to run from 10am to 4pm.
Confirmed entries for 106th running of the Indianapolis 500
Team Penske-Chevrolet
2 – Josef Newgarden
3 – Scott McLaughlin
12 – Will Power
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda
8 – Marcus Ericsson
9 – Scott Dixon
10 – Alex Palou
48 – Jimmie Johnson
XX – Tony Kanaan
Andretti Autosport-Honda
26 – Colton Herta
27 – Alexander Rossi
28 – Romain Grosjean
29 – Devlin DeFrancesco
98 – Marco Andretti
Meyer Shank Racing-Honda
06 – Helio Castroneves
60 – Simon Pagenaud
Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet
5 – Patricio O’Ward
6 – Juan Pablo Montoya
7 – Felix Rosenqvist
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda
15 – Graham Rahal
30 – Christian Lundgaard
45 – Jack Harvey
Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet
20 – Conor Daly
21 – Rinus VeeKay
33 – Ed Carpenter
Dale Coyne Racing-Honda
18 – David Malukas
51 – Takuma Sato
AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet
4 – Dalton Kellett
11 – JR Hildebrand
14 – Kyle Kirkwood
Juncos Hollinger-Chevrolet
77 – Callum Ilott
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing-Chevrolet
23 – Santino Ferrucci
24 – Sage Karam