The View From The Hairpin - 92nd Indianapolis 500

[thehairpin]

First Weekend Entries
Andretti-Green - Hideki Mutoh #27 Formula Dream/Panasonic
Andretti-Green - Marco Andretti #26 Indiana Jones/Blockbuster
Andretti-Green - Tony Kanaan #11 7-Eleven
Andretti-Green - Danica Patrick #7 Motorola
Dreyer & Reinbold - Buddy Rice #15 Jordache
Dreyer & Reinbold - Milka Duno #23 Citgo
Dreyer & Reinbold - Townsend Bell #99 William Rast
Vision - Ed Carpenter #20 Menards/Johns Manville
Vision - AJ Foyt IV #2 Lilly
Vision - Davey Hamilton #22 Hewlett-Packard
Penske - Ryan Briscoe #6 Marlboro
Penske - Helio Castroneves #3 Marlboro
Ganassi - Dan Wheldon #10 Target
Ganassi - Scott Dixon #9 Target
Roth - Marty Roth #25 Lids.com
Roth - John Andretti #24 1-800-Las Vegas
Newman-Haas-Lanigan - Graham Rahal #06 Hole in the Wall Camps
Newman-Haas-Lanigan - Justin Wilson #02 McDonalds
KV Racing Technology - Oriol Servia #5 Angie's List
KV Racing Technology - Will Power #8 Aussie Vineyards
Conquest - Jaime Camara #34 Sangari
Conquest - Enrique Bernoldi #36 Sangari
Dale Coyne - Bruno Junqueira #18 Z-Line Design
Dale Coyne - Mario Moraes #19 Sonny's Bar-B-Q
Rahal-Letterman - Ryan Hunter-Reay #17 Ethanol
Rahal-Letterman/Ganassi - Alex Lloyd #16 Wii Fit
Panther - Vitor Meira #4 Delphi/National Guard
Foyt - Darren Manning #14 ABC Supply Co.
HVM - EJ Viso #33 PDVSA
Luczo Dragon - Tomas Scheckter #12 Symantec
Sarah Fisher - Sarah Fisher #67 text4cars.com
Rubicon - Max Papis #44 LifeLock
Pacific Coast - Mario Dominguez #96 Mexico City

Second Weekend Entries
Foyt - Jeff Simmons #41 ABC Supply Co.
American Dream - Phil Giebler #88 Gardner Trucking
Hemelgarn-Johnson - Buddy Lazier #91 Lifelock
Curb-Agajanian-Beck - Roger Yasukawa #98 Curb Records

Drivers At Speedway Without Ride
Jaques Lazier
Alex Barron
Jimmy Kite

Bold Green - made race
Red italics - no qualifying attept

[Indycarjunkie]

PDM Racing will probably have another go

[thehairpin]

PDM Racing will probably have another go

They merged with another FIL team and are now caled American Spirit Racing. I'll have to look for a link, but I know I can find it.

[dwaldrep51]

you forgot Davy Hamilton (word is he will take his HP sponsor to Roth)

I don't think John Andretti will be with AGR but on Dave Wilson's show in Indy he keeps saying that he's close to announcing a deal. I can see that being with either Panther, Vision or Foyt.

3rd Conquest car? that's new

[dwaldrep51]

They merged with another FIL team and are now caled American Spirit Racing. I'll have to look for a link, but I know I can find it.

I believe this is correct, PDM and American Spirit are the same.

[Indycarjunkie]

They merged with another FIL team and are now caled American Spirit Racing. I'll have to look for a link, but I know I can find it.

OK. Cool. Mergerfication covers INDYCar teams too I guess.

[thehairpin]

Here's a link from Speed's website

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ips_american_spirit_signs_allemann

I don't expect Ms. Allemann to be driving the ICS car. The last sentence makes the car sound like a done deal.

[thehairpin]

you forgot Davy Hamilton (word is he will take his HP sponsor to Roth)

I don't think John Andretti will be with AGR but on Dave Wilson's show in Indy he keeps saying that he's close to announcing a deal. I can see that being with either Panther, Vision or Foyt.

3rd Conquest car? that's new

Cavin said something about Domonguez running Indy with an old CC team and Conquest has registered a third number with the ICS. It's an ecucated guess.

[dwaldrep51]

Cavin said something about Domonguez running Indy with an old CC team and Conquest has registered a third number with the ICS. It's an ecucated guess.

isn't that with PCM?

[INDY500FAN13]

On Panther's Q & A page, they said that Panther will indeed have a 2nd car in the 500 with the number being #83.....

[thehairpin]

On Panther's Q & A page, they said that Panther will indeed have a 2nd car in the 500 with the number being #83.....

Thanks!

[thehairpin]

Sorry for the scattershot nature of the info. I've been busy recently.

[bret_pollack]

Aren't there going to be any Lazier's in the race?

[dwaldrep51]

On Panther's Q & A page, they said that Panther will indeed have a 2nd car in the 500 with the number being #83.....

83 is just a tweek of 33, I suspect that this is John Andretti, he ran #33 the last two times he ran Indy (1994 & 2007)

[INDY500FAN13]

Aren't there going to be any Lazier's in the race?

I would think so...They both are incredible at Indianapolis...

[thehairpin]

Aren't there going to be any Lazier's in the race?

No rumors to that effect yet, unfortunately. It's just not May without a Lazier.

[INDY500FAN13]

Hemelgarn - CR Crews (I talked to him last year at Bloomington Speedway the night before bump day... he was supposed to be in the Racing Professionals Car, which was later partnered with Hemelgarn Racing, that Jon Herb crashed "a backup" but the next day he didnt go out....

Maybe that is where most people are hearing the CR Crews talk...

[bret_pollack]

No rumors to that effect yet, unfortunately. It's just not May without a Lazier.

Especially since last May, when Jaques got a Panoz to the Lead from 28th starting position!!

[dwaldrep51]

Cool, I like adding the numbers.

For your blanks and ?.

Milka will be #23 at Indy
Alex Lloyd #16
Sarah Fisher #67
Max Papis #44
Roger Yasukawa will be #77 at Motegi
#22 for Townsend Bell is a logical guess, but I could be way off
#12 for Tomas Scheckter is a logical guess (this was the LDR number last year and no one else is using it)

[dwaldrep51]

This is just a thought, what if PT drove car #03 at Indy? I don't really care for the 0x numbers but I think that would fit him well and it would be like he's the anti-Helio.