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2010 Indy 500 Line-Up Update:
Yeah, it's quite early to start this 'idiotic' thread but there are many Lemmings worried that we are going to encounter big troubles in trying to assemble a 33 car field come Indy 500 next year... many things to consider: economy sucks, TG got kicked out and his "Vision" is about to fold, and most of all - thanks to the dismal TV showcase IRL teams are scratching their heads in finding new sponsors and their survival is at stake ... so, what will it be, will we have a 33 car grid come next Memorial Day ?!... we shall see... 
Latest from the Grapevine is that assuming DeFerran Motorsports will make the grid next year we will have two extra cars... but !!!... quite a few shall be a no-show, so DeFerran won't be of much help... 
Let's take a look at what we do know now... note that the list below does not consist of 'possibles' we might think of but rather of 'possibles' that we know may happen as per voices from the teams... 
Projected Indy 500 Entries:
1. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #3 - Helio Castroneves
2. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #6 - Ryan Briscoe
3. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #12 - Will Power
4. HAAS/LANIGAN = #02 - Graham Rahal
5. HAAS/LANIGAN = #06 - Alex Lloyd
6. FOYT/FOYT = #14 - Vitor Meira
7. FOYT/FOYT = #41 - A.J. Foyt IV
8. WIGGINS = #13 - Ernesto Viso or Daniel Clarke or ???
9. WIGGINS = #33 - Robert Doornbos
10. GANASSI/HULL = #9 - Scott Dixon
11. GANASSI/HULL = #10 - Dario Franchitti
12. COYNE = #18 - Justin Wilson
13. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #4 - Daniel Wheldon or Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
14. REINBOLD/BUHL = #23 - Tomas Scheckter or Milka Duno or ???
15. REINBOLD/BUHL = #24 - Mike Conway or ???
16. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
17. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #7 - Danica Patrick
18. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #11 - Tony Kanaan
19. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #26 - Marco Andretti
20. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #5 - Mario Moraes or Lucas DiGrassi or James Hinchcliffe or ???
21. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #15 - Paul Tracy
22. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #20 - Ed Carpenter
23. LUCZO/PENSKE = #2 - Raphael Matos
24. BECK/SUDLER = #98 - Richard Antinucci or James Hinchcliffe or ???
25. FISHER/O'GARA = #67 - Sarah Fisher
26. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #66 - Takuma Sato or Franck Montagny or ???
27. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #68 - Simon Pagenaud
28. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #77 - Alex Tagliani
Possible Entries:
29. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #63 - Sam Hornish Jr or ???
30. HAAS/LANIGAN = #08 - Sebastien Bourdais
31. WALKER = #35 - Dillon Battistini or ???
33. WIGGINS = #31 - Daniel Clarke or ???
34. COYNE = #19 - Franck Perera or ???
35. RAHAL/LETTERMAN = #17 - Oriol Servia or ???
36. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #42 - Giorgio Pantano or ???
37. BACHELART = #36 - Bruno Junqueira or ???
38. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #25 - Franck Montagny or ???
39. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #8 - Townsend Bell or ???
40. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #21 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
41. LUCZO/PENSKE = #22 - Kosuke Matsuura or ???
42. SCHMIDT/BECK = #99 - James Hinchcliffe or ???
43. HEMELGARN/JOHNSON = #91 - Buddy Lazier or ???
44. PETTY/REINBOLD = #43 - John Andretti
45. HAMILTON/REINBOLD = #44 - Davey Hamilton
46. DAYTON/SULLIVAN = #16 - Scott Sharp
^ Now, if you look at that list it sure looks very promising, but if you'll squint your eyes and look a bit harder then you will see that most of the 'possibles' are complete fantasies even though the teams had said they may happen...
We shall see... the saga shall continue... 
btw, check out the picturesque line-up by clicking on the "zerO" car in my sig ?!... 
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Time for a little refresher...
Let's take a look at Indy entry numbers in this Millenium:
2001 = 50 entries submitted, 45 cars materialize, 6 bumps occur
2002 = 45 entries submitted, 37 cars materialize, 1 bump occurs
2003 = 35 entries submitted, 33 cars materialize, 0 bumping
2004 = 35 entries submitted, 33 cars materialize, 0 bumping
2005 = 36 entries submitted, 34 cars materialize, 1 bump occurs (that was strictly manufactured for the sake of it plus the fact of Foyt hating Luyendyk, btw)
2006 = 40 entries submitted, 33 cars materialize, 0 bumping
2007 = 39 entries submitted, 35 cars materialize, 1 bump occurs
2008 = 39 entries submitted, 37 cars materialize, 4 bumps occur
2009 = 41 entries submitted, 36 cars materialize, 4 bumps occur
2010 = ???
Let's see what next year will bring - when money will be even more scarce and we'll have fewer teams in the ballgame...
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:42 am Post subject: Re: Countdown to Indy's 33 ?! |
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2010 Indy 500 Line-Up Update:
Latest from the Grapevine is that Robby Gordon is tinkering with an idea of entering the Indy next year and do a "Double Stint" for sixth time...
Projected Indy 500 Entries:
1. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #3 - Helio Castroneves
2. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #6 - Ryan Briscoe
3. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #12 - Will Power
4. HAAS/LANIGAN = #02 - Graham Rahal
5. HAAS/LANIGAN = #06 - Alex Lloyd
6. FOYT/FOYT = #14 - Vitor Meira
7. FOYT/FOYT = #41 - A.J. Foyt IV
8. WIGGINS = #13 - Ernesto Viso or Daniel Clarke or ???
9. WIGGINS = #33 - Robert Doornbos
10. GANASSI/HULL = #9 - Scott Dixon
11. GANASSI/HULL = #10 - Dario Franchitti
12. COYNE = #18 - Justin Wilson
13. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #4 - Daniel Wheldon or Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
14. REINBOLD/BUHL = #23 - Milka Duno
15. REINBOLD/BUHL = #24 - Mike Conway or ???
16. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
17. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #7 - Danica Patrick
18. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #11 - Tony Kanaan
19. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #26 - Marco Andretti
20. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #5 - Mario Moraes or Lucas DiGrassi or ???
21. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #15 - Paul Tracy
22. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #20 - Ed Carpenter
23. LUCZO/PENSKE = #2 - Raphael Matos
24. FISHER/O'GARA = #67 - Sarah Fisher
25. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #77 - Alexandre Tagliani
Possible Entries:
26. RAHAL/LETTERMAN = #17 - Oriol Servia or ???
27. BACHELART = #36 - Bruno Junqueira or ???
28. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #25 - Franck Montagny or J.R. Hildebrand or ???
29. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #27 - Hideki Mutoh or Takuma Sato or ???
30. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #21 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
31. LUCZO/PENSKE = #22 - Tomas Scheckter or ???
32. BECK/SUDLER = #98 - Richard Antinucci or James Hinchcliffe or ???
33. SCHMIDT/BECK = #99 - James Hinchcliffe or ???
34. PETTY/REINBOLD = #43 - John Andretti
35. DAYTON/SULLIVAN = #16 - Scott Sharp
36. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #66 - Takuma Sato or Franck Montagny or ???
37. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #68 - Simon Pagenaud
Longshot Entries:
38. HAAS/LANIGAN = #08 - Sebastien Bourdais
39. WALKER = #35 - Dillon Battistini or ???
40. COYNE = #19 - Franck Perera or ???
41. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #8 - Townsend Bell or ???
42. HEMELGARN/JOHNSON = #91 - Buddy Lazier or ???
43. HAMILTON/REINBOLD = #44 - Davey Hamilton
44. GORDON/MENARD = #70 - Robby Gordon
45. FERNANDEZ/ANDERSON = #55 - Luis Diaz or ???
Looks like it won't be easy to get 33 entries... the saga shall continue...
btw, check out the picturesque line-up by clicking on the "zerO" car in my sig ?!...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Countdown to Indy's 33 ?! |
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2010 Indy 500 Line-Up Update:
Latest from the Grapevine is that Bryan Herta Aurosport are tinkering with an idea of entering the Indy next year - with Daniel Herrington driving...
Projected Indy 500 Entries:
1. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #3 - Helio Castroneves
2. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #6 - Ryan Briscoe
3. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #12 - Will Power
4. HAAS/LANIGAN = #02 - Graham Rahal
5. HAAS/LANIGAN = #06 - Alex Lloyd
6. FOYT/FOYT = #14 - Vitor Meira
7. FOYT/FOYT = #41 - A.J. Foyt IV
8. WIGGINS = #13 - Ernesto Viso or Daniel Clarke or ???
9. WIGGINS = #33 - Robert Doornbos
10. GANASSI/HULL = #9 - Scott Dixon
11. GANASSI/HULL = #10 - Dario Franchitti
12. COYNE = #18 - Justin Wilson
13. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #4 - Daniel Wheldon or Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
14. REINBOLD/BUHL = #23 - Milka Duno
15. REINBOLD/BUHL = #24 - Mike Conway or ???
16. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
17. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #7 - Danica Patrick
18. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #11 - Tony Kanaan
19. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #26 - Marco Andretti
20. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #5 - Mario Moraes or Lucas DiGrassi or ???
21. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #15 - Paul Tracy
22. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #20 - Ed Carpenter
23. LUCZO/PENSKE = #2 - Raphael Matos
24. FISHER/O'GARA = #66 - Jay Howard
25. FISHER/O'GARA = #67 - Sarah Fisher
26. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #77 - Alexandre Tagliani
Possible Entries:
27. RAHAL/LETTERMAN = #17 - Oriol Servia or ???
28. BACHELART = #36 - Bruno Junqueira or ???
29. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #25 - Franck Montagny or J.R. Hildebrand or ???
30. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #21 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
31. LUCZO/PENSKE = #22 - Tomas Scheckter or ???
32. BECK/SUDLER = #98 - Richard Antinucci or James Hinchcliffe or ???
33. SCHMIDT/BECK = #99 - James Hinchcliffe or ???
34. PETTY/REINBOLD = #43 - John Andretti
35. DAYTON/SULLIVAN = #16 - Scott Sharp
36. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #68 - Takuma Sato or Franck Montagny or ???
37. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #69 - Simon Pagenaud
Longshot Entries:
38. WALKER = #35 - Jonathan Summerton or Dillon Battistini or ???
39. COYNE = #19 - Franck Perera or ???
40. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #8 - Townsend Bell or ???
41. HEMELGARN/JOHNSON = #91 - Buddy Lazier or ???
42. HAMILTON/REINBOLD = #44 - Davey Hamilton
43. GORDON/MENARD = #70 - Robby Gordon
44. HERTA/NEWEY = #28 - Daniel Herrington
Looks like it won't be easy to get 33 entries... the saga shall continue...
btw, check out the picturesque line-up by clicking on the "zerO" car in my sig ?!...
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Role Reversal: Winston-Salem's Herrington has shot at becoming first Southerner in Indy 500
(Photo Courtesy of BHA LLC) Daniel Herrington drives the No. 28 Bryan Herta entry in the Firestone Indy Lights series.
By Tommy Bowman
Daniel Herrington is making his mark as an open-wheel driver from stock-car country.
Herrington, a 23-year-old N.C. State engineering graduate from Winston-Salem, got a breakthrough victory in the Firestone Indy Lights series at Chicagoland Speedway in August and will close his first full season on the tour Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Versus Ch. 56, 6 p.m.).
Perhaps as remarkable as the fact that a North Carolina driver has realistic hopes of competing in the Indianapolis 500 in a year or two is the fact that Herrington had a relatively late start in racing, didn't grow up around the sport and had little interest in it until a few years ago.
"Really, before I was 16, I knew nothing about racing," Herrington said. "I caught up in a hurry. I started watching every single race event that came on TV.
"When I was 16, it was my dad's birthday and I convinced him that he should go down to Florida, and take me with him, of course, to this driving school. I did pretty well there, got a lot of encouragement, and I sort of had a knack for it."
Herrington's father, David, is a cardiologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. His mother, Deirdre, is an internal-medicine physician at Blue Ridge Medical Associates.
Herrington started racing at age 17, in an E30 BMW at Virginia International Raceway. While pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at N.C. State (he graduated in May), he progressed from the club-racing ranks and landed a part-time ride in the Indy Lights series, the top stepping stone to the IndyCar Series.
Herrington had a major breakthrough this year, racing full-time in Indy Lights for Bryan Herta Autosport.
He is sixth in the season standings, and he had his first victory in the most recent race, Aug. 29 at Chicagoland.
"To be at this level, working for guys like Bryan Herta, it's a big step in my career," Herrington said. "Hopefully, just the first step."
He hopes to reach a goal of racing in the Indianapolis 500 in the next year or two.
"We're working on ways to raise sponsorship so we can do the 500 next year with Bryan Herta, but it's a tough business, especially with the economy right now, so we'll just work hard and bide our time and hopefully catch a break and be able to do it," Herrington said.
"You have to have some natural ability, but a lot of it is just hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
"I work with a driving coach, Ross Bentley, who has helped me a lot. I put a lot of effort in trying to reach and meet as many people as I could in racing. You work hard at that and get lucky here or there, get a break or two, and win a race
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David Herrington said that his son has had an amazing learning experience.
"He's really matured through the process," David Herrington said. "I told him he already knows and has connected with more CEOs as a recent college graduate than I'll ever know."
Mike King, a Winston-Salem native who is a broadcaster for Indy Lights and the chief announcer for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, said that Daniel Herrington's engineering training helped offset his lack of a traditional racing background and was a boon to his fast progression.
"I think the ability might not have been tested, but the intelligence was there, and when he simply connected the two, it clicked," King said. "For a guy to go from never having sat in a racecar to winning at the level he has won at in less than six years -- that's pretty phenomenal.
"And to have a guy like Bryan Herta, who has been a winner in CART, in Champ Car, in IndyCar and in sports-car racing, to have him believe that you're good enough to go to the next level -- to the IndyCar series after maybe one more year in the Indy Lights series -- that's really amazing."
And, King said, it's "unheard of" to see a driver from North Carolina in an open-wheel, Indy-type car.
"I'm pretty much it," Herrington said.
King said he introduced himself to Herrington in Ohio two years ago when he saw that a driver from Winston-Salem was entered in a race.
"I met him, nice kid, he told me he went to N.C. State," King said. "I thought, 'Well, you know, we probably won't hear much of him.' There just aren't any successful drivers from the South in open-wheel racing that do much.
"When Bryan Herta hired Daniel, it raised my eyebrows because Herta would not waste his time with somebody that he didn't think had true potential. Then, of course, Daniel won this year with Bryan."
King did some research after Herrington's victory.
"I called Donald Davidson, a historian at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and said, 'Donald, tell me about other successful open-wheel racecar drivers that have grown up in North Carolina.' He told me he'd have to get back to me. Three or four hours later, I get an e-mail from Donald saying he can't come up with anybody.
"He said there were some guys that might have lived in North Carolina for a while, and maybe based in Charlotte, but drivers who have grown up in North Carolina, he couldn't come up with a single name.
"So Daniel Herrington is breaking some real ground here."
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About Daniel Herrington
AGE: 23 (born July 12, 1986)
HOMETOWN/BIRTHPLACE: Winston-Salem
EDUCATION: Forsyth Country Day School; N.C. State (bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering)
FAMILY: Single
OCCUPATION: Driver in Firestone Indy Lights series
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, GOAL: Indy Lights victory at Chicagoland Speedway (Aug. 29); to race in the Indianapolis 500
QUOTE: While at N.C. State two years ago, Herrington had a memorable call from Paul Newman, the late actor and racing enthusiast , after some testing for a team that Newman was associated with. "Unfortunately, I didn't answer it, but I had a message on my phone, 'Hi Daniel, Paul Newman here,'" Herrington said. "'Just wanted to congratulate you on some successful tests and look forward to seeing you the rest of the year.' That was pretty neat. I was able to talk to him a few times after that. He was a really nice guy and meant a lot to the sport." |
So we have another hopeful for the month of May - and it's a Hillbilly to boot. But glad that Herta has found him.
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Don't expect Sebastien Bourdais to do Indy next year. According to French media his wife says it won't happen.
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They'll get 33 cars, but I doubt there will be any bumping.
Wonder what sponsors are going to try going an extra mile.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: Countdown to Indy's 33 ?! |
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2010 Indy 500 Line-Up Update:
Latest from the Grapevine is that odds of seeing Franck Montagny doing Indy are slim to none = he is currently pursuing a ride in F1 or a full-time gig in LMS...
Projected Indy 500 Entries:
1. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #3 - Helio Castroneves
2. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #6 - Ryan Briscoe
3. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #12 - Will Power
4. HAAS/LANIGAN = #02 - Graham Rahal
5. HAAS/LANIGAN = #06 - Alex Lloyd
6. FOYT/FOYT = #14 - Vitor Meira
7. FOYT/FOYT = #41 - A.J. Foyt IV
8. WIGGINS = #13 - Ernesto Viso or Daniel Clarke or ???
9. WIGGINS = #33 - Robert Doornbos
10. GANASSI/HULL = #9 - Scott Dixon
11. GANASSI/HULL = #10 - Dario Franchitti
12. COYNE = #18 - Justin Wilson
13. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #4 - Daniel Wheldon or Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
14. REINBOLD/BUHL = #23 - Milka Duno
15. REINBOLD/BUHL = #24 - Mike Conway or ???
16. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
17. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #7 - Danica Patrick
18. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #11 - Tony Kanaan
19. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #26 - Marco Andretti
20. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #5 - Mario Moraes or Lucas DiGrassi or ???
21. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #15 - Paul Tracy
22. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #20 - Ed Carpenter
23. LUCZO/PENSKE = #2 - Raphael Matos
24. BECK/SUDLER = #98 - Richard Antinucci or James Hinchcliffe or ???
25. FISHER/O'GARA = #66 - Jay Howard
26. FISHER/O'GARA = #67 - Sarah Fisher
27. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #77 - Alexandre Tagliani
Possible Entries:
28. RAHAL/LETTERMAN = #17 - Oriol Servia or ???
29. BACHELART = #36 - Bruno Junqueira or ???
30. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #27 - Hideki Mutoh or Takuma Sato or ???
31. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #21 - Ryan Hunter-Reay or ???
32. LUCZO/PENSKE = #22 - Tomas Scheckter or ???
33. SCHMIDT/BECK = #99 - James Hinchcliffe or ???
34. PETTY/REINBOLD = #43 - John Andretti
35. DAYTON/SULLIVAN = #16 - Scott Sharp
36. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #68 - Simon Pagenaud
37. WACHS/HALAHAN = #38 - John Edwards
Longshot Entries:
38. WALKER = #35 - James Winslow or Dillon Battistini or ???
39. COYNE = #19 - Franck Perera or ???
40. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #25 - Franck Montagny or J.R. Hildebrand or ???
41. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #8 - Townsend Bell or ???
42. HEMELGARN/JOHNSON = #91 - Buddy Lazier or ???
43. HAMILTON/REINBOLD = #44 - Davey Hamilton
44. GORDON/MENARD = #70 - Robby Gordon
45. HERTA/NEWEY = #28 - Daniel Herrington
46. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #78 - Andrew Ranger or ???
Looks like it won't be easy to get 33 entries... the saga shall continue...
btw, check out the picturesque line-up by clicking on the "zerO" car in my sig ?!...
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Latest word from Tagliani's camp is that the "FAZZT Race Team" are hoping to run Tags' car full-time next year, plus enter a second car at Indy - possibly for Andrew Ranger. 
But, ofcourse, "seeing is believing".
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| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: Countdown to Indy's 33 ?! |
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2010 Indy 500 Line-Up Update:
Latest from the Grapevine is that Ron Hemelgarn has given up planning to do Indy next year... after getting financially wiped out the last two times it's no wonder, btw...
Projected Indy 500 Entries:
1. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #3 - Helio Castroneves
2. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #6 - Ryan Briscoe
3. PENSKE/CINDRIC = #12 - Will Power
4. HAAS/LANIGAN = #02 - Graham Rahal
5. HAAS/LANIGAN = #06 - Alex Lloyd
6. FOYT/FOYT = #14 - Vitor Meira
7. FOYT/FOYT = #41 - A.J. Foyt IV
8. WIGGINS = #31 - Daniel Clarke or ???
9. WIGGINS = #33 - Robert Doornbos
10. GANASSI/HULL = #9 - Scott Dixon
11. GANASSI/HULL = #10 - Dario Franchitti
12. COYNE = #18 - Justin Wilson
13. BARNES/GRIFFIN = #4 - Daniel Wheldon
14. REINBOLD/BUHL = #23 - Milka Duno
15. REINBOLD/BUHL = #24 - Mike Conway or ???
16. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
17. BACHELART = #36 - Bruno Junqueira or Ernesto Viso or ???
18. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #7 - Danica Patrick
19. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #11 - Tony Kanaan
20. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #25 - Ryan Hunter-Reay
21. ANDRETTI/PETERSON = #26 - Marco Andretti
22. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #5 - Mario Moraes or ???
23. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #15 - Paul Tracy
24. GEORGE/DEMPSEY = #20 - Ed Carpenter
25. LUCZO/PENSKE = #2 - Raphael Matos
26. BECK/SUDLER = #98 - David Martinez or Richard Antinucci or James Hinchcliffe or ???
27. FISHER/O'GARA = #66 - Jay Howard
28. FISHER/O'GARA = #67 - Sarah Fisher
29. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #77 - Alexandre Tagliani
Possible Entries:
30. RAHAL/LETTERMAN = #17 - Oriol Servia or ???
31. LUCZO/PENSKE = #22 - Tomas Scheckter or ???
32. SCHMIDT/BECK = #99 - James Hinchcliffe or ???
33. PETTY/REINBOLD = #43 - John Andretti
34. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #68 - Hdeki Mutoh or Bruno Junqueira or Franck Montagny or ???
35. DeFERRAN/CLARKE = #69 - Simon Pagenaud
36. WACHS/HALAHAN = #38 - John Edwards
Longshot Entries:
37. WALKER = #35 - James Winslow or Dillon Battistini or ???
38. COYNE = #19 - Franck Perera or ???
39. KALKHOVEN/VASSER = #8 - Townsend Bell or ???
40. HAMILTON/REINBOLD = #44 - Davey Hamilton
41. HERTA/NEWEY = #28 - Daniel Herrington
42. AZZI/FREUDENBERG = #78 - Andrew Ranger or ???
43. SHARP/BROWN = #16 - Scott Sharp
Looks like it won't be easy to get 33 entries... the saga shall continue...
btw, check out the picturesque line-up by clicking on the "zerO" car in my sig ?!...
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