RE: An era is over
With more details coming out it sound as if Indy Car hit a grand slam with this deal.
8 of the 17 races will be on NBC which is a 40% increase in races on over the air broadcast compared to this season. The other 9 on NBCSN. Then you have every practice session and every qualifying session on NBCSN.
Hinchcliffe and other ICS drivers have already been on several NBC family networks talking about the deal including CNBC show from Wall Street this past week.
Other news with the announcement of Jay Howard today the official list of drivers has reached 33 with several other announcements to come. WE WILL SEE A BUMP DAY THIS YEAR. The likes of J R Hilderbrand and Buddy Lazier still have not made official announcements.
Harding Racing which originally was going to field a second car for Danica before she got Carpenter ride, could still field second car.
And Juan Pablo Montoya is still trying to make his official plans for the 500. This years 500 could actually have more entrants than some Cup races this season.
2018 Indianapolis 500 entry list
1 Josef Newgarden #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet
2 Helio Castroneves #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
3 Matheus Leist #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
4 James Hinchcliffe #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
5 Robert Wickens #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
6 Jay Howard #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
7 Scott Dixon #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
8 Ed Jones #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
9 Will Power #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
10 Danica Patrick #13, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
11 Tony Kanaan #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
12 Graham Rahal #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
13 Conor Daly #17, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
14 Sebastien Bourdais #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
15 Pietro Fittipaldi #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
16 Ed Carpenter #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
17 Spencer Pigot #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
18 Simon Pagenaud #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
19 Charlie Kimball #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet
20 Sage Karam #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
21 Stefan Wilson #25, Andretti Autosport, Honda
22 Zach Veach #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
23 Alexander Rossi #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
24 Ryan Hunter-Reay #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
25 Carlos Munoz #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda
26 Takuma Sato #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
27 Kyle Kaiser #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
28 Max Chilton #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet
29 Jack Harvey #60, Michael Shank Racing, Honda
30 Pippa Mann #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
31 Oriol Servia #64, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
32 Gabby Chaves #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet
33 Marco Andretti #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
34 J.R. Hildebrand* #TBA, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
35 Buddy Lazier** #TBA, Lazier Partners Racing, TBA
36 ??????????? *** #TBA, Harding Racing, Chevrolet
37 Juan Montoya **** #TBA,
38 Zachary DeMelo**** #TBA,
KEY
*=entry is confirmed; driver is not officially confirmed but it extremely likely
**=driver and entry are extremely likely but not officially confirmed
***=rumored not confirmed
****=rumored driver no team announced
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