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For the first time in many years we will see a bump day at Indy. With the addition of JR Hilderbrand (DRR) and James Davison (AJ Foyt) the entry list for the 2018 Indy 500 has risen to 35 cars. Possibly more to come as both Sebastian Saavedra and Juan Piedrahita are both rumored to have finances in place to run if they can make a deal with a car owner.

Now if they would only return to the old qualifying format which saw Sebastian Saavedra qualify for the 500 in 2010 while he was being treated at an Indianapolis Hospital ER following a practice crash trying to get back up to speed after being bumped from race.

Happy hour on Sunday should be about trying to make last ditch effort to make the race and not deciding which of the top 9 cars will start where.



2018 Indianapolis 500 entry list (provisional)

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 #66, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
35 James Davison #33, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet


36 Buddy Lazier** #TBA, Lazier Partners Racing, TBA
37 ??????????? *** #TBA, Harding Racing, Chevrolet
38 Juan Montoya **** #TBA,
39 Zachary DeMelo**** #TBA,

Bump Day officially back with Hilderbrand entry official. 35 now official with addition of Davison for 3rd Foyt car.

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*=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