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92nd Indianapolis 500 Entry List...........

Post by mlittle » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:16 am

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials released the entry list for the 92nd running of "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing", the Indianapolis 500............

note......list subject to change prior to event.........
Official 92nd Indianapolis 500 Entry List...........................
A.J. Foyt, IV, #2 Joost/Indy Vision
(W)Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Vitor Meira, #4 National Guard/Delphi
(R)Oriol Servia, #5 Plantronics
Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola
(R)Will Power, #8 Aussie Vineyards
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
(W)Dan Wheldon, #10 Target
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Tomas Scheckter, #12 Symantec 360
Darren Manning, #14 ABC Supply Co.
(W)Buddy Rice, #15 A1 Team USA
(R)Alex Lloyd, #16 Target
(R)Ryan Hunter-Reay, #17 Ethanol
Bruno Junquiera, #18 Z-Line Designs
(R)Mario Moraes, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ
Ed Carpenter, #20 Menards/DirecTV
Davey Hamilton, #22 HP Computers
Milka Duno, #23 CITGO
(R)Jay Howard, #24 Cirrus Aircraft
Marty Roth, #25 Cirrus Aircraft
Marco Andretti, #26 Meijer/Blockbuster
(R)Hideki Mutoh, #27 Honda Formula Dream
(R)E.J. Viso, #33 PDVSA
(R)Franck Perera, #34 Opes Prime/ARES
(R)Enrique Bernoldi, #36 Sangari/Opes Prime
Larry Foyt, #41 ABC Supply Co.
Max Papis, #44 LifeLock
Sarah Fisher, #67 ResQ Energy Drink
(W)Buddy Lazier, #91 Johnson Controls
(R)Mario Dominguez, #96 Visit Mexico City
Townsend Bell, #99 WilliamRast
(R)Justin Wilson, #02 McDonald's
(R)Graham Rahal, #06 Hole in the Wall Camps
(W)--denotes previous Indy 500 winner
(R)--denotes rookie entrant for this year's Indy 500

~~The following car numbers have been entered without a driver at present....................
Playa del Racing--#21
Team Penske--#77
Panther Racing--#83
CAB Motorsports--#98


92nd Indianapolis 500 Entry List Fast Facts.......................
~~Past 500 Race Winners} 4(Buddy Lazier, 1996, Helio Castroneves, 2001-2002; Buddy Rice, 2004 and Dan Wheldon, 2005)
~~Past 500 Pole Winners} 4(Helio Castroneves, 2003 & 2007; Bruno Junquiera, 2002; Tony Kanaan, 2005 and Buddy Rice, 2004)
~~Past 500 ROY Winners} 3(Tomas Scheckter, 2002; Dancia Patrick, 2005 and Marco Andretti, 2006)
~~Rookie Entrants} Will Power, Alex Lloyd, Mario Moraes, Jay Howard, Hideki Mutoh, E.J. Viso, Enrique Bernoldi, Franck Perera, Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Mario Dominguez and Oriol Servia
~~Youngest Entrant} Graham Rahal, 19
~~Oldest Entrant} Marty Roth, 49
~~U.S. born entrants} 12(Marco Andretti, Townsend Bell, Ed Carpenter, Sarah Fisher, A.J. Foyt, IV, Larry Foyt, Davey Hamilton, Buddy Lazier, Danica Patrick, Graham Rahal, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Buddy Rice)
~~Foreign-born entrants} 23.......Enrique Bernoldi[BRA], Ryan Briscoe[AUS], Helio Castroneves[BRA], Scott Dixon[NZL], Mario Dominguez[MEX], Milka Duno[VNZ], jay Howard[ENG], Bruno Junquiera[BRA], Tony Kanaan[BRA], Alex Lloyd[ENG], Darren Manning[ENG], Vitor Meira[BRA], Mario Moraes[BRA], Hideki Mutoh[JPN], Max Papis[ITA], Franck Perera[FRA], Will Power[AUS], Marty Roth[CAN], Tomas Scheckter[RSA], Oriol Servia[SPN], E.J. Viso[VNZ], Dan Wheldon[ENG] and Justin Wilson[ENG]
~~Most Previous 500 Starts} Buddy Lazier(17 starts)
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Post by mlittle » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:03 am

Add one more driver to the above list, as Pacific Coast Motorsports announced earlier today in Mexico City that they will be competing in the IndyCar Series beginning with the 92nd running of "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing", the Indianapolis 500. The team will field veteran open-wheel driver Mario Dominguez in the #96 Visit Mexico City Dallara/Honda; here is a link to the PCM press release following today's press conference.
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