What is with formerly retired drivers and Indy?
It appears that we could have one additional driver on the grid for the 90th Indianapolis 500 this year. According to the rumors page over at autoracing1.com, former CART/IRL driver and 2-time Indy 500 winner(1992, 1994) "Little" Al Unser, Jr., may do a one-off drive at the Brickyard during the month of May. No word on who the sponsors are or what team he'll drive for, but it would be interesting to see him back at Indy, even if it's a one-off.
Silly Season--IRL, 2006
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2006 IRL IndyCar Series Driver Lineup
With all the available seats now filled for the season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway, here is the anticipated driver lineup............
(NOTE-listings by car #, driver, sponsor(s) and chassis/engine)
1}Andretti-Green Racing(4):#7 Bryan Herta, XM Satellite Radio D/H, #11 Tony Kanaan, Team 7-11 D/H, #26 Marco Andretti(R), NYSE D/H, #27 Dario Franchitti, Jim Beam/Klein Tools D/H
2}Panther Racing(1):#4 Vitor Meira, Pennzoil/Johns Manville/Menards D/H
3}Marlboro-Team Penske(2):#3 Helio Castroneves, Marlboro-Team Penske D/H, #6 Sam Hornish, Jr., Marlboro-Team Penske D/H
4}Rahal-Letterman Racing(3):#15 Buddy Rice, Argent/Pioneer P/H, #16 Danica Patrick, Argent/Pioneer P/H, #17 Paul Dana(R), Ethanol P/H
5}Aguri-Fernandez Racing(2):#8 Scott Sharp, Delphi P/H, #55 Kosuke Matsurra, Panasonic/ARTA D/H
6}Target/Ganassi Racing(2):#9 Scott Dixon, Target D/H, #10 Dan Wheldon, Target D/H(*)
*-team will use Panoz chassis for the three non-oval races(St. Pete, Infineon, and Watkins Glen)
7}Dreyer & Reinbold(1):#5 Buddy Lazier, RollCoater D/H
8}Vision Racing(2):#2 Tomas Scheckter, Vision D/H, #20 Ed Carpenter, Vision D/H
9}A.J. Foyt Racing(1):#14 Felipe Giaffone, ABC Supply Co. D/H
10}Hemelgarn Racing(1):#91 P.J. Chesson(R), Hemelgarn D/H
11}Team Cheever(1):#51 Eddie Cheever, Jr., Crown Royal D/H(**)
**-has committed to driving through the first 4 rds. of the season(Homestead, St. Pete, Motegi and Indy)
(NOTE-listings by car #, driver, sponsor(s) and chassis/engine)
1}Andretti-Green Racing(4):#7 Bryan Herta, XM Satellite Radio D/H, #11 Tony Kanaan, Team 7-11 D/H, #26 Marco Andretti(R), NYSE D/H, #27 Dario Franchitti, Jim Beam/Klein Tools D/H
2}Panther Racing(1):#4 Vitor Meira, Pennzoil/Johns Manville/Menards D/H
3}Marlboro-Team Penske(2):#3 Helio Castroneves, Marlboro-Team Penske D/H, #6 Sam Hornish, Jr., Marlboro-Team Penske D/H
4}Rahal-Letterman Racing(3):#15 Buddy Rice, Argent/Pioneer P/H, #16 Danica Patrick, Argent/Pioneer P/H, #17 Paul Dana(R), Ethanol P/H
5}Aguri-Fernandez Racing(2):#8 Scott Sharp, Delphi P/H, #55 Kosuke Matsurra, Panasonic/ARTA D/H
6}Target/Ganassi Racing(2):#9 Scott Dixon, Target D/H, #10 Dan Wheldon, Target D/H(*)
*-team will use Panoz chassis for the three non-oval races(St. Pete, Infineon, and Watkins Glen)
7}Dreyer & Reinbold(1):#5 Buddy Lazier, RollCoater D/H
8}Vision Racing(2):#2 Tomas Scheckter, Vision D/H, #20 Ed Carpenter, Vision D/H
9}A.J. Foyt Racing(1):#14 Felipe Giaffone, ABC Supply Co. D/H
10}Hemelgarn Racing(1):#91 P.J. Chesson(R), Hemelgarn D/H
11}Team Cheever(1):#51 Eddie Cheever, Jr., Crown Royal D/H(**)
**-has committed to driving through the first 4 rds. of the season(Homestead, St. Pete, Motegi and Indy)
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