103rd Indianapolis 500 preview

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With the IndyCar Grand Prix, not until May 11th and the 500, not until May 26th, this thread is a preview of this year's Indy 500.

Current entry list.

2 United States, Josef Newgarden. Team Penske, Chevrolet
3 Brazil, Hélio Castroneves W. Team Penske, Chevrolet
4 Brazil, Matheus Leist. A. J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
5 Canada, James Hinchcliffe. Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
7 Sweden, Marcus Ericsson R. Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
9 New Zealand, Scott Dixon W. Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
10 Sweden Felix, Rosenqvist R. Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
12 Australia, Will Power W. Team Penske, Chevrolet
14 Brazil, Tony Kanaan W. A. J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
15 United States, Graham Rahal. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
18 France, Sébastien Bourdais. Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda
19 United States, Santino Ferrucci R. Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
20 United States, Ed Carpenter. Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
21 United States, Spencer Pigot. Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
22 France, Simon Pagenaud. Team Penske, Chevrolet
23 United States, Charlie Kimball. Carlin. Chevrolet
24 United States, Sage Karam. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
25 United States, Conor Daly. Andretti Autosport, Honda
26 United States, Zach Veach. Andretti Autosport, Honda
27 United States, Alexander Rossi W. Andretti Autosport, Honda
28 United States, Ryan Hunter-Reay W. Andretti Autosport, Honda
30 Japan, Takuma Sato W. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Honda
31 Mexico, Patricio O'Ward R. Carlin, Chevrolet
32 United States, Kyle Kaiser. Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
33 Australia, James Davison. Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd/Hollinger/Belardi, Honda
39 United Kingdom, Pippa MannClauson-Marshall Racing, Chevrolet
42 United Kingdom, Jordan King R. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
48 United States, J.R. Hildebrand. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet
59 United Kingdom, Max Chilton. Carlin Chevrolet
60 United Kingdom, Jack Harvey. Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Honda
63 United Arab Emirates, Ed Jones. Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet
66 Spain Fernando Alonso, McLaren Racing, Chevrolet
77 TBA Arrow Schmidt, Peterson Motorsports, Honda
81 United Kingdom, Ben Hanley R. DragonSpeed, Chevrolet
88 United States, Colton Herta R. Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
98 United States, Marco Andretti. Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian, Honda

R = Rookie
W = past winner.