2007 Indy 500 Entry List - Page 2

Hazza · 12 Apr 2007, 12:34 (Ref:1889688)

Quote:

Originally Posted by drdisque

The timing is just as bad this year. There's no way Montoya is getting in a car at the 500 this year, slight chance with Gordon simply because he owns his team and can put someone else in the car to collect owner points if he misses the start.

Considering Gordon's position i'd put it as higher than slight, I mean, if he can get a decent Indy ride, that sure beats puttering around 34th at the 600, and if he really thinks he can make the difference he can jump in lap 100 or so

rustyfan · 13 Apr 2007, 07:07 (Ref:1890196)

According to Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star, Al Unser Jr. is working on a deal to drive one of the cars fielded by Foyt Racing (source).

stradlin21 · 13 Apr 2007, 16:13 (Ref:1890549)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustyfan

According to Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star, Al Unser Jr. is working on a deal to drive one of the cars fielded by Foyt Racing (source).

yep, he will probably will drive the #50 car

guess that means that Larry will be in the #41 car

Tim Northcutt · 13 Apr 2007, 16:20 (Ref:1890551)

Larry is the Team Manager now who is running the day-to-day operations....

Thus, I'm not sure if he'll be in a car at all, unless it has doors on it and starts with a key.

My guess is that Manning and Al Jr. are his two entries, with the third car held back as a possible "lease" or a Bump Day pick-up like Foyt did with Giaffone two years ago to bump his way into the field.

stradlin21 · 13 Apr 2007, 18:02 (Ref:1890615)

according to an interview he did just before Homestead, he said he would be racing in the 500 again

i reckon Foyt is good to run 3 cars this season

Ryan_Briscoe1 · 14 Apr 2007, 18:09 (Ref:1891249)

Great news for Ryan, he deserves it as he has been terrific in ALMS so far for Penske.

stradlin21 · 15 Apr 2007, 23:07 (Ref:1892612)

Eddie Cheever will not involved at Indy this season

http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/

ozrevhead · 17 Apr 2007, 12:11 (Ref:1893786)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustyfan

SpeedTV.com has a story about Briscoe's entry. Really came out of the blue, didn't it? I hadn't seen anything about that one.

surprising indeed

But a great one

- I dont know what his car is like or what would be a considered a great result

didnt he finish 2nd after the latest ALMS round

rustyfan · 27 Apr 2007, 06:25 (Ref:1901428)

P.J. Jones was confirmed for the #97 Direct/Diversified Team Leader 97 entry a couple of days ago.

drewdawg727 · 3 May 2007, 01:10 (Ref:1905467)

Um...correct me if i'm wrong...but since it's May are we supposed to have all the cars that are supposed to be driving in by now? If so...we don't have close to 33 yet...

Alwaysfirst · 3 May 2007, 04:23 (Ref:1905525)

I believe we do, just without all the drivers confirmed at the moment.

Entries so far are:

1 - Penske - H. Castroneves (W)
2 - Penske - S. Hornish Jr (W)
3 - Penske - ?
4 - Ganassi - S. Dixon
5 - Ganassi - D. Wheldon (W)
6 - Vision - T. Scheckter
7 - Vision - E. Carpenter
8 - Vision - AJ Foyt IV
9 - Vision - ? D. Hamilton/T. Bell/PJ Cheeson
10 - Andretti/Green - D. Patrick
11 - Andretti/Green - T. Kanaan
12 - Andretti/Green - Marco Andretti
13 - Andretti/Green - D. Franchitti
14 - Andretti/Green - Michael Andretti
15 - Rahal/Letterman - S. Sharp
16 - Rahal/Letterman - J. Simmons
17 - Panther - V. Meira
18 - Panther - K. Matsuura
19 - Panther - ? R. Hunter-Reay/M. Papis/H. Mutoh
20 - Foyt - D. Manning
21 - Foyt - A. Unser Jr
22 - Foyt - ? J. Bucknum/F. Giaffone/R. Hearn
23 - Dreyer & Reinbold - B. Rice (W)
24 - Dreyer & Reinbold - S. Fisher
25 - Luczo Dragon - R. Briscoe
26 - Cabbie - ? R. Yasukawa/J. Howard/W. Cunningham
27 - PDM - ? J. Kite/T. Medeiros
28 - Racing Professionals - J. Herb
29 - Roth - M. Roth
30 - Playa Del - J. Lazier
31 - Playa Del - P. Geibler
32 - SAMAX - M. Duno
33 - CURB/Agajanian/Beck - A. Barron
34 - CURB/Agajanian/Beck - ? D. Hamilton or ?
35 - Chastain - S. Gregoire
36 - Hemelgarn - ? J. Kite/PJ Cheeson
37 - Team Leader/Dollander - PJ Jones
38 - Sam Schmidt - B. Lazier (W)

So that gives us 38 entries with only the third Penske & the second CURB/Agajanian/Beck entries unlikely to field drivers, giving us a grand total of 36, with 6-8 drivers still to be announced.

**gomick** · 3 May 2007, 08:54 (Ref:1905628)

the 3rd penske & briscoe entries are different are they?

climb · 3 May 2007, 09:24 (Ref:1905648)

Yes, they are.

Alwaysfirst · 3 May 2007, 16:26 (Ref:1905900)

Yep. Penske have been entering a third car for the last few years to act as an extra reserve car for it's regular drivers. Slightly over the top IMO but each to their own....

Tim Northcutt · 3 May 2007, 16:55 (Ref:1905923)

Those TBA Drivers kinda look familiar to me, Alwaysfirst

Wouldn't you know that after I posted my column yesterday that a rumor is now out there about Kenny Brack possibly driving the third Foyt entry (Car 41)....but I have no idea if he is considering it.

Tim Northcutt · 3 May 2007, 18:47 (Ref:1905994)

PDM announced Jimmy Kite as their driver for the 500 today.

It'll be a 2nd week effort, and the chassis is a Panoz, not a Dallara as originally listed on the Official Entry List.

He drove for PDM in 2003 and was the "mover" of the race (32nd to 13th).

From everything I've heard, he is a classy guy. A good pick, IMO.

Alwaysfirst · 3 May 2007, 22:57 (Ref:1906172)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Those TBA Drivers kinda look familiar to me, Alwaysfirst

Wouldn't you know that after I posted my column yesterday that a rumor is now out there about Kenny Brack possibly driving the third Foyt entry (Car 41)....but I have no idea if he is considering it.

Well they would...I took my ideas from the best!

Many of those ideas were in general circulation anyway to be fair. Autosport is reporting that Davey Hamilton will be racing at Vision, whilst Max Papis will replace Alex Barron at Beck as he has run out of money. Shame if it is true as it would have been nice to see both run, but hardly a surprise.

Now looking like this.....

1 - Penske - H. Castroneves (W)
2 - Penske - S. Hornish Jr (W)
3 - Penske - ?
4 - Ganassi - S. Dixon
5 - Ganassi - D. Wheldon (W)
6 - Vision - T. Scheckter
7 - Vision - E. Carpenter
8 - Vision - AJ Foyt IV
9 - Vision - ? D. Hamilton/T. Bell/PJ Cheeson
10 - Andretti/Green - D. Patrick
11 - Andretti/Green - T. Kanaan
12 - Andretti/Green - Marco Andretti
13 - Andretti/Green - D. Franchitti
14 - Andretti/Green - Michael Andretti
15 - Rahal/Letterman - S. Sharp
16 - Rahal/Letterman - J. Simmons
17 - Panther - V. Meira
18 - Panther - K. Matsuura
19 - Panther - ? R. Hunter-Reay/H. Mutoh
20 - Foyt - D. Manning
21 - Foyt - A. Unser Jr
22 - Foyt - ? J. Bucknum/F. Giaffone/R. Hearn
23 - Dreyer & Reinbold - B. Rice (W)
24 - Dreyer & Reinbold - S. Fisher
25 - Luczo Dragon - R. Briscoe
26 - Cabbie - ? R. Yasukawa/J. Howard/W. Cunningham
27 - PDM - J. Kite
28 - Racing Professionals - J. Herb
29 - Roth - M. Roth
30 - Playa Del - J. Lazier
31 - Playa Del - P. Geibler
32 - SAMAX - M. Duno
33 - CURB/Agajanian/Beck - ? A. Barron/M. Papis
34 - CURB/Agajanian/Beck - ?
35 - Chastain - S. Gregoire
36 - Hemelgarn - ? PJ Cheeson
37 - Team Leader/Dollander - PJ Jones
38 - Sam Schmidt - B. Lazier (W)

Hazza · 4 May 2007, 08:29 (Ref:1906352)

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewdawg727

Um...correct me if i'm wrong...but since it's May are we supposed to have all the cars that are supposed to be driving in by now? If so...we don't have close to 33 yet...

Um...correct me if i'm wrong, we've missed it how many times in the last 90 years?

Tim Northcutt · 4 May 2007, 13:13 (Ref:1906557)

Davey Hamilton will be announced as Vision's fourth driver today....

Sorry to hear that Barron is gone, but Max can drive...

It also tells me that Beck will proabably use the 43 car as a backup.

Kenny brack is a possibility for the 3rd Foyt car

Tim Northcutt · 4 May 2007, 14:19 (Ref:1906591)

Some very interesting developments for the "TBAs" as noted by Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star in his blog this morning....

Here is the link:

http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpert/

John Andretti has wanted to come back for a while, but deals never seemed to solidify...If John does have $ponsor money, it will be interesting to see where he goes....

Beck sounds like the door is wide open, and Barron may not be on the outside looking in just yet...

I still hope that Ryan Hunter-Reay and/or Townsend Bell can land seats for the 500, but with that list on neames, yet no mention of either one, it may not look very promising for them for this year.

We'll find out soon enough....

D.R.T. · 5 May 2007, 04:27 (Ref:1906928)

What is RHR doing these days, I heard the last few years he was chasing the NASCAR route, anything happened, happening there.

JohnSSC · 5 May 2007, 11:02 (Ref:1907044)

RHR did A1GP and the Daytona 24 hour this year, and will be doing Busch per his website.

John Andretti will also be doing Busch this season as well, according to the Andretti family website. I had forgotten he had 2 wins in what was the Winston Cup in NASCAR (pre-Nextel Cup).

It would be very cool to see both of them at the 500 this year.

cos · 8 May 2007, 23:39 (Ref:1909498)

A1 Team USA will be branding a car again this year; Rice's DRR entry will be the "A1 Team USA/Dreyer & Reinbold" car.

stradlin21 · 9 May 2007, 11:31 (Ref:1909790)

according to reports

Roger Yasukawa will be in a THIRD entry for DRR, he will use one of the spare cars and PJ chesson is saying he has a deal but is not saying where

and John Andretti to Panther is apparently a done deal

Tim Northcutt · 9 May 2007, 14:16 (Ref:1909901)

Quote:

Originally Posted by stradlin21

according to reports

Roger Yasukawa will be in a THIRD entry for DRR, he will use one of the spare cars and PJ chesson is saying he has a deal but is not saying where

and John Andretti to Panther is apparently a done deal

I covered this in my column today.

Andretti is close, but not finalized just yet.

Yasukawa will depend on how Buddy & Sarah qualify this weekend, or if they have any mishaps

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