Who will run which IndyCar engine in 2012
11/01/11 Bryan Herta, whose team conducted the 2012 chassis tests on behalf of INDYCAR and Honda, has been linked with a Honda engine supply for 2012 (we had his team in the table below with Lotus, so it is updated) and to drivers ranging from Alex Tagliani to Sebastien Bourdais.
The accuracy of those rumors, according to Herta, will be known when all the contracts are signed and completed, but not a moment before.
"We’re close to making an announcement," he said. "We’ve followed our plan all along and we’ll keep following it. We don’t want to be the ones to put out press releases on what we might do or think we’ll do and then have it change. We’re working quietly behind the scenes preparing for next year and will announce our plans as soon as they’re solidified," he told Speedtv.com
10/28/11 KV Racing's Tony Kanaan will test a Chevy Powered 2012 IndyCar next Wednesday and Thursday at Indy with Dario Franchitti testing the Honda the same day. If Kanaan is in a Chevy then that confirms in the table below that KV Racing will run with Chevy power in 2012. We await the announcement.
10/07/11 As we showed below, Panther Racing will run Chevy engines per today's announcement – see hot news page.
09/24/11 Back on August 12th we predicted the Andretti team would run Chevy power in 2012 and this week it was confirmed.
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Team |
No. Cars | Chevy | Honda | Lotus | Notes |
| AJ Foyt Racing | 1 or 2 Car team | – | 1 | – | Has ordered 2 cars |
| Andretti Green Racing | 3-Car Team | 3 | – | – | 2 or 3 cars, Chevy Confirmed |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 1-car team | – | 1 | – | Assumed Honda |
| Conquest Racing | 1-car team | – | – | 1 | Lotus. Maybe a 2nd car |
| Dale Coyne Racing | 2-car team | – | 2 | – | Will run Chevy or Honda |
| Dragon Racing | 1-car team | – | – | 1 | Assumed Lotus |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 2-car team | – | – | 2 | Lotus fairly certain |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 2-car team | – | 2 | – | 100% Sure |
| HVM Racing | 1-car team | – | – | 1 | Lotus |
| KV Racing Technology | 2 car team | 2 | – | – | Chevy Confirmed |
| Michael Shank Racing | 1 car team | – | – | 1 | Have ordered new Dallara |
| Newman Haas Racing | 2-car team | – | 2 | – | Confirmed |
| Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing | 2-car team | – | 2 | – | Honda Confirmed |
| Panther Racing | 1 or 2-car team | 2 | – | – | Chevy Confirmed on 10/7/11 |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan | 1-car team | – | – | 1 | Lotus Assumed |
| Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 2-car team | – | 2 | – | Honda Confirmed |
| Team Penske | 3 car team | 3 | – | – | 3rd Car 90% Sure |
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Totals |
10 | 12 | 7 | 30-Cars possible |
Honda: Single Turbo
Chevy and Lotus: Dual Turbos
08/12/11 Which IndyCar team will run which engine in 2012. Only the ones in bold are definite. The remainder is pure speculation:
Foyt Racing –>Honda
Andretti Autosport –>Chevy
Conquest Racing –>Unknown
Dale Coyne Racing –>Unknown
Dragon Racing –>Unknown
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing–>Unknown
FAZZT Racing/Sam Schmidt Motorsports
HVM Racing –>Unknown
KV Racing Technology –>Honda
Newman/Haas/Racing –>Honda
Rahal Letterman and/or Herta w/Sam Schmidt –>Honda
Panther Racing –>Chevy
Sarah Fisher Racing –>Chevy
Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing –>Honda
Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing –>Honda
Target Chip Ganassi Racing–>Honda
Team Penske –>Chevy