Bumping looks assured for Indy 500

Will Hinchcliffe go home crying again this year?

It appears we will see bumping for the Indy 500 this year with 29 cars confirmed and more coming.

Confirmed

Chevrolet (15)

Team Penske (4) – Will Power, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Helio Castroneves

Ed Carpenter Racing/Scuderia Corsa (3) – Ed Carpenter, Spencer Pigot, Ed Jones

Carlin (2) – (Likely Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball)

AJ Foyt Racing (2) – Matheus Leist, Tony Kanaan

Harding/Steinbrenner Racing (2) – Patricio O’Ward R, Colton Herta R

McLaren (1) – Fernando Alonso

Juncos (1) – Ride-Buyer TBA

Honda (14)

Andretti Autosport (4) – Zach Veach, Alexander Rossi, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti

Rahal/Letterman/Lanigan Racing (3) – Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato, Jordan King (R)

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports/Shank Racing (3) – James Hinchcliffe, Marcus Ericsson (R), Jack Harvey

Chip Ganassi Racing (2) – Scott Dixon, Felix Rosenqvist (R)

Dale Coyne Racing (2) – Sebastien Bourdais, Santino Ferrucci (R)

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (1-2)

Juncos (1) – Looking for 2nd ride-buyer

Carlin (1)

Harding (1)

McLaren (1) – Looking for ride-buyer for 2nd seat .

AJ Foyt Racing (1)

Andretti Autosport (1-2)

Dale Coyne Racing (1-2) – Pippa Mann is eyeing another deal.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (1)

Belardi Racing (1)

Byrd Racing (1)

Thom Burns Racing (1)