Not a lot of changes in 2010 for IndyCar driver lineups

From what we are hearing here this weekend at Infineon Raceway, there will be few if any changes in the driver lineups for next year. Dixon and Franchitti are both expected back with Ganassi racing and Target sponsorship, Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves will be back with Penske Racing. Not sure if Penske will again try to run a 3rd car for Will Power.

At Andretti Racing, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick are all expected back, but Mutoh's future is in doubt if Honda moves their Team Dream money over to de Ferran and Takuma Sato. If de Ferran is successful at putting together an IndyCar team his drivers will probably be Pagenaud and Sato.

Ed Carpenter is expected back with Vision Racing, Richard Antinucci could run full-time for Team 3G and Ryan Hunter-Reay is getting along well with AJ Foyt's team.

Graham Rahal is expected back at NHLR with McDonald's backing. His teammate is up in the air, and Sebastien Bourdais could probably land that seat should he return to the USA. EJ Viso could move to the Andretti team should Mutoh not return, or he could stay at HVM and team with Robert Doornbos who is already signed for 2010.

Mario Moraes is expected back at KV Racing and Justin Wilson appears to have found a home at Dale Coyne Racing. Raphael Matos is expected back at Luczo Dragon and Mike Conway should be back with Dreyer and Reinbold. With that said, we could see some other new teams for 2010 and that could mean some new drivers for next year. Mark C. reporting from Infineon Raceway