2018 Indy 500 will have bumping

Indy 500
Indy 500

It looks like the 2018 Indy 500 will have some bumping as already there are 34 expected cars.

29 already have drivers assigned to them.

Therefore, for the first time since the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 three years ago in May of 2015, there is set to be bumping in qualifying for the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing".

Expected Indy 500 Entries

Team No. Driver(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises (Chevy) 4 Matheus Leist (R)
14 Tony Kanaan
Andretti Autosport (Honda) 25 Stefan Wilson (R)
26 Zach Veach (R)
27 Alexander Rossi
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
29 Carlos Munoz
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian (Honda) 98 Marco Andretti
Carlin (Chevy) 23 Charlie Kimball
59 Max Chilton
Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda) 9 Scott Dixon
10 Ed Jones
Dale Coyne Racing (Honda) 19 Pietro Fittipaldi (R)
63 Pippa Mann
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan (Honda) 18 Sebastien Bourdais
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (Chevy) TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Ed Carpenter Racing (Chevy) 20 Ed Carpenter
21 Spencer Pigot
TBA Danica Patrick
Harding Racing (Chevy) 88 Gabby Chaves
Juncos Racing (Chevy) 32 Kyle Kaiser (R)
Lazier Partners Racing(Chevy) TBA Buddy Lazier
Michael Shank Racing (Honda) 60 Jack Harvey (R)
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda) 15 Graham Rahal
30 Takuma Sato
TBA TBA
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Honda) 5 James Hinchcliffe
6 Robert Wickens (R)
7 Jay Howard
Team Penske(Chevy) 1 Josef Newgarden
3 Helio Castroneves
12 Will Power
22 Simon Pagenaud