
There are 32 confirmed entries for this year’s race (below) with 15 powered by Chevrolet, 17 by Honda, and it’s understood that HPD is not eager to supply an 18th. Chevrolet’s IndyCar program manager Rob Buckner confirmed that the Chevy-Ilmor program is ready to step up and partly redress the current entry imbalance, “but we haven’t heard of any deal being finalized yet.”
One Honda team who often runs extra entries for the 500 is Dale Coyne, and there have been rumors that Stefan Wilson, a three-time starter in the Memorial Day Weekend classic, might end up at DCR.