2018 Indycar Team & Drivers Information & Photos

TEAM

DRIVERS

2018 INDYCAR CAR & DRIVER PHOTOS

2017 IndyCar Drivers Who Don't Have Full Time Rides in IndyCar this year:

JR Hildebrand        American        Joined IndyCar in 2011     Drove for Ed Carpenter Racing last year
Mikhail Aleshin       Russian           Joined IndyCar in 2014     Drove for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports last year
Conor Daly             American        Joined Indycar in 2015      Drove for AJ Foyt Racing last year

Non-Regular Drivers in 2018 Indy 500

Andretti Autosport
Michael Shank Racing w/SPM
Andretti Autosport
Ed Carpenter Racing
Thom Burns Racing w/Dale Coyne R
Scuderia Corsa w/RLL Racing
Team Penske
Schmidt Peterson Motorsport
Dreyer and Reinbold
Dreyer and Reinbold
Dale Coyne
AJ Foyt Racing

2018

Stefan Wilson
Jack Harvey
Carlos Munoz
Danica Patrick
Conor Daly
Oriol Servia
Helio Castroneves
Jay Howard
Sage Karam
JR Hildebrand
Pippa Mann
James Davison

Teams

Drivers

25
60
29
13
17
64
3
7
24
66
63
33

CAR#

This Indy Lights team plans to run 10 IndyCar races this season with their two drivers sharing the car.
Kaiser will run at Phoenix, Long Beach, the Indianapolis Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500.

This sports car team is racing 6 IndyCar races this season: St Pete, Long Beach, Indy 500, Mid-Ohio, Portland & Sonoma

This Indy Lights team plan to run the entire IndyCar season in this, their first year in the series.

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#14 Tony Kanaan
Brazilian
Joined IndyCar in 2003

2004 IndyCar Champion
2013 Indy 500 Winner

#4 Matheus "Matt" Leist
Brazilian
Joined IndyCar in 2018

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#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
American
Joined IndyCar in 2007

2014 Indy 500 Winner

#98 Alexander Rossi
American
Joined IndyCar in 2016

2016 Indy 500 Winner

#27 Marco Andretti
American
Joined IndyCar in 2006

#26 Zach Veach
American
Joined IndyCar in 2018

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#83 Charlie Kimball
American
Joined IndyCar in 2011

#8 Max Chilton
British
Joined IndyCar in 2016

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#21 Spencer Pigot
American
Joined IndyCar in 2016

#20 Ed Carpenter
American
Joined IndyCar in 2003
Drives Ovals only

#20 Jordan King
British
Joined IndyCar in 2018
Drives the non-ovals

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#18 Sebastien Bourdais
French
Joined IRL in 2011

2004-07 CART Champ

#19 Pietro Fittipaldi
Brazilian
Joined IndyCar in 2018

#19 Zachary Claman De Melo
Canadian
Joined IndyCar in 2018

Jan 26 - Needing a driver that brings a lot of money, the #19 car may have to be
shared by 2 or 3 drivers.

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#9 Scott Dixon
Kiwi
Joined IndyCar in 2003

2008 Indy 500 Winner
2003, 08, 13, 15 -
IndyCar Champion

#10 Ed Jones
Arab
Joined IndyCar in 2017

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#88 Gabby Chaves
Columbian
Joined IndyCar in 2015

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#32 Kyle Kaiser
American

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#80 Jack Harvey
British
Joined IndyCar in 2018

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#1 Josef Newgarden
American
Joined IndyCar in 2012

2017 IndyCar Champ

#22 Simon Pagenaud
French
Joined IndyCar in 2011

2016 IndyCar Champ

#12 Will Power
Australian
Joined IndyCar in 2008

2014 IndyCar Champ
2018 Indy 500 winner

#30 Takuma Sato
Japanese
Joined IndyCar in 2010

2017 Indy 500 Winner

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#15 Graham Rahal
American
Joined IndyCar in 2008

#5 James Hinchcliffe
Canadian
Joined IndyCar in 2011

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#6 Robert Wickens
Canadian
Joined IndyCar in 2018

Andretti
Binder
Bourdais
Carpenter
Celis
Chaves
Chilton
De Melo
Dixon
Fittipaldi
Harvey
Hinchcliffe
Hunter-Reay
Jones
Kaiser
Kanaan
Kimball
King
Leist
Newgarden
Pagenaud
Pigot
Power
Rahal
Rossi
Sato
Veach
Wickens

Marco
Rene'
Sebastien
Ed
Alfonso
Gabby
Max
Zach
Scott
Pietro
Jack
James
Ryan
Ed
Kyle
Tony
Charlie
Jordan
Matt
Josef
Simon
Spencer
Will
Graham
Alex
Takuma
Zach
Robert

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32
18
20
32
88
8
19
9
19
80
5
28
10
32
14
83
20
4
1
22
21
12
15
98
30
26
6

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DRIVER INDEX

#32 Rene Binder
Austrian
Joined IndyCar in 2018

Binder will race in St. Petersburg, Birmingham, Detroit 1 & 2, Toronto and Mid-Ohio

Changes to Race Cars This Year

While the chassis may be the same Dallara DW-12 as last year, gone are Chevrolet and Honda's aero kits,
replaced by aero kits produced by Dallara for all race teams.

The cars got better looking, with the most obvious change being the removal of the rear "fenders".
The aero parts on the sides of the car are very different as well.

Less obvious are IndyCar's switch from Brembo brake calipers to PFCs.
The calipers supposedly are less grabby and with a more consistent feel.

NOTES

Brother of Brit Justin Wilson
Brit competed in 500 last year
Has finished 2nd twice in Indy 500
Returns from NASCAR
Was a full-time IndyCar driver 2016-17
Will be his 10th Indy 500
Going for his 4th Indy 500 win
Brit was in 2011 & 2017 Indy 500
Raced last 4 Indy 500s

Brit had raced in 6 500s Failed to Qualify
Has raced in 3 Indy 500s since 2014

March - Other drivers buzzing around looking for a Indy 500 ride include - Mikhale Aleshin, Katherine Legge, Juan Piedrahita,
RC Enerson, Sebastian Saavedra.

May - It looks like Buddy Lazier has been unable to secure enough funds to make the race this year.

OFFICIAL ENTRY LIST FOR 2018 INDY 500 as of May 3rd