2018 Indy 500 will have bumping
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| 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 |