Indy 500 Car Count (3rd Update)
04/12/17 With the addition of Fernando Alonso we now can see a way forward to 33 cars for the 500 per our updated table below.
04/10/17 We have updated our table below based on the announcements over the weekend. The best we can get to is 32 cars and that includes the 2 for Juncos and 1 for Lazier. No guarantee all 3 will happen, but even if they did, where will the missing one come from? The Hulman George family are going to have to open their wallet and pay a team to run someone to make it to 33. We suspect they will keep the money in the family and give it to Tony George's team – Ed Carpenter Racing. And to think Tony George killed CART which used to deliver upwards of 40 car/driver combos for the 500 year-in and year-out.
02/21/17 How close is IndyCar to having a full field of 33 cars at this year's Indy 500? Here is what we know/think so far:
| Team | No. | Drivers |
| Team Penske | 5 | Juan Montoya, Helio Castroneves, Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | 4 | Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball. |
| Andretti Autosport | 3 | Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Takuma Sato |
| Andretti Autosport w/Bryan Herta | 1 | Alexander Rossi |
| Andretti Autosport w/McLaren | 1 | Fernando Alonso |
| Andretti Autosport w/Michael Shank | 1 | Jack Harvey |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | 2 | Ed Carpenter, J.R. Hildebrand |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 3 | James Hinchcliffe, Mikhail Aleshin, Jay Howard |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 2 | Graham Rahal and Oriol Servia |
| Dale Coyne Racing | 3 | Sebastian Bourdais, Ed Jones, Pippa Mann |
| A.J. Foyt Racing | 3 | Carlos Munoz, Conor Daly, Zach Veach |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 1 | Sage Karam |
| Harding w/Dreyer & Reinbold | 1 | Gabby Chaves |
| Juncos Racing | 2 | Drivers TBA |
| Lazier Partners | 1 | Driver TBA |
| Total | 33 |