Reaching the traditional 33-car grid number for the IndyCar Series’ blue ribband round is proving difficult at a time when some teams have struggled to find the requisite personnel to run their full-time cars.
There are 32 confirmed entries for this year’s race, with 15 powered by Chevrolet and 17 by Honda.
Autosport understands that HPD is not eager to supply any additional entries.
Chevrolet’s IndyCar programme manager Rob Buckner confirmed that the Chevy-Ilmor program is ready to step up and partly redress the current entry imbalance, but said “we haven’t heard of any deal being finalised yet”.
Honda-affiliated Dale Coyne Racing often runs extra entries for the Memorial Day Weekend classic, and three-time Indy 500 starter Stefan Wilson has been linked with a seat.
But Coyne, who this year will enter two-time Indy winner Takuma Sato and rookie David Malukas, told Autosport in Long Beach that would not be the case.
“No, we won’t be running an extra car in Indy,”…
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