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title: "No Bump Day at This Year’s Indy 500 as Final Entry List Reaches 33 Cars"
description: "Rest easy, Fernando."
date: "2020-08-11"
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  - name: "Caleb Jacobs"
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# No Bump Day at This Year’s Indy 500 as Final Entry List Reaches 33 Cars

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The show must go on for this year's Indianapolis 500, even [without fans](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/35365/no-fans-at-this-years-indianapolis-500-race>) and [only half the overall prize money](<https://racer.com/2020/08/07/indy-500-purse-halved-as-pandemic-forces-austerity/>). This surely isn't how Roger Penske would've liked for his [first year of track and series ownership to go](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/32228/record-setting-purse-highlights-penskes-first-changes-to-indy-500-ims>), but rest assured, there will be a field of 33 open-wheel racers competing for 200 laps around Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In fact, that's happening next week—for real this time—and the final entry list has been confirmed.

The old guard will, of course, be there with the likes of Andretti Autosport, Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske making up the early favorites. Helio Castroneves is back once more to drive for The Captain, though RP won't be on the stand making strategy calls this time around in the interest of fairness. Regardless, [Will Power](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21195/willl-power-indy-500-champions-gallery>), [Simon Pagenaud](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/28229/indycar-simon-pagenaud-and-team-penske-take-dominant-win-at-2019-indy-500>) and Castroneves are poised to claim another Indy win while [reigning series champion Josef Newgarden](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/29968/newgarden-clinches-second-indycar-title-as-herta-wins-at-laguna-seca-season-finale>) hopes to nab his first.

[Fernando Alonso is returning](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/34531/fernando-alonsos-2020-indy-500-car-is-ready-to-hopefully-do-something-cool-this-year>) with the Arrow McLaren SP squad in hopes of building on his strong 2017 appearance and [forgetting last year altogether](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/28102/mclaren-fernando-alonso-fail-to-qualify-for-2019-indy-500-after-nail-biting-quali-session>). Luckily for the two-time F1 champion's sanity, there's no Bump Day in the plans for 2020.

New faces include Oliver Askew, Dalton Kellett, Pato O'Ward and Alex Palou, all of whom will be making their Indy 500 debuts on Aug. 23. O'Ward attempted to qualify for the 2019 race but was one of the three drivers bumped from the field in an especially memorable day at IMS.

Oh, and there's also a slew of new sponsors, most notably [the United States Space Force](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/35502/the-us-space-force-is-already-sponsoring-a-race-car-in-the-indy-500>). Our nation's sixth and newest military branch is backing Ed Carpenter in the No. 20 Chevrolet, while the Air Force has put its support behind Conor Daly in the No. 47 Chevy.

Here's the complete list of drivers along with their teams that'll be vying for a trip to victory lane next Sunday

**1** Josef Newgarden - Team Penske - Chevrolet

**3** Helio Castroneves - Team Penske - Chevrolet

**4** Charlie Kimball - A.J. Foyt Enterprises - Chevrolet

**5** Pato O'Ward - Arrow McLaren SP - Chevrolet

**7** Oliver Askew - Arrow McLaren SP - Chevrolet

**8** Marcus Ericsson - Chip Ganassi Racing - Honda

**9** Scott Dixon - Chip Ganassi Racing - Honda

**10** Felix Rosenqvist - Chip Ganassi Racing - Honda

**12** Will Power - Team Penske - Chevrolet

**14** Tony Kanaan - A.J. Foyt Enterprises - Chevrolet

**15** Graham Rahal - Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - Honda

**18** Santino Ferrucci - Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser Sullivan - Honda

**20** Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing - Chevrolet

**21** Rinus VeeKay - Ed Carpenter Racing - Chevrolet

**22** Simon Pagenaud - Team Penske - Chevrolet

**24** Sage Karam - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing - Chevrolet

**26** Zach Veach - Andretti Autosport - Honda

**27** Alexander Rossi - Andretti Autosport - Honda

**28** Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport - Honda

**29** James Hinchcliffe - Andretti Autosport - Honda

**30** Takuma Sato - Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - Honda

**41** Dalton Kellett - A.J. Foyt Enterprises - Chevrolet

**45** Spencer Pigot - RLL w/ Citrone/Buhl Autosport - Honda

**47** Conor Daly - Ed Carpenter Racing - Chevrolet

**51** James Davison - Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing, Byrd & Belardi - Honda

**55** Alex Palou - Dale Coyne Racing w/ Team Goh - Honda

**59** Max Chilton - Carlin - Chevrolet

**60** Jack Harvey - Meyer Shank Racing - Honda

**66** Fernando Alonso - Arrow McLaren SP - Chevrolet

**67** J.R. Hildebrand - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing - Chevrolet

**81** Ben Hanley - DragonSpeed USA - Chevrolet

**88** Colton Herta - Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport - Honda

**98** Marco Andretti - Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian - Honda

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## Author
Caleb Jacobs is The Drive’s senior editor. When he’s not searching for stories or poring over copy, he’s usually driving his dump truck or wishing it was running so he could drive it. He was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks, and he lives there today with his family.

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