2024 R05: 108th Indianapolis 500

[MonteCristo]

Confirmed:

Conor Daly to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing: https://racer.com/2024/04/09/daly-to-ru ... rted-deal/

Katherine Legge to Coyne: https://racer.com/2024/04/09/coyne-conf ... -indy-500/

Also in the news:

Abel Motorsports has a new chassis that they'll aiming to run at Indy by themselves: https://racer.com/2024/04/09/abel-conti ... 500-entry/

Says racer: "Enerson is in the frame again and is searching for sponsorship to clinch a deal with Abel, and other funded Indy 500 veterans including Charlie Kimball, Stefan Wilson, and Devlin DeFrancesco have been searching for opportunities to take part in the event."

[MonteCristo]

Open test day 1 morning (afternoon was rained out):

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Time Speed Diff Gap Best Lap Total Laps
1 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 00:39.3338 228.811 --.---- --.---- 23 43
2 17 Larson, Kyle (R) D/C/F 00:39.7554 226.384 0.4216 0.4216 23 43
3 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:39.7622 226.346 0.4284 0.0068 38 41
4 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F 00:39.7876 226.201 0.4538 0.0254 17 50
5 3 McLaughlin, Scott D/C/F 00:39.9328 225.379 0.5990 0.1452 12 43
6 14 Ferrucci, Santino D/C/F 00:40.2921 223.369 0.9583 0.3593 21 31
7 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F 00:40.3022 223.313 0.9684 0.0101 47 48
8 11 Armstrong, Marcus (R) D/H/F 00:40.3024 223.312 0.9686 0.0002 42 43
9 8 Lundqvist, Linus (R) D/H/F 00:40.3228 223.199 0.9890 0.0204 16 37
10 60 Rosenqvist, Felix D/H/F 00:40.3655 222.963 1.0317 0.0427 32 43
11 12 Power, Will D/C/F 00:40.3763 222.903 1.0425 0.0108 26 42
12 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F 00:40.4591 222.447 1.1253 0.0828 36 47
13 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:40.4738 222.366 1.1400 0.0147 6 37
14 28 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F 00:40.5030 222.206 1.1692 0.0292 11 18
15 27 Kirkwood, Kyle D/H/F 00:40.5196 222.115 1.1858 0.0166 15 16
16 66 Blomqvist, Tom (R) D/H/F 00:40.5340 222.036 1.2002 0.0144 23 45
17 24 Daly, Conor D/C/F 00:40.5680 221.850 1.2342 0.0340 10 22
18 75 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 00:40.5708 221.834 1.2370 0.0028 14 15
19 20 Carpenter, Ed D/C/F 00:40.5857 221.753 1.2519 0.0149 7 25
20 06 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:40.6507 221.398 1.3169 0.0650 20 21
21 77 Grosjean, Romain D/C/F 00:40.6944 221.161 1.3606 0.0437 12 24
22 6 Ilott, Callum D/C/F 00:40.7083 221.085 1.3745 0.0139 5 7
23 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F 00:40.7209 221.017 1.3871 0.0126 6 21
24 45 Lundgaard, Christian D/H/F 00:40.8727 220.196 1.5389 0.1518 6 6
25 41 Robb, Sting Ray D/C/F 00:40.8845 220.132 1.5507 0.0118 9 9
26 7 Rossi, Alexander D/C/F 00:41.2496 218.184 1.9158 0.3651 4 28
27 78 Canapino, Agustin D/C/F 00:41.5163 216.782 2.1825 0.2667 13 13
28 23 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/C/F 00:43.6278 206.290 4.2940 2.1115 3 7
29 4 Simpson, Kyffin (R) D/H/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0
30 33 Rasmussen, Christian (R) D/C/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0
31 18 Siegel, Nolan (R) D/H/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0
32 30 Fittipaldi, Pietro D/H/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0
33 98 Andretti, Marco D/H/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0
34 51 Legge, Katherine D/H/F No Time No Speed 0.0000 0.0000 0 0

https://racer.com/2024/04/10/newgarden- ... open-test/

[Everso Biggyballies]

Abel Motorsports has a new chassis that they'll aiming to run at Indy by themselves: https://racer.com/2024/04/09/abel-conti ... 500-entry/

Says racer: "Enerson is in the frame again and is searching for sponsorship to clinch a deal with Abel, and other funded Indy 500 veterans including Charlie Kimball, Stefan Wilson, and Devlin DeFrancesco have been searching for opportunities to take part in the event."

Not happening it seems....

Racer has updated the above today.....

Abel Motorsports drops Indy 500 plans; entry list set at 34
Bill Abel and his Abel Motorsports team will not take part in the Indianapolis 500, which solidifies the field at 34 cars.

Abel said on Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park that he was giving it another week to see if his 2023 Indy 500 driver RC Enerson could raise the funds to bankroll the effort, but Enerson’s efforts were unsuccessful.

“Yes, that’s what’s happened,” Abel said. “I had a meeting at the shop this morning and let everybody know we won’t be racing at Indy.”

Abel’s son Jacob won his first Indy NXT race last weekend and could be in the frame to test the team’s brand-new Dallara DW12, and possibly take part in his first IndyCar race later in the season if everything aligns as desired.

Full story https://racer.com/2024/05/03/abel-motor ... set-at-34/

[MonteCristo]

Bugger, that's a shame.