Indy 500 entry list confirmed

Thirty-two drivers have been named for the 39 entries, an increase of seven drivers over last year's initial entry list.

The 12 new drivers will participate in the Rookie Orientation session on May 3.

The numbers of rookies in the race had not been so high since the 1997 edition, when 13 debutants took part in the race.

The race, the first Indy 500 of the unified series, takes place on May 25.

Car    Driver                  Entrant
 2     A.J. Foyt IV            Vision Racing
 3     Helio Castroneve        Team Penske
 4     Vitor Meira             Panther Racing
 5     Oriol Servia            KV Racing Technology
 6     Ryan Briscoe            Team Penske
 7     Danica Patrick          Andretti Green Racing
 8     Will Power              KV Racing Technology
 9     Scott Dixon             Target Chip Ganassi Racing
10     Dan Wheldon             Target Chip Ganassi Racing
11     Tony Kanaan             Andretti Green Racing
12     Tomas Scheckter         Luczo Dragon Racing
14     Darren Manning          A.J. Foyt Enterprises
15     Buddy Rice              Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16     Alex Lloyd              Rahal Letterman Racing
17     Ryan Hunter-Reay        Rahal Letterman Racing
18     Bruno Junqueira         Dale Coyne Racing
19     Mario Moraes            Dale Coyne Racing
20     Ed Carpenter            Vision Racing
21     TBA                     Playa Del Racing
22     TBA                     Vision Racing
23     Milka Duno              Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
24     Jay Howard              Roth Racing
25     Marty Roth              Roth Racing
26     Marco Andretti          Andretti Green Racing
27     Hideki Mutoh            Andretti Green Racing
33     E.J. Viso               HVM Racing
34     Franck Perera           Conquest Racing
36     Enrique Bernoldi        Conquest Racing
41     Larry Foyt              A.J. Foyt Enterprises
44     Max Papis               Sam Schmidt Motorsports
67     Sarah Fisher            Sarah Fisher Racing
77     TBA                     Team Penske
83     TBA                     Panther Racing
91     TBA                     Hemelgarn Johnson
98     TBA                     CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports
99     Townsend Bell           Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
02     Justin Wilson           Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
06     Graham Rahal            Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
TBA    TBA                     PDM Racing