By Zorba Rose – Bloomingtonian Motorsports Correspondent
What to look for The Grid for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge
The 107th Indianapolis looks like it will be a fight between Ganassi Racing and Arrow McLaren and Chevy versus Honda. The drivers to watch during the race are Alex Palou (10), Pato O’Ward (5), Felix Rosenqvist (21) and Scott Dixon (9). They have all been consistently fast at Indy this year.
The 107th Indianapolis 500 will feature nine former winners: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021), Takuma Sato (2017, 2020), Scott Dixon (2008), Tony Kanaan (2013), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014) Alexander Rossi (2016), Will Power (2018), Simon Pagenaud (2019) and Marcus Ericsson (2022).
There are four rookies racing on Sunday: Benjamin Pedersen, Agustin Canapino, R.C. Enerson and Sting Ray Robb.
Tony Kanaan the 2013 Indianapolis 500 Winner and 2004 IndyCar Champion will be hanging up his helmet after Sunday’s Race. The IndyCar legend is retiring from motorsport after an illustrious career.
Here is the starting grid.
2023 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge starting Grid
1st Row
1st – Alex Palou – No. 10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
2nd – Rinus VeeKay – No. 21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
3rd – Felix Rosenqvist – No. 6, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet
2nd Row
4th – Santino Ferrucci – No. 14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
5th – Pato O’Ward – No. 5, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet
6th – Scott Dixon – No. 9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
3rd Row
7th – Alexander Rossi – No. 7, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet
8th – Takuma Sato – No. 11, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
9th – Tony Kanaan – No. 66, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet
4th Row
10th – Marcus Ericsson – No. 8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
11th – Benjamin Pedersen – No. 55, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
12th – Will Power – No. 12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
5th Row
13th – Ed Carpenter – No. 33, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
14th – Scott McLaughlin – No. 3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
15th – Kyle Kirkwood – No. 27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
6th Row
16th – Conor Daily – No. 20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
17th – Josef Newgarden – No. 2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
18th – Ryan Hunter-Reay – No. 23, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
7th Row
19th – Romain Grosjean – No. 28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
20th – Helio Castroneves – No. 06, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
21st – Colton Herta – No. 26, Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, Honda
8th Row
22nd – Simon Pagenaud – No. 60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
23rd – David Malukas – No. 18, Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports, Honda
24th – Marco Andretti – No. 98, Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco and Curb-Agajanian
9th Row
25th – Devlin DeFrancesco – No. 29, Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport, Honda
26th – Agustin Canapino – No. 78, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet
27th – Callum Ilott – No. 77, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet
10th Row
28th – R.C. Enerson – No. 50, Abel Motorsports, Chevrolet
29th – Katherine Legge – No. 44 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
31st Christian Lundgaard, No. 45, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Honda
11th Row
31nd Sting Ray Robb, No 51, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
32nd Jack Harvey, No. 30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Honda
33rd Graham Rahal, No. 24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet
