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2008 Indy 500 Drivers

Written by Jimmy Boyd

With as popular as NASCAR is, some of you race fans might not be as familiar with who the Indy drivers are, outside of little miss Danica Patrick. So with this article, I want to get you up to speed on the potential 2008 Indy 500 drivers, and I’ll list out for you past winners and some good rookies. I’ll go one step further and let you in on some of their racing accomplishments so that you begin to get a feel for how qualified to have a chance at winning the Indy 500.

The Indianapolis 500 is not just a one day race. It is one of the most intense three-week processes in racing. In those three weeks, drivers endure practice, time trials, qualification, and tons the most media attention they will face all year long. As always, there are more potential Indy 500 drivers than there are allowable slots in the race. The race calls for 33 drivers and we have 37 entered, with four more cars that don’t have designated drivers, all gutting it out to be in that starting grid when May 25th hits. Listed below is the potential Indy 500 field and its teams.

Previous Indy 500 winners

Dan Wheldon, Chip Ganassi Racing

Wheldon has 3 top three finishes in the Indy 500 the past 4 years with a win in 2005. That was also the year that he won the Indy Racing League crown. Wheldon is the pride of Ganassi Racing with 14 wins in his 7 year career. Wheldon will be among the favorites to win Indy again in 2008.

Helio Castroneves, Team Penske

Helio knows the Indy track well and became won of only five drivers to win the Indy 500 in consecutive years when he did so in 2001 and 2002. He followed those up with a runner up finish in 2003 and he came in third last year. The veteran will most definitely be a force to be reckoned with again this year.

Buddy Rice, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Buddy Lazier, Hemelgarn Johnson Racing

Returning Drivers

Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing

Dixon won the IRL back in 2003 in his very first attempt and is your favorite 2008 Indy 500 favorite at BodogLife. Dixon finished runner up to Dario Franchitti in last year’s edition and no one can doubt that he’ll be going after that checkered flag with a chip on his shoulder this year.

Danica Patrick, Andretti Green Racing

She is the most recognizable figure in Indy racing today, unfortunately it is for her sex appeal more so than her driving, but she did prove herself by becoming the first woman to win an Indy Car race when she took the Japan 300 this year. Patrick ran eighth in last year’s Indy 500 and would certainly make history by winning it. She is far from a long shot at 9-1 odds at BodogLife.

A.J. Foyt IV, Vision Racing
Vitor Meira, Panther Racing
Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske

Tony Kanaan, Andretti Green Racing
Tomas Scheckter, Luczo Dragon Racing
Darren Manning, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Rahal Letterman Racing
Bruno Junqueira, Dale Coyne Racing
Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing
Phil Giebler, American Dream Motorsports
Davey Hamilton, Vision Racing
Miika Duno, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
John Andretti, Roth Racing
Marty Roth, Roth Racing
Marco Andretti, Andretti Green Racing
Jeff Simmons, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Max Papis, Rubicon Race Team
Sarah Fisher, Sarah Fisher Racing
Roger Yasukawa, CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports
Townsend Bell, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Indy 500 Rookies

Justin Wilson, Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
Oriol Servia, KV Racing Technology
Graham Rahal, Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
Will Power, KV Racing Technology
Alex Lloyd, Rahal Letterman Racing/Chip Ganassi Racing
Mario Moraes, Dale Coyne Racing
Hideki Mutoh, Andretti Green Racing
E.J. Viso, HVM Racing
Jaime Camara, Conquest Racing
Enrique Bernoldi, Conquest Racing
Mario Dominguez, Pacific Coast Motorsports

Team Penske, Panther Racing, American Dream Motorsports, and PDM Racing have entered cars without drivers

Make sure you check out all of Jimmy Boyd’s Indianapolis 500 betting articles including his Indy 500 predictions to see who he likes to win the biggest race of the year. And be sure to do all of your Indy 500 betting at Bodoglife.com, the best Indy racing wagering experience on the web.

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Written by Jimmy Boyd on May 27, 2008 · Filed Under NASCAR Betting Articles

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