Bumping unlikely for Indy 500 but Doug Boles says, 'We’ve got to make sure' there are 33 cars

Question remain about the size of the Indianapolis 500 with qualifying just over a month away. It’s unclear exactly how the field will get to 33 entries and if there will be more than 33 to trigger bumping during the second day of qualifying. There are currently 31 confirmed entries , with Jacob Abel of Abel Motorsports widely believed to be the 32 nd entry.

As May 24 approaches, it’s still fuzzy who will be in the 110 th Indy 500 . The unofficial deadline to file an entry was April 1, but late entries are granted until 6 p. m.

on May 15, the day before qualifying begins. So, with a little over four weeks left until all entries can be filed, let’s look at who could join the field and why IndyCar is in this position yet again. How will the field get to 33 cars?

There’s no doubt that the entry list will reach 33, but the means of reaching it are still to be determined. Teams haven’t been willing to commit to entering an extra car in the 500, causing a bit of a standstill. For months, that extra entry was believed to be Colton Herta returning to Andretti Global for the Indy 500.