The start of practice for the Indianapolis 500 is upon us, and with all of the track action set to begin today, it’s time for RACER’s annual look at the key parties in charge of leading each of the 34 entries that will try to secure one of the 33 starting positions for “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing.”

A.J. FOYT RACING

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Chevy

· Race Engineer: James Schnabel

· Chief Mechanic: Didier Francesia

· Race Strategist: Larry Foyt

· Spotter: Bryce Dininger

· Turn 3 spotter: Dane Carter

 

Sting Ray Robb, No. 41 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Mike Armbrester

· Chief Mechanic: Nick “Coop” Cooper

· Race Strategist: Craig Brooks

· Spotter: Dewayne Ellwanger

· Turn 3 Indy: Steve Barkdoll

ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT

Colton Herta, No. 26 Honda

· Race Engineer: Nathan O’Rourke

· Chief Mechanic: Nick Allen

· Race Strategist: Rob Edwards

· Spotters: David Hunt, Mike Burrell

 

Kyle Kirkwood, No. 27 Honda

· Race Engineer: Jeremy Milless

· Chief Mechanic: Scott Marks

· Race Strategist: Bryan Herta

· Spotters: Jesse Vaughn, Jason Burgess

 

Marcus Ericsson, No. 28 Honda

· Race Engineer: Olivier Boisson

· Chief Mechanic: Tony Houk

· Race Strategist: Eric Bretzman

· Spotters: Brian Robson, Bob Perona

 

Marco Andretti, No. 98 Honda

· Race Engineer: Craig Hampson

· Chief Mechanic: Ernie Barrameda

· Race Strategist: Tim Keene

· Spotters: Kyle Lick, Tim Pagliuso

 

ARROW MCLAREN

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Will Anderson

· Chief Mechanic: Chris Nash

· Race Strategist: Will Anderson/Nick Snyder

· Spotter: Bob Jeffrey

 

Callum Ilott, No. 6 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Robert Gue

· Chief Mechanic: Nick Kaminski

· Race Strategist: Blair Perschbacher

· Spotter: Bobby Dalzell

 

Alexander Rossi, No. 7 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Chris Lawrence

· Chief Mechanic: Todd Phillips

· Race Strategist: Brian Barnhart

· Spotter: Jason Reiner

 

Kyle Larson, No. 17 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Mike Pawlowski

· Chief Mechanic: Chris Stafford

· Race Strategist: Brian Campe

· Spotter: Tyler Monn

CHIP GANASSI RACING

Kyffin Simpson, No. 4 Honda

· Race Engineer: Danielle Shepherd

· Chief Mechanic: Dave Pena

· Race Strategist: Chris Wheeler

· Spotter: Michael Crawford

 

Linus Lundqvist, No. 8 Honda

· Race Engineer: Brad Goldberg

· Chief Mechanic: Brad Wright

· Race Strategist: Blair Julian

· Spotter: Mark Gregory

 

Scott Dixon, No. 9 Honda

· Race Engineer: Ross Bunnell

· Chief Mechanic: Tyler Rees

· Race Strategist: Mike Hull

· Spotter: Robbie Fast

 

Alex Palou, No. 10 Honda

· Race Engineer: Julian Robertson

· Chief Mechanic: Ricky Davis

· Race Strategist: Barry Wanser

· Spotter: Lee Orebaugh

 

Marcus Armstrong, No. 11 Honda

· Race Engineer: Angela Ashmore

· Chief Mechanic: Jason Beck

· Race Strategist: Taylor Kiel

· Spotter: Chad Sims

 

DALE COYNE RACING

Nolan Siegel, No. 18 Honda

· Race Engineer: Don Bricker

· Chief Mechanic: Renato Lepore

· Race Strategist: Dale Coyne

· Spotters: Todd Fields, Cole Carter

 

Katherine Legge, No. 51 Honda

· Race Engineer: Steve Newey

· Chief Mechanic: Shaun Brits

· Race Strategist: Mitch Davis

· Spotters: Pancho Carter, Trevor Mitchener

 

DREYER & REINBOLD RACING

Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 23 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Peter Gibbons

· Chief Mechanic: Andy Natalie

· Race Strategist: Todd Bowland

· Spotter T1: Frank Bolter

· Spotter T3: Rich Woodland

 

Conor Daly, No. 24 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Jeff Britton

· Chief Mechanic: Jamie Nanny

· Race strategist: Dennis Reinbold

· Spotter T1: Aaron Nelson

· Spotter T3: Logan Gomez

 

ED CARPENTER RACING

Ed Carpenter, No. 20 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Eric Cowdin

· Chief Mechanic: Jimmie Johnson

· Race Strategist: Tim Broyles

· Spotter: Dave Ramsey (Turn 1), Ayla Algren (Turn 3)

 

Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Matt Barnes

· Chief Mechanic: Austin Shepherd

· Race Strategist: Brent “Woody” Harvey

· Spotter: Justin Carey (Turn 1), Lee Bentham (Turn 3)

 

Christian Rasmussen, No. 33 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Pete Craik

· Chief Mechanic: Dave Arnold

· Race Strategist: John Gentilozzi

· Spotter: Glenn “Packy” Wheeler (Turn 1), Paul Griffin (Turn 3)

 

JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING

Romain Grosjean, No. 77 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Allen McDonald

· Chief Mechanic: Adam “Ty” Farrer

· Race Strategist: Dave O’Neill

· Spotter: Matt Long

 

Agustin Canapino, No. 78 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Steve Barker

· Chief Mechanic: Mike Witson

· Race Strategist: Ricardo Juncos

· Spotter: Adam Borgens

 

MEYER SHANK RACING

Helio Castroneves, No. 06 Honda

· Race Engineer: Andrew Listes

· Chief Mechanic: Matt Swan

· Race Strategist: Billy Vincent

· Spotters: Brandon Dickson, Dave Sego

 

Felix Rosenqvist, No. 60 Honda

· Race Engineer: Dave Seyffert

· Chief Mechanic: Jimmy Looper

· Race Strategist: Adam Rovazzini

· Spotters: Chris Long, Sam Myer

 

Tom Blomqvist, No. 66 Honda

· Race Engineer: Ron Borhorst

· Chief Mechanic: Justin Harnisfager

· Race Strategist: George Klotz

· Spotters: Barry Waddell, Rick Viers

RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING

Graham Rahal, No. 15 Honda

· Race Engineer: Ashley Higham

· Chief Mechanic: Thomas Semik II

· Race Strategist: Derek Davidson

· Spotter: Clay Filson

 

Christian Lundgaard, No. 30 Honda

· Race Engineer: Daniele Cucchiaroni

· Chief Mechanic: Steve Mckenzie

· Race Strategist: Donny Stewart

· Spotter: Jeff Troyer

 

Pietro Fittipaldi, No. 45 Honda

· Race Engineer: Ben Siegel

· Chief Mechanic: Tom Vigne

· Race Strategist: Peter Baron

· Spotter: Ray Briskey

 

Takuma Sato, No. 75 Honda

· Race Engineer: Eddie Jones

· Chief Mechanic: Shawn Ford

· Race Strategist: Ricardo Nault

· Spotter: Brent Wentz

 

TEAM PENSKE

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Raul Prados

· Chief Mechanic: Chad Gordon

· Race Strategist: Jonathan Diuguid

· Spotters: Mike Ford and Jefferson Hodges

 

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Chevy

· Race Engineer: Ben Bretzman

· Chief Mechanic: Matt Jonsson

· Race Strategist: Kyle Moyer

· Spotters: Adam Fournier and TBD

 

Will Power, No. 12 Chevy

· Race Engineer: David Faustino

· Chief Mechanic: Trevor Lacasse

· Race Strategist: Jon Bouslog

· Spotters: CR Crews and Harry Reynolds