The historic Indianapolis 500 returns to its rightful place on the annual calendar this year. Next Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will mark the 105th edition of arguably the greatest spectacle in motorsports. A total of 35 cars make up this year’s official Indianapolis 500 entry list. Among the drivers entered, nine are former winners of the race, including defending champion, Takuma Sato.
2021 Indianapolis 500 Entry List
While 35 cars have officially entered this year’s event, only 33 will take the green flag for the race itself. Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday, will set the entire starting grid, award the pole position and also send the two slowest cars home early.
Refer to the table below for the entire list of drivers, cars and teams that make up the official entry list for the 105th Indianapolis 500.
| Entry | Driver | Car Number | Team | Engine Manufacturer |
| 1 | J.R. Hildebrand | 1 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | 2 | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 3 | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Dalton Kellett | 4 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Pato O’Ward | 5 | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Helio Castroneves | 06 | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 7 | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 8 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Alex Palou | 10 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 11 | Charlie Kimball | 11 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 12 | Will Power | 12 | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Sebastien Bourdais | 14 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Graham Rahal | 15 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 15 | Simona de Silvestro | 16 | Paretta Autosport | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Ed Jones | 18 | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan | Honda |
| 17 | Ed Carpenter | 20 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Rinus VeeKay | 21 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Simon Pagenaud | 22 | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 20 | Sage Karam | 24 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Stefan Wilson | 25 | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 22 | Colton Herta | 26 | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 23 | Alexander Rossi | 27 | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 24 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 28 | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 25 | James Hinchcliffe | 29 | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda |
| 26 | Takuma Sato | 30 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 27 | Santino Ferrucci | 45 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 28 | Conor Daly | 47 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Tony Kanaan | 48 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 30 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 51 | Dale Coyne Racing/RWR | Honda |
| 31 | Max Chilton | 59 | Carlin | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Jack Harvey | 60 | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 33 | R.C. Enerson | 75 | Top Gun Racing | Chevrolet |
| 34 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 86 | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet |
| 35 | Marco Andretti | 98 | Andretti Herta-Haupert with Marco and Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
