ZOINKS! Just as soon as I thought I'd put a Bow
upon the entrants for this year's Magnanimous 100th Indy 500, look who's
crashed Thy Party; Ariva-Ariva-Ariva!
Two more "South of thee Border" Piñata
Bashers; Err Latin blooded Speedsters' were announced as participants for this
year's Indianapolis 500 in fairly low-key press releases over the Alabama Grand
Prix weekend at that Oh, So Beauteous Barbers; Hooah!
SPM/Marotti Racing
Engine: Honda
#77) Oriol Servia, Spain
Coming in at No. 32 on the IMS Top-33 Charts;
Hooah! Is longtime IndyCar Journeyman Oriol "Suitcase" Servia, who'll
unpack his bags at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and take up residence in their
third entry in partnership with Will Marotti.
AFS Racing
Engine: Chevrolet
#17) Sebastian Saavedra, Brazil
Coming in at Number 33, here's a song outta
California titled Don't Rain on My Parade croons 'Ol Casey Kasem... Yeah, I
know, skip Thy Humour, right? Cymbol Crash please; Thank You, Thank You very
much; Hya! Since hey, gots-tuh mix I-T up now and then, as somehow I didn't see
this entry materializing for Saavedra this year.
As now we can
watch for who'll come out swinging; Err ahead in the battle 'O ex-Chip Ganassi
drivers, i.e.; Sage "Dangerboy" Karam vs. S-Squared...
While IndyCar Curmudgeon 'R, aka Robin Miller
noted that as of Sunday's article confirming Gary Peterson's entry, his Indy
500 entry list included 17 Chevrolet's and 16 Honda's, with Stefan Wilson's
announcement a foregone conclusion - for which he was factored into the count.
KVSH Racing
Engine: Chevrolet
#25) R-Stefan Wilson, UK
(R Denotes Rookie Status)
Otay, so Stefan STORK' Wilson, younger
brother of the late Justin Wilson is from that relatively Stiff Upper Lip place called the United Kingdom, where
the Queen Bee; Err Mum' just celebrated her 90th birthday. But surely Stefan's
celebrating the fact that he's entered in this year's Indy 500, albeit without
racing against thee departed JW!
Thus if Gabby Chaves is able to pull together
his ride to pilot Bryan Herta's Dallara with Hondre' power and crewed by Mike
Shank Racing, who are essentially a Honda Works IMSA P2 Prototype team. And if Grace Autosport can
coax an engine supply and the necessary funding, then we'll have 35 Bonafied entries
fighting for 33 spots this Memorial Day.
So who'll be eating Thy Worm come Boomp' Day, eh? Stay tuned Y'all!
UPDATE
Like I said above, I really hadn't pictured
S-Squared' racing this year, for which after the fact, Gary Peterson has
decided to pull the plug upon Sebastian Saavedra's
previously confirmed entry and hence, we're back to exactly 33 confirmed
entries with time most likely having expired for any final last minute
arrivals, unless Grace Autosport wishes to thrash a chassis together for Thy
Leggy Juan, aka Katherine Legge...