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| Panther Racing | 
| Dallara-Chevrolet IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: RockStar, Sonax (Enge); Pennzoil, Platinum, GMAC, MasterCraft (Scheckter); Jonathan Byrd, ESPN 950 (Lazier) | 
| 2 | Tomáš Enge (CZ) | 
| Buddy Lazier (USA) | IRL 2000 | 
| Townsend Bell (USA) | Indy Lights 2001 | 
| 4 | Tomas Scheckter (ZA) | 
| 95 | Buddy Lazier (USA) | IRL 2000 | 
| Marlboro Team Penske | 
| Dallara-Toyota IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Marlboro, Mobil, United Auto | 
| 3 | Helio Castroneves (BR) | 
| 6 | Sam Hornish Jr (USA) | IRL 2001 & 2002 | 
| Andretti Green Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: XM, Forsythe (Herta); 7 Eleven, Motorola (Kanaan); Klein Tools, Jim Beam (Wheldon); Arca|Ex, Alpine (Franchitti) | 
| 7 | Bryan Herta (USA) | Indy Lights 1993 | 
| 11 | Tony Kanaan (BR) | 
| 26 | Dan Wheldon (GB) | 
| 27 | Dario Franchitti (GB) | 
| Delphi Fernandez Racing | 
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Delphi, Futaba, Bryant, Bell Micro | 
| 8 | Scott Sharp (USA) | IRL 1996 | 
| Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 
| Panoz-Toyota GF09C, Dallara-Toyota IR3 (Dixon at Motegi), Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Target, Fuji Film | 
| 9 | Scott Dixon (NZ) | Indy Lights 2000, IRL 2003 | 
| 10 | Darren Manning (GB) | 
| Jaques Lazier (USA) | 
| Giorgio Pantano (I) | DF3 2000 | 
| 33 | Ryan Briscoe (AUS) | EURF3 2003 | 
| AJ Foyt Enterprises | 
| Dallara-Toyota IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: ABC, Impact, Texas State Bank | 
| 14 | AJ Foyt IV (USA) | IPS 2002 | 
| Jeff Bucknum (USA) | 
| 22 | Jeff Ward (USA) | 
| 41 | Larry Foyt (USA) | 
| 48 | Felipe Giaffone (BR) | 
| Rahal-Letterman Racing | 
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Argent, Pioneer (Rice, Patrick); Menard, Johns Manville (Meira) | 
| 15 | Buddy Rice (USA) | Toyota Atlantic 2000 | 
| Kenny Bräck (S) | 
| 16 | Danica Patrick (USA) | 
| 17 | Vitor Meira (BR) | SudAm F3 2000 | 
| Vision Racing | 
| Dallara-Toyota IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Vision | 
| 20 | Ed Carpenter (USA) | 
| Playa DEL Racing | 
| Panoz-Toyota GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: | 
| 21 | Jaques Lazier (USA) | 
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Investment Properties | 
| 24 | Roger Yasukawa (USA) | 
| 44 | Jeff Bucknum (USA) | 
| Roth Racing | 
| In cooperation with PDM Racing | 
| Dallara-Chevrolet IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: | 
| 25 | Marty Roth (USA) | 
| Newman-Haas Racing | 
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Centrix | 
| 36 | Bruno Junqueira (BR) | SudAm F3 1997, Int F3000 2000 | 
| 37 | Sébastien Bourdais (F) | FF3 1999, Int F3000 2002, Champ Cars 2004 | 
| Red Bull Cheever Racing | 
| Dallara-Toyota IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Red Bull | 
| 51 | Alex Barron (USA) | Toyota Atlantic 1997 | 
| 83 | Patrick Carpentier (CDN) | 
| Super Aguri Fernandez Racing | 
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Panasonic, Autobacs | 
| 55 | Kosuke Matsuura (J) | 
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 
| Panoz-Chevrolet GF09C, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Meijer, Coca-Cola | 
| 70 | Richie Hearn (USA) | Toyota Atlantic 1995 | 
| Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing | 
| Dallara-Toyota IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Ethanol, ICM, Fagen Inc. | 
| 91 | Paul Dana (USA) | 
| Jimmy Kite (USA) | 
| CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports | 
| Dallara-Chevrolet IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: CURB | 
| 98 | Arie Luyendijk Jr (NL) |