Jacob Abel will enter the Indy 500 with his family team

Abel Motorsports confirms that prodigal son Jacob will return to contest the Indy 500 with them. As you recall, Abel had a full-season seat at Dale Coyne Racing last year, and he was the one person bumped from the 500 in a total cluster-f of a Bump Day run plan that was brutal to watch. This year, apparently Romain Grosjean had to come back, so Abel is not running the season, but it will be good to see him get a shot at redemption.

As for the question of whether there will be a Bump Day this year, this makes 32 confirmed entries for the 33 grid spots. The Katherine Legge ride with Foyt that many have sussed out has not been announced yet, but with no Colton Herta at Andretti, I haven’t heard anything else credible out there.