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Former Indianapolis 500 winner and IRL series' champion, Buddy Lazier has entered one car for the 97th edition of the May classic after finalising a deal to race the car owned by his father, Bob Lazier.

Lazier Partners purchased the Dallara DW12 chassis that former Formula 1 driver, Jean Alesi drove for Fan Force United in last year's edition of the race. Lazier served as Alesi's driver coach during his 2012 Indy preparations.

Lazier's entry brings the confirmed entry count to 33, with more drivers still scrambling to complete last-minute deals.

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2013 Indy 500 entry list

#   Driver   Team/Car
1  Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy
2  AJ Allmendinger Penske Dallara-Chevy
3  Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy
4  JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy
5  EJ Viso Andretti/HVM Dallara-Chevy
6  Sebastian Saavedra Dragon Dallara-Chevy
7  Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy
8  Ryan Briscoe Ganassi Dallara-Honda
9  Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda
10  Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda
11  Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy
12  Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy
14  Takuma Sato Foyt Dallara-Honda
15  Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara-Honda
16  James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara-Honda
17  Michel Jourdain Jr Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara-Honda
18  Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Dallara-Honda
19  Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Dallara-Honda
20  Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy
21  Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Dallara-Honda
22  Oriol Servia Panther DRR Dallara-Chevy
25  Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy
26  Carlos Munoz Andretti Dallara-Chevy
27  James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy
40  tba Carpenter Dallara-Chevy
41  Conor Daly Foyt Dallara-Honda
55  Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Dallara-Honda
60  Townsend Bell Panther Dallara-Chevy
77  Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Dallara-Honda
83  Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda
93  Buddy Lazier Lazier Partners Dallara-Chevy
98  Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda
tba Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Dallara-Honda