Curt Cavin

curt.cavin@indystar.com

Details remain unconfirmed and to some degree unfinalized, but there is a full and proper effort to get former Indy Lights driver Stefan Wilson, the younger brother of Verizon IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson, in next month's Indianapolis 500.

Wilson made his only IndyCar Series start last year in the Baltimore street circuit event. The 24-year-old British driver finished 16th as a teammate of his brother at Dale Coyne Racing. He won an Indy Lights race in Toronto in 2011 while driving for Andretti Autosport.

Wilson's program will be Indianapolis-based and is expected to be announced with the next week. It also figures to include more races than just the 500.

The addition of that car will add to the 500's growing participation list. Twenty-eight car-and-driver combinations have been announced with others, like Wilson's, expected to be soon.

KV Racing Technology has not announced Townsend Bell's 500 ride, but it has entered him in car No. 6.

Ganassi Racing's Mike Hull said Tuesday that team officials are discussing whether to field 19-year-old rookie Sage Karam, last year's Indy Lights champion, in a fifth car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Chip Ganassi's organization fields Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Ryan Briscoe and Charlie Kimball in full-season efforts.

Bryan Herta Autsport team owner Bryan Herta said a decision on whether to field a second car at IMS is needed by the end of the week. BHA is committed to running rookie Jack Hawksworth (fourth in Indy Lights last year) and will have him take his IndyCar Series oval test at Texas Motor Speedway next week. Herta would like to have a 500 car for Luca Filippi, but many details must come together quickly, he said.

Dale Coyne's team has one confirmed driver, Justin Wilson, but could add as many as two more for the 500. The team ran three at IMS last year.

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing also is expected to field a car.

Panther Racing owner John Barnes hasn't said what his team's future is, but only a skeleton staff remains as the equipment inventory is pared down.

Notes

Roger Griffiths, known in IndyCar as the former technical director of Honda Performance Development, has joined Andretti Autosport as director of motorsports development. He will work primarily with the organization's new Formula E and Global Rallycross endeavors.

Trevor Knowles, IndyCar's director of engine development, has left the Indianapolis-based organization to return to Europe to be with his family. IndyCar is seeking a replacement.