2018 Fantasy IndyCar Field

As Fantasy IndyCar enters its seventh season, the 2018 Fantasy IndyCar field has been set. With 58 people vying for ten spots, it was one of our biggest rookie classes ever, as well as one of the toughest to pick. Here are the ten participants joining the other 28 participants for the 2018 Fantasy IndyCar season:


Amelia Hilliker - @aahilliker


Carolyn Meier - @CogitoErgoBibo


Colin Taylor - @Colin_rTaylor


Doug Boles - @jdouglas4


George Butz - @butzisnutz4


Gina Hess - @Gina_Hess92


Martin Plowman - @Plowey


Mike Joachim - @mike_joachim


Mike Silver - @tutorindie


Tanner Miller - @NDIndycarfan





Here is the full 2018 Fantasy IndyCar Field -

Alan Stewart
Amelia Hilliker (R)
Andy Nagel (C)
Carolyn Meier (R)
Chris Blackburn
Colin Taylor (R)
Conor Daly
David Leiting Jr.
David Redner
DJ Jordan (C)
Doug Boles (R)
Eric Hall
George Butz (R)
Gina Hess (R)
Jake Neely
James Alban
James Sedlmayr
Jerry Cruz
Jessica Baker
Josh Shimizu
Kieran Brughelli
Kyle Lewis (C)
Lynn Weinberg
Martin Plowman (B)
Matthew Hickey
Michael Friedman
Mike Joachim (R)
Mike Silver (R)
Morgan Polizzi
Paige Hill
Rick Snodie
Sam Klein
Sandy Lamparello
Sean Kennedy
Stephen King
Steven Jenkins
Tanner Miller (R)


Key
B - Former Fantasy IndyCar Member that has returned
C - Past Fantasy IndyCar Champion
R - Rookie



Departed from the 2017 Fantasy IndyCar Field -

Chris Mienaltowski
Jason McVeigh
Mathew Gruenholz
Mike Crawford
Sarah Connors
Sarah Hall



Thanks to everyone for following along. We cannot wait to get the 2018 Fantasy IndyCar season going!

-Fantasy IndyCar Board

Picks - Sonoma 2017

Here are the Fantasy IndyCar picks for the 2017 GoPro Grand Prix at Sonoma (current championship leader highlighted in magenta, those in the elimination zone highlighted in red):

Alan Stewart	_alanstewart	Pagenaud	Helio	Rossi	Rahal	Bourdais
Andy Nagel	Gabbahey75	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Helio	Dixon	Power
Chris Blackburn	chblackburn23	Dixon	Pagenaud	Bourdais	Rossi	Hinch
Chris Mienaltowski	CPMski	Bourdais	Power	Kimball	Pigot	Chilton
Conor Daly	conordaly22	Rossi	Rahal	Pagenaud	Bourdais	RHR
David Leiting Jr.	Dlite_47	Helio	Power	Pagenaud	Bourdais	Pigot
David Redner	IndyCART	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Helio	Dixon	RHR
DJ Jordan	Indycardj32	Rossi	Bourdais	RHR	Pagenaud	Power
Eric Hall	Erock_in_Indy	Pagenaud	Power	Newgarden	Rahal	Dixon
Jake Neely	indycarfan25	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Helio	Dixon	Power
James Alban	TheKing0fSwing	Rossi	Power	Dixon	Helio	Rahal
James Sedlmayr	dfd827	Newgarden	Rahal	Pagenaud	Power	Rossi
Jason McVeigh	JaseKM1	Bourdais	Jones	Daly	Pigot	Hildebrand
Jerry Cruz	Indycar_Raider	Dixon	Power	Rossi	Bourdais	Sato
Jessica Baker	bakerjm13	Pagenaud	Power	Bourdais	Rahal	Rossi
Josh Shimizu	MayorofShimtown	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Rossi	Sato	Rahal
Kieran Brughelli	kieranbrughelli	Newgarden	Helio	Pagenaud	Bourdais	Jones
Kyle Lewis	kylelewis1	Power	Bourdais	Dixon	Helio	Newgarden
Lynn Weinberg	lynnweinberg	Bourdais	Pagenaud	Andretti	RHR	Kimball
Mathew Gruenholz	IndycarSTIG	Bourdais	Sato	Kimball	Daly	Harvey
Matthew Hickey	Indycar_MN	Newgarden	Dixon	Pagenaud	Power	Rossi
Michael Friedman	mfriedman_63	Dixon	Pagenaud	Power	Hinch	Bourdais
Mike Crawford	7BigMike	Newgarden	Dixon	Rahal	Bourdais	Power
Morgan Polizzi	morganpolizzi	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Hinch	Rahal	Helio
Paige Hill	paigehilll	Kanaan	Daly	RHR	Dixon	Power
Rick Snodie	rickfromwi	Pagenaud	Power	Rossi	Bourdais	Jones
Sam Klein	sklein31	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Helio	Rossi	Power
Sandy Lamparello	npssandy	RHR	Rahal	Dixon	Pagenaud	Daly
Sarah Connors	sarah_connors	RHR	Bourdais	Helio	Pigot	Chilton
Sarah Hall	SarahHall_528	Newgarden	Dixon	Pagenaud	Power	Rossi
Sean Kennedy	_6thgear_	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Helio	Rossi	Power
Stephen King	stephenVking	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Bourdais	Rossi	Power
Steven Jenkins	ukindyfan	Bourdais	Rahal	Pagenaud	Newgarden	Power

Penalties - N/A


Thanks for a fun season everyone!

-Matthew Hickey

Picks - Watkins Glen 2017

Here are the Fantasy IndyCar picks for the 2017 IndyCar Grand Prix at Watkins Glen (leader highlighted in magenta, those in the elimination zone in red):

Name	Twitter Handle	Watkins Glen
Alan Stewart	_alanstewart	Daly	Bourdais	Rossi	Chilton	Sato
Andy Nagel	Gabbahey75	Rossi	Helio	Hinch	Dixon	Kimball
Chris Blackburn	chblackburn23	Dixon	Pagenaud	Bourdais	RHR	Pigot
Chris Mienaltowski	CPMski	Bourdais	Rossi	Chilton	Hildebrand	Munoz
Conor Daly	conordaly22	Dixon	Pigot	Bourdais	Hinch	Power
David Leiting Jr.	Dlite_47	Rossi	Pagenaud	Power	Dixon	Bourdais
David Redner	IndyCART	Daly	Chilton	Andretti	Hildebrand	Rossi
DJ Jordan	Indycardj32	Dixon	Hinch	Bourdais	Daly	Pigot
Eric Hall	Erock_in_Indy	Chilton	Pagenaud	Sato	Hinch	Rossi
Jake Neely	indycarfan25	Rossi	Rahal	Pagenaud	Power	Bourdais
James Alban	TheKing0fSwing	Pigot	Hinch	Sato	Newgarden	RHR
James Sedlmayr	dfd827	Rahal	Hinch	Dixon	RHR	Pigot
Jason McVeigh	JaseKM1	Bourdais	Jones	Pagenaud	Pigot	Daly
Jerry Cruz	Indycar_Raider	Andretti	Hinch	Bourdais	Chilton	Sato
Jessica Baker	bakerjm13	Dixon	Bourdais	Newgarden	Rahal	Daly
Josh Shimizu	MayorofShimtown	Dixon	Sato	Chilton	Jones	Pigot
Kieran Brughelli	kieranbrughelli	Hinch	Rahal	RHR	Chilton	Bourdais
Kyle Lewis	kylelewis1	Dixon	Power	Hinch	Bourdais	Sato
Lynn Weinberg	lynnweinberg	Rahal	Hinch	Dixon	Newgarden	Daly
Mathew Gruenholz	IndycarSTIG	Kanaan	Kimball	Sato	Bourdais	Jones
Matthew Hickey	Indycar_MN	Dixon	Kanaan	Hinch	Rossi	RHR
Michael Friedman	mfriedman_63	Power	Dixon	Newgarden	Bourdais	Sato
Mike Crawford	7BigMike	Bourdais	Rossi	Pagenaud	RHR	Hinch
Morgan Polizzi	morganpolizzi	Pagenaud	Daly	Power	Dixon	Bourdais
Paige Hill	paigehilll	Pigot	Daly	Dixon	Bourdais	Pagenaud
Rick Snodie	rickfromwi	Andretti	Dixon	Bourdais	Pigot	Rossi
Sam Klein	sklein31	Bourdais	Dixon	Power	Hinch	Daly
Sandy Lamparello	npssandy	Power	Hinch	Jones	Daly	Sato
Sarah Connors	sarah_connors	Bourdais	Pigot	Power	Sato	Hinch
Sarah Hall	SarahHall_528	Rahal	Kanaan	Power	Pagenaud	Bourdais
Sean Kennedy	_6thgear_	Newgarden	Bourdais	Rahal	Hinch	RHR
Stephen King	stephenVking	Pigot	Bourdais	Kimball	Daly	Chilton
Steven Jenkins	ukindyfan	Bourdais	Rahal	Daly	Rossi	Pigot

No penalties this week.


Let's race!

-Matthew Hickey

Picks - Gateway 2017

Here are the picks for the 2017 Bombarito 500 at Gateway (current championship leader is highlighted in magenta, those in the elimination zone highlighted in red):

Name	Twitter Handle	Gateway
Alan Stewart	_alanstewart	Hinch	Rossi	Daly	Carpenter	Bourdais
Andy Nagel	Gabbahey75	RHR	Rossi	Newgarden	Carpenter	Hinch
Chris Blackburn	chblackburn23	Newgarden	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Kanaan	Munoz
Chris Mienaltowski	CPMski	Carpenter	Bourdais	Newgarden	Kimball	Chilton
Conor Daly	conordaly22	Daly	Helio	Hildebrand	Jones	Newgarden
David Leiting Jr.	Dlite_47	Daly	Hildebrand	Carpenter	Kanaan	Helio
David Redner	IndyCART	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Kanaan	Chilton	RHR
DJ Jordan	Indycardj32	Carpenter	Chilton	Kanaan	Daly	Hildebrand
Eric Hall	Erock_in_Indy	Kanaan	Kimball	Bourdais	Andretti	RHR
Jake Neely	indycarfan25	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Daly	Newgarden	Helio
James Alban	TheKing0fSwing	Hildebrand	Pagenaud	Munoz	Andretti	Jones
James Sedlmayr	dfd827	Daly	Carpenter	Helio	Newgarden	Pagenaud
Jason McVeigh	JaseKM1	Kanaan	Chilton	Rossi	Sato	Carpenter
Jerry Cruz	Indycar_Raider	Helio	Kanaan	Munoz	Hildebrand	RHR
Jessica Baker	bakerjm13	Carpenter	Rossi	RHR	Kanaan	Helio
Josh Shimizu	MayorofShimtown	Carpenter	Hildebrand	RHR	Kanaan	Andretti
Kieran Brughelli	kieranbrughelli	Kanaan	Hildebrand	Carpenter	Munoz	Andretti
Kyle Lewis	kylelewis1	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Kanaan	Helio	Munoz
Lynn Weinberg	lynnweinberg	Pagenaud	Helio	Rossi	Sato	Bourdais
Mathew Gruenholz	IndycarSTIG	Bourdais	Andretti	Chilton	Daly	Hildebrand
Matthew Hickey	Indycar_MN	Carpenter	Daly	Munoz	Hildebrand	Andretti
Michael Friedman	mfriedman_63	RHR	Rossi	Kanaan	Andretti	Hildebrand
Mike Crawford	7BigMike	Helio	Andretti	Bourdais	Kanaan	Kimball
Morgan Polizzi	morganpolizzi	Helio	RHR	Sato	Hinch	Power
Paige Hill	paigehilll	Daly	Newgarden	Helio	Rahal	Hildebrand
Rick Snodie	rickfromwi	Carpenter	Hinch	Jones	Rossi	Sato
Sam Klein	sklein31	Kanaan	Carpenter	Helio	Munoz	Daly
Sandy Lamparello	npssandy	Rossi	Carpenter	Newgarden	Kanaan	Bourdais
Sarah Connors	sarah_connors	Kanaan	Sato	RHR	Carpenter	Gutierrez
Sarah Hall	SarahHall_528	Kanaan	Rossi	Bourdais	Sato	Hildebrand
Sean Kennedy	_6thgear_	Munoz	Daly	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Jones
Stephen King	stephenVking	Bourdais	Hildebrand	Rahal	Kanaan	Sato
Steven Jenkins	ukindyfan	Bourdais	Newgarden	Hildebrand	Kanaan	RHR

Penalties - DJ Jordan and Sean Kennedy (13.1) and James Sedlmayr (14.3 / Carpenter).

Let's race!

-Matthew Hickey

Picks - Pocono 2017

Here are the Fantasy IndyCar picks for the 2017 Pocono IndyCar 500 (leader highlighted in magenta, those in the elimination zone highlighted in red):

Name	Twitter Handle	Pocono
Alan Stewart	_alanstewart	Newgarden	Power	Chilton	Munoz	Andretti
Andy Nagel	Gabbahey75	Carpenter	Sato	Kanaan	Jones	Hildebrand
Chris Blackburn	chblackburn23	Andretti	Kanaan	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Newgarden
Chris Mienaltowski	CPMski	Hildebrand	Andretti	Hinch	Rossi	Helio
Conor Daly	conordaly22	Andretti	RHR	Sato	Kanaan	Carpenter
David Leiting Jr.	Dlite_47	RHR	Sato	Andretti	Rossi	Kimball
David Redner	IndyCART	Rossi	Sato	Hinch	Andretti	Helio
DJ Jordan	Indycardj32	RHR	Andretti	Newgarden	Chilton	Rossi
Eric Hall	Erock_in_Indy	Newgarden	Helio	Hildebrand	Jones	RHR
Jake Neely	indycarfan25	RHR	Sato	Andretti	Rossi	Kanaan
James Alban	TheKing0fSwing	Hildebrand	Andretti	Kanaan	RHR	Newgarden
James Sedlmayr	dfd827	Jones	Kanaan	RHR	Sato	Rossi
Jason McVeigh	JaseKM1	Rossi	Sato	RHR	Carpenter	Andretti
Jerry Cruz	Indycar_Raider	Newgarden	Helio	Munoz	Hildebrand	Rossi
Jessica Baker	bakerjm13	Kanaan	RHR	Newgarden	Helio	Andretti
Josh Shimizu	MayorofShimtown	RHR	Sato	Andretti	Rossi	Chaves
Kieran Brughelli	kieranbrughelli	RHR	Rossi	Sato	Hildebrand	Power
Kyle Lewis	kylelewis1	RHR	Sato	Andretti	Rossi	Hildebrand
Lynn Weinberg	lynnweinberg	Rossi	Carpenter	Hildebrand	Munoz	Andretti
Mathew Gruenholz	IndycarSTIG	Rossi	Helio	RHR	Sato	Jones
Matthew Hickey	Indycar_MN	Hinch	Power	Dixon	Newgarden	RHR
Michael Friedman	mfriedman_63	Helio	Rahal	Kanaan	Carpenter	Hildebrand
Mike Crawford	7BigMike	Helio	RHR	Sato	Rossi	Carpenter
Morgan Polizzi	morganpolizzi	Sato	Rossi	Kanaan	Jones	Carpenter
Paige Hill	paigehilll	Jones	Rossi	Sato	RHR	Carpenter
Rick Snodie	rickfromwi	Carpenter	Munoz	RHR	Sato	Rossi
Sam Klein	sklein31	Hildebrand	RHR	Newgarden	Rossi	Chilton
Sandy Lamparello	npssandy	Andretti	Carpenter	Newgarden	Sato	Hildebrand
Sarah Connors	sarah_connors	Pagenaud	Sato	Chilton	Helio	Jones
Sarah Hall	SarahHall_528	Hildebrand	Jones	Andretti	Rossi	Chaves
Sean Kennedy	_6thgear_	Andretti	Sato	Chilton	Carpenter	Kimball
Stephen King	stephenVking	Helio	RHR	Rossi	Chilton	Hildebrand
Steven Jenkins	ukindyfan	Andretti	Carpenter	Chaves	Helio	Kanaan

Penalties - Morgan Polizzi (13.1, loses 50% of her points) and Lynn Weinberg (16.1, loses 50% of her Rossi pick)

Let's race!

-Matthew Hickey