Defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series entrant champion Hemelgarn Racing filed three entries April 6 for the 85th Indianapolis 500, with defending Northern Lig🔯ht Cup champion Buddy Lazier and Stan Wattles named as drivers of two of the entries.

1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Lazier, fro🦹m Vail, Colo., will drive the No. 91 Tae-Bo-Coors Light-LifeFitness-Delta Faucet-Hemelgarn Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone, with an identical backup entered. Dennis LaCava is the chief mechanic, and Lee Kunzman is the team manager.

No driver has a better recent record at Indianapolis than Lazier, who will attempt to make his ninꦆth Indianapolis 500 start. He has placed in the top seven every year since 👍winning in 1996, with runner-up finishes in 1998 and 2000.

Wattles, from Sewꩵall's Point, Fla., will drive the No. 92🌠 Hemelgarn-Firestone-Dallara-Oldsmobile Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone, with an identical backup car entered. Ron Heck is the chief mechanic, and Greg Wattles is the team manager.

Wattl𝄹es will a✃ttempt to make his fourth Indianapolis 500 start. His best finish is 17th in 1999. He qualified eighth last year at Indy in a Hemelgarn Racing entry.

Lazier and Wattles are teammates this season with Hemelgarn Racing. Lazier finished thi꧟rd in the season-opening Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 last month at Phoenix. Wattles finished 16th.

No driver was named for the third Hemelgarn entry, the No. 93 Metro𒐪 Management-Super Fitness-Firestone-Hemelgarn Racing Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone. An iden🎀tical backup car was entered. Kunzman is the team manager. No chief mechanic was named.