Rubicon had merged on January 23, and Rubicon's website updated listing PCM owner Tyler Tadevic and Panther Racing co-founder Doug Boles as new co-owners. Buddy Rice was reported as in-line for the seat with the combined team and the team claimed to be close to funding for a full schedule. The team did not participate in any open test or race and on the team's Twitter page they announced a name change to Rubicon Sports Agency. They formally announcing a partnership with Conquest Racing. Dale Coyne Racing: Mario Moraes left for KV Racing. Justin Wilson tested one of the Coyne cars at Homestead. Wilson was confirmed as the driver of Coyne's single entry at St. Petersburg and has signed a full-season deal. The team is still looking at possibilities to field a second car starting with the Indy 500. The team has a second entry, the #19 listed for the Indy 500. The team's primary entry was originally #19 but was changed by sponsor Z-Line Designs to #18 to match the NASCAR Nationwide Series Toyota Camry of Joe Gibbs Racing cars they sponsor starting at Long Beach. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing: The team announced Mike Conway signed for the 2009 campaign. The team plans to run a second car. Driver Roger Yasukawa will race with the team at Motegi. On April 1, 2009, it was confirmed that Darren Manning would drive the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold entry at St. Petersburg; Manning continued in the seat at Long Beach. Milka Duno will return to the team run a limited schedule in the #23 starting at Kansas. Davey Hamilton and Kingdom Racing will also partner with the team to field an Indy 500 entry. A fourth D&R entry at the Indianapolis 500 was announced on April 6, co-branded with George Gillett's Richard Petty Motorsports. That entry featured John Andretti with Window World as sponsor. Rahal Letterman Racing: The team was unable to secure sponsorship for the full 2009 season due to ApexBrasil's partnership with Ethanol as Ethanol fuel provider, but fielded an Indy-only effort for Oriol Servia. Instead, Rahal Letterman Racing to concentrate on the American Le Mans Series with BMW M3 E92 GT2 machines. De Ferran Motorsports: The ALMS team owned by Gil de Ferran was contemplating adding an IndyCar program. It did not materialize in enough time for the 2009 Indy 500, but is expected full-time for 2010. According to