Here’s my picks for the Indy 500. Picked late Thursday night, set to post at noon Sunday, as the green flag drops.

1. Tony Kanaan
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Bruno Junquiera
4. I can’t tell you the WOMAN’s name that is going to finish here, because Kurt will kill me if I jinx HER.
5. Dan Wheldon
6. Sam Hornish, Jr.
7. Kenny Brack
8. Tomas Scheckter
9. Alex Barron
10. Patrick Carpentier
11. Felipe Giaffone
12. Kosuke Matsuura
13. Vitor Meira
14. Dario Franchitti
15. Darren Manning
16. Sebastien Bourdais
17. Adrian Fernandez
18. Scott Sharp
19. Roger Yasukawa
20. Tomas Enge
21. Jeff Ward
22. Jaques Lazier
23. Jimmy Kite
24. Richie Hearn
25. Bryan Herta
26. AJ Foyt IV
27. Scott Dixon
28. Ryan Briscoe
29. Jeff Bucknum
30. Ed Carpenter
31. Larry Foyt
32. Marty Roth (I need him to finish last so I can get my money back in the work pool, but if I pick him last, it won’t happen. He gets the next best thing.)
33. Buddy Lazier