The 105th Indianapolis 500 will be held with fans in the stands Sunday, but will be limited to 40 percent capacity, or around 135,000 spectators, which would still make it the largest outdoor sporting event since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Won his fourth career pole at Indianapolis, and trails just A.J. Foyt (67) and Mario Andretti (52) in all-time IndyCar victories. Known as “The Iceman,” Dixon picked up his 51st victory last month at Texas. The defending IndyCar Series champion (six titles, just one behind Foyt) also leads the points for the current 2021 season. Perhaps the New Zealander’s biggest career blemish is that he has just one Indianapolis triumph to his name, and that was way back in 2008.

You never get a bargain on the price with the best driver of the generation, but at his best, Dixon is the top driver in the field — even at the age of 40. He has been fast all month and has a great team behind him. Cooler temperatures are expected on race weekend, and no one makes better adjustments when the elements change than Dixon, Mike Hull and their entire engineering team.

Here are four other drivers with value in their odds:

Earned his first IndyCar Series victory last month on the oval at Texas, and was sixth as a rookie at Indy last year. Though most young IndyCar racers tend to fare better on the road and street circuits early in their careers, O’Ward has taken more of a liking to the ovals. Four of his six podium finishes have been on ovals.

Of all the Indy Car Series young guns, no one is under the radar more than Dixon’s teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing. The Spaniard not only is learning under the tutelage of Dixon, but also under Tony Kanaan (14/1) — the 2013 Indy 500 winner and 2004 IndyCar Series Champion, who is running just the ovals this year as seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson drives the 48 on the road and street courses. Palou is not all that experienced on the ovals, but did finish fourth and seventh at the two Texas races last month. He was the fastest on the grid in the final practice in race trim for Sunday’s post-qualifying session.

Has qualified in the top 10 three times in 13 career Indy 500 starts, but has improved on his qualifying position in five of the past six 500s. He is in his usual mid-pack spot on the grid at 18th, but did earn two top-fives (fifth and third) last month at Texas. His team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, is the defending race champions and got to the victory lane last year with Takuma Sato.

Though he is now a part-time driver and full-time owner, no race in the world matters more to Carpenter. He is the stepson of Tony George, who was the longtime chairman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, before the Hulman-George family sold IMS to Roger Penske. The three-time pole sitter has four career top-10s here, including a second-place finish in 2018.

Wes Reynolds writes for Point Spread Weekly, VSiN’s digital magazine for sports bettors.