INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves will return to IndyCar for six races subsequent season with Meyer Shank Racing.
Shank will enhance to a second vehicle to accommodate Castroneves, the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner. The favored Brazilian has pushed for Roger Penske for 20 years nevertheless has been in sports activities actions autos the ultimate three seasons. Penske nonetheless entered him throughout the remaining three Indy 500s.
The Indy 500 is included throughout the six-race deal for Castroneves. The 45-year-old will even race at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, Prolonged Seashore, California, and the freeway course races at Indy, Portland and Laguna Seca.
“I do know it’s solely six races, however, one amongst them is very important for me, which is the Indy 500,” Castroneves talked about Tuesday.
Castroneves has talked about he must return to IndyCar, the place he raced full-time from 1998 by means of 2017. Employees Penske moved him to IMSA sports activities actions autos in 2018 nevertheless is closing that employees after this weekend’s season finale.
Castroneves has pushed Penske autos the ultimate 20 seasons nevertheless raced for Arrow McLaren SP in October throughout the IndyCar doubleheader at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Shank is growing to a second vehicle behind remaining month’s partnership with Liberty Media Corp., which grew to develop into a minority investor throughout the employees. Castroneves can be the primary true IndyCar teammate for Shank driver Jack Harvey, who will return for a second full season.
Shank has an alliance with Andretti Autosport nevertheless is primarily a single-car group.
Shank and Harvey first paired for the 2017 Indianapolis 500 and constructed a six-race program for 2018. They ran 10 races in 2019 and expanded to a full schedule this 12 months. Subsequent season shall be their second consecutive full season.
Shank will adjust to that exact same model for his new second vehicle, with Castroneves serving to to get this method working.
“The thought to start off with six races for the second IndyCar was one different strategic plan,” talked about employees proprietor Mike Shank. “As I’ve always talked about before now, we’ll not at all chew off better than we’re capable of chew. It’s always been one amongst our targets to extend the IndyCar program, and that is likely one of the easiest ways in which we’re capable of start that.”