Stefan Wilson to attempt fifth entry in Indy 500

Stefan Wilson will try and make his fifth Indianapolis 500 subsequent yr in a mixed entry fielded by Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Cusick Motorsports.

The British driver will pilot the No. 24 Chevrolet-powered automobile. Dreyer & Reinbold, which fielded two vehicles in final yr’s Indy 500, nonetheless plans on a second entry that was not a part of Thursday’s announcement.

Dreyer & Reinbold has entered and certified 45 vehicles within the Indy 500, courting again to 2000, with a finest end of fourth by Oriol Servia in 2012. Cusick Motorsports was created as a advertising and business-to-business associate and selected Dreyer & Reinbold as a associate for its third try at “The Biggest Spectacle in Racing.”

Wilson has a career-best end of fifteenth within the 2018 Indy 500, when he was the chief with 4 laps remaining till he needed to pit for gasoline. He spends a lot of the yr attempting to place collectively the funding for an Indy 500 experience, however this final season additionally ran three IMSA sports activities automobile races, together with the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

“I have been very impressed with how arduous DRR has labored at and targeted on the five hundred,” Wilson stated. “It is such an honor for me to affix them in partnership with Cusick Motorsports and work with them on our collective purpose of attempting to win the Indy 500. There’s a fantastic alternative right here for us to all develop collectively. I hope this results in extra 500s and possibly much more races collectively.”

Wilson, the youthful brother of the late Justin Wilson, ran the Indy 500 final yr in a Cusick entry partnered with DragonSpeed Racing. Justin Wilson spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons driving for DRR and scored a pair of podium finishes.

“There’s historical past right here with this staff,” Wilson stated. “It feels nice to be rejoining them in a way.”

Cusick Motorsports was based in 2021 by Don Cusick, and the staff is headquartered at The Thermal Membership in California. The ability will host IndyCar preseason testing in February for its first collection exercise on the website, which has 4 asphalt motorsport tracks on the east finish of the Coachella Valley.

“As quickly because the checkered flag fell on the Indy 500 this yr, we got down to discover the very best associate for the longer term,” Cusick stated. “We’ve immense respect for what Dreyer & Reinbold Racing have achieved each on and off monitor over time and shortly recognized them as our ideally suited associate for this endeavor.”