Dreyer & Reinbold, Cusick verify Daly, Hunter-Reay for Indianapolis 500
Hunter-Reay returns late the wheel of the No. 23 Chevrolet, which he drove to an 11th-space make closing yr. In the intervening time, Daly will pilot the team’s No. 24 entry.
The announcement also confirms the renewal of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s partnership with Cusick Motorsports, pairing for the principle-time closing yr as portion of Stefan Wilson’s program. Final yr saw Wilson injured in a convention crash, which resulted in Graham Rahalwho didn’t qualify for the Indy 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, getting the gradual call to substitute.
“It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing since joining them in 2023,” acknowledged Hunter-Reay, the 2014 Indy 500 winner and 2012 IndyCar Series champion.
“I’m thrilled to be assist and consuming to fabricate on the build we left off closing yr. We had a extraordinarily solid exhibiting at the five hundred closing yr and if it possess been now not for a failed front hover adjuster early within the speed, I if reality be told if reality be told feel we would possess been combating within the highest-5 to the make.
“With the most up-to-date automobile law changes, we are succesful of indubitably possess our work reduce out for us and we’re interested for the distress forward. The fervour and dedication of this team are if reality be told though-provoking, and I’m assured that collectively we are succesful of manufacture success at the most challenging spectacle in racing.”
Daly, who has a handiest make of sixth within the Indy 500 (2022) while driving for Ed Chippie Racing, has some old abilities with DRR, competing in Nitrocross events closing summer season.
“When Dennis first known as me, he suggested me he believed I would possibly perhaps well procure the Indy 500 and all he wished going into 2024 was the handiest probability to procure as a team,” Daly acknowledged.
“As a driver, what more would possibly perhaps well you are searching for to possess? I’m extraordinarily grateful for the assumption that Dennis has in me and the probability to drive one in every of his autos at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
”To be teamed up with a champion adore Ryan (Hunter-Reay) as effectively I feel about if reality be told makes us a possibility within the month of May perhaps well well also honest. I adore the team Dennis has built already and getting to know the guys at the store has been a correct pleasure. I will be succesful to not wait to hit the ground running at the test in April!”
