After months of hypothesis and near-radio silence from the group, Dale Coyne Racing introduced its 2024 driver lineup on Tuesday, simply three days earlier than vehicles seem on monitor in St. Petersburg for the primary race of the IndyCar Sequence season.
Sequence veteran Jack Harvey will be a part of the group for 14 races within the No. 18 automotive pushed by David Malukas in 2023. Harvey’s season will begin in St. Petersburg this weekend. The 30-year-old’s return marks his first race since being dropped by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing earlier than the ultimate three rounds of the ’23 schedule. Only one top-10 end has been scored by the Englishman up to now two years.
Reigning Indy NXT (previously Indy Lights) Rookie of the Yr Nolan Siegel will pilot the No. 18 in Harvey’s weekends off, with the California native set to make begins at Lengthy Seaside, Toronto and on the Indianapolis 500 in Might. Siegel received two races with HMD Motorsports on his technique to a third-place end within the championship in the course of the 2023 Indy NXT season and can run one other full schedule with HMD in 2024. With that, the 19-year-old turns into the primary driver to run a number of races in each collection in a single 12 months since Carlos Munoz in 2013.
Crew proprietor Dale Coyne praised these two newcomers in a Tuesday press launch: “Jack (Harvey) brings a variety of expertise to the group and he instantly match proper in when he examined with us. Nolan (Siegel), like Jack, is a pleasure to work with. He impressed us on the Homestead check with how rapidly he was up to the mark for his first time within the automotive. We look ahead to seeing what each will do that season aboard our 18 automotive.”
Pairing with Harvey and Siegel is sportscar veteran Colin Braun. Braun has examined with DCR within the early months of 2024 and can sit behind the wheel of the No. 51 automotive piloted by Sting Ray Robb final 12 months. The 35-year-old has pushed full-time in IMSA since 2014, capturing three championships throughout a number of lessons. The Texas native additionally ran two full seasons within the NASCAR Truck Sequence in 2008 and 2009, grabbing a singular win at Michigan within the latter 12 months.
Peaks have been restricted over the previous few seasons for DCR, because the Illinois-based outfit hasn’t had a driver end within the high 15 of the championship standings since 2021. Malukas threw down a few top-five finishes in each ’22 and ’23, however sustained success has been a problem.
The 2024 IndyCar Sequence season begins on Sunday in Florida for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The motion begins at midday ET on NBC in the US.
