The workforce based by Dennis Reinbold is finest recognized as we speak for its annual runs in Could on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, however the Indiana-based auto vendor is working together with his companions to carry Dreyer & Reinbold Racing again to its full glory as a season-long entrant within the NTT IndyCar Sequence.
As a full-time workforce within the former Indy Racing League from 2000-04, and beneath the renamed IndyCar Sequence from 2005-12 and the early levels of the 2013 season, DRR shifted to its Indy-only program in 2014.
Aside from a short spell in 2020 when the workforce took half in three races, it has positioned all of its vitality on Indianapolis, and with the collection heading in direction of a brand new chassis and powertrain components in 2027, Reinbold sees the looming transition level as a possibility to get again to its full-time roots.
“We’re gearing up for when issues change in ’27 with the components and looking at that with new automobiles and new engines popping out, as what we will do to construct our program to be full-time at that cut-off date. That’s our aim. In order that’s the place we’re targeted. We’re targeted on the subsequent two Indy 500s and rising our program to be full-time in ’27,” Reinbold informed RACER.
“Don Cusick is again with us and concerned in this system once more. We get alongside nice, which is usually uncommon in racing, however we share very related philosophies, and he brings one other facet and a few companions in as effectively, and we’ve simply had plenty of good momentum that factors towards our potential to develop this system, and we need to do it proper once we’re prepared. So we’re giving ourselves a two-year runway to be in that place.”
DRR’s final race as a full-time entrant was with Oriol Servia on the 2013 Indy 500. Michael Levitt/Motorsport Pictures
Beneath IndyCar’s new constitution system, which protects and grants automated entries (excluding Indy) for the automobiles fielded by the ten full-time groups that participated via the 2023 season, DRR would want to purchase a pair of charters to participate within the full championship — if two can be found for buy — or search permission from Penske Leisure to try to qualify at every race as a non-charter workforce.
Reinbold has been in communication with Penske concerning DRR’s curiosity in competing at each occasion and says the response has been encouraging.
“They’d like to have us again full-time, which is the suggestions we get,” he mentioned. “In order that’s going to be a key part in determining how we will navigate the constitution scenario.”
