The knock on the Andretti World crew was that it saved robbing Colton Herta of high quality outcomes attributable to errors in race technique. Workforce COO Rob Edwards was duly put in as Herta’s new strategist in the summertime of 2023, and since then, the child from California and his play caller from the UK have made for an efficient duo.
Herta charged into the brand new season with a renewed focus and his outcomes mirrored the shift in Herta’s strategy as he took 14 finishes inside the highest eight together with two victories and two poles, which vaulted the 24-year-old to second within the championship, his greatest in six seasons of NTT IndyCar Sequence racing.
With the victory at Nashville Speedway, he’s earned 9 profession victories and his first on an oval, including to the quite a few highway and avenue race victories on his resume.
“On ovals, the previous couple of races, Colton’s been nice,” Edwards informed RACER. “However furthermore, in 2024, he’s achieved so many issues, proper? I’m tremendous glad for him, tremendous glad for the entire No. 26-car crew, and glad for everybody at Andretti. Had his first oval podium at Milwaukee, first oval win as we speak. Fairly good strategy to end the yr up.”
Herta was the one driver to win for Andretti this season, taking two IndyCar victories alongside together with his cost to first place at Toronto. Teammate Kyle Kirkwood, a double winner in 2023, sat on pole and completed fourth at Nashville to provide Edwards and the complete Andretti crew a motive to be inspired about the place the IndyCar program is headed in 2025.
“If you have a look at each Kyle within the No. 27 and Marcus [Ericsson] within the No. 28 automobile at completely different occasions, they haven’t essentially had the very best luck this yr, however once I have a look at the best way that the three drivers work collectively and the three groups work collectively, it’s only a phenomenal effort from everybody,” he mentioned.
“I’m excited to get going once more subsequent yr.”
