Alexander Koreiba has made his house in IMSA lately, and if the native of Branson, Missouri has his manner, he’ll take what he’s realized in prototypes and apply it in direction of open-wheel racing.
The 26-year-old is about to make his Indy NXT debut with Juncos Hollinger Racing on Friday throughout the Chris Griffis Take a look at on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway street course, which can mark his first outing in one thing aside from LMP3 equipment since he examined in USF Professional 2000 for Jay Howard Driver Growth at Barber Motorsports Park in 2021.
“The rationale I received into racing is as a result of I need to race on the Indianapolis 500 and win it,” Koreiba advised RACER. “My profession turned in direction of sports activities vehicles as a result of that’s the place the alternatives took me, however I’m younger sufficient to the place I could make the transfer to Indy NXT and go after my dream of IndyCar.”
Koreiba was a race winner and runner-up finisher in IMSA’s Prototype Problem collection in 2022, teamed with IndyCar veteran Memo Gidley (foremost picture). He made his WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut in 2023 driving an LMP3 automobile and continued with the category this season in HSR.
“I’m completely thrilled to affix Juncos Hollinger Racing for the Chris Griffis Take a look at,” he mentioned. “After the previous a number of seasons in sports activities vehicles, returning to an open-wheel automobile has been a serious purpose of mine. This marketing campaign started by means of conversations with a few of my closest driver mentors, most notably my former teammate and IndyCar podium finisher, Memo Gidley.
“Memo’s expertise in IndyCar, from battling by means of adversity to standing on the rostrum, has been an enormous inspiration to me. He’s proven me what it takes to thrive in motorsports, his steerage and affect has been instrumental in my return to open-wheel.”
With Indy NXT budgets falling in an analogous vary as LMP2, Koreiba desires to get acclimated on Friday and seek for the remainder of the funding wanted to launch himself into IndyCar’s prime growth collection.
“This check is only the start,” he mentioned. “I’m pursuing a full-season marketing campaign within the Indy NXT by Firestone collection for 2025.”
