A improvement driver for CGR since Could 2022, Simpson spent the previous two years competing in Indy NXT. This yr, he earned two podiums – together with a career-best runner-up end result at Mid-Ohio and one pole en path to tenth within the championship standings.
The Cayman Islands native has additionally gained sportscar expertise in 2023, contesting the total Asian Le Mans Sequence and European Le Mans Sequence with LMP2 squad Algarve Professional Racing.
Within the former, he scored an general win in Dubai, whereas his ELMS marketing campaign has delivered a victory at Paul Ricard.
Additional success has include Tower Motorsports within the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s endurance rounds, taking a category victory on the Sebring 12 Hours.
Simpson additionally had his first style of driving an IndyCar earlier this yr, at Sebring in January.
“It’s been unimaginable working with Chip Ganassi Racing as their improvement driver over the past couple of years and I’ve been capable of study a lot,” mentioned Simpson.
“I’m very excited to be making the subsequent step to IndyCar with this workforce. I had a good time on the take a look at and I can’t wait to get again within the automotive.
“It’s been my dream to race within the IndyCar Sequence and it’s an honor to make it occur now with among the finest groups within the sequence.
Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing
Photograph by: Chip Ganassi Racing
“I’m actually trying ahead to working extra carefully with all the workforce and the drivers.”
At 18 years {old}, Simpson is at the moment slated to be the youngest driver on the IndyCar Sequence grid subsequent season.
With the addition of Simpson, CGR’s lineup is now set with 5 full-time entrants that additionally embody six-time champion Scott Dixon, two-time champion Alex Palou, 2023 rookie of the yr Marcus Armstrong and 2022 INDY NXT champion Linus Lundqvist.
“We welcome Kyffin as a team-mate to our IndyCar programme,” mentioned Chip Ganassi Racing Managing Director Mike Hull.
“He has been built-in right into a Chip Ganassi Racing multi-year outlined improvement program which now supplies the chance at open-wheel’s highest degree.
“He has already examined an IndyCar with extra to comply with as an Indy NXT graduate. As well as, he’s already a confirmed winner in IMSA on the 12 Hours of Sebring in LMP2 and on an LMP2 international stage.”