Dale Coyne Racing has introduced that former BRDC British System 3 star Toby Sowery will make his IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course subsequent month.
The 28-year-old Briton will drive the Honda-powered #51 entry for DCR, which can be partnered with Rick Ware Racing.
Sowery, who acquired his first style of IndyCar equipment in a take a look at with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing final 12 months at Sebring Worldwide Raceway, can be at the moment racing with CrowdStrike Racing by APR within the LMP2 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Moreover, he’s competing in GT World Problem Europe with Century Motorsport.
“Racing within the IndyCar Sequence is an thrilling problem for anybody and I’m extraordinarily lucky to be given this chance by Dale,” Sowery mentioned.
“This race provides to an already unimaginable season for me stuffed with two wonderful programmes in IMSA and GT World Problem.
“Dale Coyne has been elementary to IndyCar in giving drivers alternatives to show themselves and I’m anticipating this problem.
“It’ll be a tough step to make having solely sooner or later within the automobile over a 12 months in the past in addition to adapting to the hybrid system, however I’m up for it!”
Luca Ghiotto is the latest pilot of the #51 machine
Photograph by: Perry Nelson / Motorsport Images
Whereas Sowery’s background additionally consists of racing LMP2s within the Asian Le Mans Sequence this previous 12 months, his earlier profession was spent in single-seaters.
He started competing within the States in 2019 in Indy Lights and completed third in his first season with one win and 7 podiums. With the collection on hiatus in 2020 as a result of coronavirus pandemic, he returned for a partial season in 2021, ending on the rostrum 3 times.
After being topped champion of the inaugural Radical World Finals in 2022, Sowery returned to IndyCar’s developmental collection in 2023 for 3 races.
Previous to his American transfer, Sowery completed third within the 2016 BRDC British F3 championship and in addition received the club-level F3 Cup title in 2014.
A McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist in 2015 and 2016, Sowery’s maiden IndyCar begin on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn pure terrain street course may even mark the official race debut of the hybrid unit, which is deliberate to run for the rest of the season.
“I’ve been following Toby’s profession for fairly a while now,” Coyne mentioned.
“He’s proven that he can rapidly adapt to no matter automobile he’s driving and has a profitable monitor file to show it.
“We realise coming into the weekend at Mid-Ohio with no prior testing of the automobile in its hybrid kind is perhaps a steep studying curve, however we’re assured he’ll rise up to hurry rapidly and we stay up for seeing what he can do.”
Sowery would be the sixth totally different driver to pilot the #51 DCR entry this 12 months.