PREMA Racing, the Italian race team that will join the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2025, has won 80 junior single-seat driver and team championships over the past 40 years, an impressive feat by any calculation. PREMA Racing’s next-season participation with two Chevrolet-powered entries should expand the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ car count to 29, and that might not be the end of the expansion. PREMA Racing’s decision also follows a recent trend. One of the goals was to recruit new and elite race teams and owners. PREMA Racing Team Principal Rene Rosin said coming to the U.S. to join the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the natural next step for the organization. Phillips said the crew will be a mix of series veterans and PREMA Racing staffers. Phillips said it will be important for the new INDYCAR SERIES team to work somewhat like the existing ones. They said they needed to see how the driver market shakes out in the coming weeks, but Phillips added he wouldn’t be opposed to having a pair of series rookies. “We are still in very good contact with all these drivers that you mentioned,” Rosin said. Phillips said an announcement of where the team will be based in Indiana “is imminent.”.

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