Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is stepping again into full-time IndyCar Sequence competitors for the primary time in fifteen years, signing veteran driver Conor Daly to a multi-year deal to drive the group’s newly acquired #24 entry starting in 2027.
The announcement was made throughout the 2026 season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. As a part of its full-season return, the Carmel, Indiana-based group will even reunite with Honda to produce its engines – marking a return to the producer DRR beforehand partnered with from 2005 to 2011.
The transfer comes after DRR bought an IndyCar Sequence constitution from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in July, laying the groundwork for its first full-time marketing campaign since 2012.
“Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is returning to full-time competitors in 2027 with Honda engines, and Conor Daly is the motive force we would like main that return,” stated Derek Reinbold, DRR CEO.
“Conor has raced for us at Indianapolis, so we all know how he prepares, how he works with engineers, and the way a lot he will get out of a automotive. He has proven for years that he can win the Indianapolis 500, and our job is to present him a automotive that lets him do it. We’re constructing a group that contends each weekend, and Conor is the motive force we belief to hold that effort throughout the total season. An Indiana driver in an Indiana group’s automotive is strictly how we need to come again.”
Conor Daly, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet on the Indianapolis 500
Picture by: Penske Leisure
For Daly, 34, the deal marks Daly’s return to full-time competitors after 133 profession IndyCar begins since his 2013 debut. The fan-favorite from Noblesville, Indiana, brings a wealthy resume that features a career-best second-place end on the 2016 Detroit Grand Prix, a pole place at Iowa Speedway in 2020, and a podium end at Milwaukee in 2024.
Daly is already aware of the DRR setup, having pushed for the squad throughout the 2024 and 2026 Indianapolis 500s—putting tenth and twelfth, respectively, whereas main a mixed 26 laps. In the course of the a hundred and tenth Operating of the Indy 500, Daly clocked the quickest lap of the race at 225.126mph aboard DRR’s #23 entry. Outdoors the cockpit, Daly has additionally served as a broadcast analyst for Fox Community’s protection of the IndyCar Sequence and Indy NXT.
“I’m extraordinarily grateful to get again to full-time IndyCar racing with my associates at Dreyer and Reinbold Racing and Honda,” stated Daly.
“The religion that this group has proven in me is one thing that makes me need to work tougher than ever earlier than to ship. We, as a group, will intention daily to make Dennis pleased with the trouble we put in to be aggressive and proceed the group’s legacy.”
Established in 1999, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing carries a century-old open-wheel heritage relationship again to group co-owner Reinbold’s grandfather, Floyd “Pop” Dreyer, a Nineteen Twenties Duesenberg mechanic and legendary builder who constructed automobiles for your complete entrance row of the 1931 Indy 500. DRR itself has certified 58 drivers for the Indianapolis 500 since 2000.
DRR acknowledged that further particulars relating to company companions and group operations for the 2027 program will probably be launched within the coming months.
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