Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) introduced the return of Takuma Sato for the one hundred and tenth Working of the Indianapolis 500 in Could.
Sato, a two-time winner of “The Best Spectacle in Racing,” will drive the group’s #75 Honda-powered entry with acquainted major sponsorship from AMADA AMERICA, Inc., a number one international machine software producer and provider within the sheet steel trade, that had been additionally on his automobile every of the previous two years.
The 49-year-old Japanese driver will try to qualify for his seventeenth Indy 500 in Could, aiming for a 3rd victory after being a contender for the win a yr in the past when he began on the entrance row and led a race-high 51 laps earlier than a pit error relegated him to ninth.
“The second the checkered flag fell on the 2025 Indy 500, our preparation for the one hundred and tenth operating had already begun,” Sato mentioned.
“I’m extremely excited to proceed this journey with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as we tackle unfinished enterprise. A honest thanks to (RLL co-owners) Bobby (Rahal), Mike (Lanigan), David (Letterman), and everybody at RLL for his or her perception and dedication. It’s an honor to as soon as once more symbolize AMADA as the first accomplice, alongside Panasonic Automotive Programs, Niterra, Deloitte Tohmatsu, NAC, Honda, HRC, and all of our loyal sponsors who make this problem potential.
“Final yr, we confirmed super velocity and robust potential. Now, we return much more targeted, extra ready, and extra decided. The Indy 500 is at all times particular, however this yr carries additional pleasure. I can’t wait to reunite with the group, see all of the acquainted faces, and begin constructing momentum towards Could.”
Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Photograph by: James Gilbert / Getty Photographs
Sato competed for RLL in 2012, 2018-2021, and 2024-present. 4 of his six profession wins within the IndyCar Sequence have include RLL, together with his second Indy 500 in 2020.
“We’re thrilled to have Takuma again with the group for the Indy 500,” Rahal mentioned.
“If there’s a place he is aware of his approach round, it is Indy. He did a superb job in qualifying final yr and it was only a disgrace what occurred within the race as a result of I believe, clearly, he was the category of the sphere. He’s a endlessly younger man and he brings lots of constructive vitality to the group and everybody feeds off of that. It’s been an incredible relationship for quite a lot of years now and I’m happy that he desires to return again for the five hundred, and happy that it’s with us.
“We’re proud to welcome AMADA again as the first sponsor of the entry. They’ve been an incredible accomplice to our group properly past the Indy 500, and their gear performs an enormous position in our day-to-day operations. It’s a relationship we worth enormously.”
Lanigan added, “Takuma has at all times been quick on the speedway, and his two wins show his expertise on racing’s largest stage. I’m optimistic about what we will accomplish collectively and excited for the chance to assist him chase a 3rd Indy 500 victory. We’re additionally grateful to have AMADA return as the first sponsor of Takuma’s entry on the Best Spectacle in Racing.”
The group’s relationship with AMADA goes again to 2023 when the producer was the first sponsor of the group’s #30 entry on the Kids’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park. Along with being the first sponsor of Sato’s entry within the 2024 version of the five hundred, they had been additionally a significant affiliate sponsor of the group’s #30 entry on the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside later that very same season.
“Throughout AMADA’s eightieth anniversary yr, we will consider no higher strategy to mark this extraordinary milestone than partnering with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Takuma Sato as soon as once more for the one hundred and tenth Working of the Indianapolis 500,” mentioned Mike Guerin, CEO of AMADA AMERICA, Inc.
“Our partnership continues to mirror a shared dedication for peak efficiency by means of relentless dedication and innovation. What extra becoming place to focus on our collaborative dedication to those beliefs than racing’s largest stage?”
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