Cusick Motorsports is proud to announce their return to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES grid for the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 in partnership with DragonSpeed. The partnership combines two entities that have independently made strides in the Indianapolis 500 in recent years, creating synergy between Cusick Motorsports’ business-to-business acumen and DragonSpeed’s multi-disciplinary racing prowess. Stefan Wilson will be at the wheel of the No. 25 DragonSpeed/Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet entry, marking the driver’s fourth career Indy 500 start and second consecutive entry in partnership with Cusick Motorsports.
I’m happy that Stefan Wilson, Cusick Motorsports, and DragonSpeed will be competing in the Indianapolis 500 in 2022, but I can’t say the same for the circumstances that brought us here. We are two years past the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and ten years from the 2012 debut of IndyCar’s latest full car redesign, and despite this, the greatest race in the world can hardly muster thirty-three cars. I’m thankful that Roger Penske bought the series and the Speedway when he did, as I’m not sure if the Hulman-George family would have been able to weather the financial storm COVID brought, but I feel disappointed that the series is less than a month away from the Indianapolis 500 and the traditional field of thirty-three is just now coming together.
On the bright side, I’m glad to see that this may be the start of DragonSpeed’s return to IndyCar. I’ve always enjoyed the presence of Elton Julian’s plucky team in IndyCar, and their return will be welcome.
Michael Miller 