Rahal Indy Car, Sponsored by Amada, to Sport FABTECH Orlando 2024 Logo
August 7, 2024Comments
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced that Estonian driver Juri Vips will return to NTT IndyCar Series competition for his third start with the team at the BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland, on August 25. He competed for the team in Portland and Laguna Seca in 2023 and will pilot the No. 75 Amada Honda in the team’s fourth entry in Portland, along with those for Graham Rahal, Pietro Fittipaldi and Christian Lundgaard. (Note in the photo the FABTECH Orlando 2024 logo on the racecar!)
This will mark Vips’ second race at Portland International Raceway, where he made his series debut in 2023 and started and finished 18th, and then used that experience to run up front the following weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Vips first tested an Indy car for RLL on October 12, 2022, at Sebring International Raceway and again at Barber Motorsports Park on March 13, 2023, and has performed static simulator testing for RLL since 2023. Amada also was the primary sponsor of the No. 75 Honda-powered entry for Takuma Sato at the 2024 Indianapolis 500.
“I’m very grateful to the team for giving me this opportunity,” says Vips. “I have been working closely with the team on the simulator program and it has been a year since I have been in the car, but I’m confident that the experience gained last year at Portland and Laguna Seca will help me to get up to speed quickly. It will still be a very big challenge and one I am very much looking forward to.”
The 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season resumes with the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 on August 17, broadcast live on USA beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET. All on-track action can be seen on NBC’s Peacock Premium streaming service. For more information visit www.indycar.com and www.rahal.com.
See also: Amada North America, Inc
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