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Juncos hits ground running with IndyCar team

Wednesday, 22 February 2017


By Robin Miller / Image by IndyCar

The ideal Indianapolis 500 for Juncos Racing would be to field two cars, preferably one with a veteran and one with a rookie, and then run all day and stay out of trouble.
"We have the capability to run two drivers because we have three cars, but I'm not in the position to announce anything yet, maybe in a couple of weeks," Ricardo Juncos told RACER on Wednesday. "I've been getting a lot of calls and having one driver with experience is obviously better but I feel we will end up with two drivers."

Speaking from his gorgeous new shop just off Main Street in Speedway, Juncos – who purchased KV Racing's cars and equipment a few days ago for his IndyCar debut in May – is flat out trying to hire a crew with IndyCar experience and select drivers while also maintaining his Indy Lights program.


"A lot of things are going on, and it's not easy but we have some good people in place and we need to hire more," said the 41-year-old native of Argentina. "I'm interviewing people every day. I got to make sure I can put together the best group of individuals to make the best of the situation.
"But everything is happening so fast. Two months ago I didn't know I would be getting ready for the greatest race in the world."
Since joining the Mazda Road to Indy ladder nine years ago, Juncos Racing has scored a pair of Pro Mazda titles with Conor Daly (2010) and Spencer Pigot (2014) and claimed the 2015 Indy Lights crown with Pigot.
Yet the newest owner in the Verizon IndyCar Series knows IMS presents his biggest challenge. A tandem of somebody with Ryan Briscoe's chops teamed with rookie Kyle Kaiser – the latter will run the Lights series for Juncos – would be optimum.
"We have the experience with Indy Lights but it's difficult for us to really, really understand around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway," he continued. "It's a unique track that requires experience. Tough course with experienced driver can be a lot of positive for us that we can learn from. They can lead the engineers, they can lead the team as well.
"But sometimes you got to deal with reality, right? You can imagine if this was the optimal, what would be the ideal situation. Sometimes that cannot happen. So at the moment we're still looking. We are obviously trying to make the best decision possible."
Juncos will not operate a Pro Mazda team in 2017 but will have a two-car Lights team and possibly will do a little sports car racing. He's hoping he can run more than the Indy 500, but it's one step at a time for now.
"My goal is to go to the 500, and that's going to be our first experience ever, at least for me, for my own guys here," he said. "For me as a team owner, I have so many questions, but I don't have the answers because I going to find the answers myself. I don't want to listen to any answers. I just want to experience.
"So my expectation is to try not to make mistakes as a team obviously on the tire change and the pit stops. The strategy, if we can finish the race, to be honest, any position, that will be our goal."

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