[h=2]Steinbrenner IV confirms IndyCar goal with Herta[/h] Friday, 07 April 2017


By RACER staff / Image by IMS photo

Steinbrenner Racing president George Michael Steinbrenner IV has reiterated his desire to take Colton Herta into IndyCar, and has set himself a goal of making it happen in the next two years.
Steinbrenner partnered with Andretti Autosport to field a car for Herta in Indy Lights this year, a program that earned an early payoff when the 17-year-old Herta left the season opener at St. Petersburg with a race win and the points lead (ABOVE: Herta is congratulated by Marco Andretti.)
The fledging team’s IndyCar ambitions were first floated when the Lights program was announced in late 2016, and Steinbrenner said in Long Beach on Friday that it remains his priority.
“The goal for the future is to be in the IndyCar Series at some point in the next two years, with Colton as the driver,” he said.
Herta became the youngest Indy Lights race winner in history with his St Petersburg success, and entering IndyCar on Steinbrenner’s timescale would put him in with a shot at chasing that same record at the top level. Graham Rahal remains the youngest-ever IndyCar winner (19 years, 3 months, 2 days) courtesy of his victory at St Petersburg in 2008. Marco Andretti is the only other driver to have won a race at 19.

Steinbrenner Racing president George Michael Steinbrenner IV has reiterated his desire to take Colton Herta into IndyCar, and has set himself a goal of making it happen in the next two years.
Steinbrenner partnered with Andretti Autosport to field a car for Herta in Indy Lights this year; a program that earned an early payoff when the 17-year-old Herta left the season-opener at St Petersburg with a race win and the points lead.
The fledging team’s IndyCar ambitions were first floated when the Lights program was announced in late 2016, and Steinbrenner said in Long Beach on Friday that it remains his priority.
“The goal for the future is to be in the IndyCar Series at some point in the next two years, with Colton as the driver,” he said.
Herta became the youngest Indy Lights race winner in history with his St Petersburg success, and entering IndyCar on Steinbrenner’s timescale would put him in with a shot at chasing that same record at the top level. Graham Rahal remains the youngest-ever IndyCar winner (19 years, 3 months, 2 days) courtesy of his victory at St Petersburg in 2008. Marco Andretti is the only other driver to have won a race at 19.

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The fledging team’s IndyCar ambitions were first floated when the Lights program was announced in late 2016, and Steinbrenner said in Long Beach on Friday that it remains his priority.
“The goal for the future is to be in the IndyCar Series at some point in the next two years, with Colton as the driver,” he said.
Herta became the youngest Indy Lights race winner in history with his St. Petersburg success, and entering IndyCar on Steinbrenner’s time scale would put him in with a shot at chasing that same record at the top level. Graham Rahal remains the youngest-ever IndyCar winner (19 years, 3 months, 2 days) courtesy of his victory at St. Petersburg in 2008. Marco Andretti is the only other driver to have won a race at 19.