Juncos Hollinger signs Robb for 2025 IndyCar season
11/20/2024 12:30 PM
Sting Ray Robb is moving to Juncos Hollinger Racing for the 2025 IndyCar season. The Idahoan, who made his debut in 2023 with Dale Coyne Racing and moved to A.J. Foyt Racing in 2024, is the first driver confirmed by JHR for the upcoming year.
"To be sought out by leaders like Ricardo Juncos and Brad Hollinger and a team as driven as JHR means the world to me," Robb said. "We share a vision for what we can achieve together, and I'm honored to contribute to JHR's continued growth, as I also grow as their driver. Excited to see what we accomplish together with our ambition and the ‘power of possibility!'”
The 23-year-old newlywed will bring his deep base of family and financial support to the squad owned by Juncos and Hollinger where he spent three seasons on the Road To Indy, starting in 2019 in the Indy Pro 2000 championship, again in 2020 when he won the Indy Pro championship with Juncos, and in 2021 when he took the advancement prize from Andersen Promotions to Indy NXT with Juncos and placed eighth.
Having finished 23rd as an IndyCar rookie with Coyne, Robb made notable gains as a sophomore with Foyt and finished 20th this year. He joins a JHR team in transition, where its struggles to find sponsorship have dictated its approach to the driver market.
Romain Grosjean, its lead driver from 2024, has yet to be signed, and as he recently told RACER, JHR needs funding for both of its Chevy-powered entries, which is a new dynamic that speaks to the financial hardships being faced by a number of IndyCar teams.
In Robb, JHR receives a young journeyman whose pace and consistency improved in his second season, where a career-best finish of ninth at World Wide Technology Raceway was achieved.
"Sting Ray is an exciting talent, and we've had the privilege of seeing his growth as a driver first-hand during our championship run in Indy Pro," Juncos said. "This is more than a reunion; it's a chance to pick up right where we left off and truly aim for the top of this series. We're committed to making this season a breakout year for Sting Ray, as well as an extraordinary year for JHR as we continue to elevate our presence in IndyCar."
