NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie To Race in TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks at IMS

Tom Blomqvist is shifting to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES full time in 2024, however he’s not prepared to surrender on sports activities automotive racing.

Blomqvist will be a part of a “dream team” of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title winners within the 2024 season with Cadillac Racing, teaming up with Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken to drive the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R in IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races subsequent season. One of these 5 long-distance races is the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks on Sept. 20-22 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which lengthens to a six-hour race subsequent 12 months.

British driver Blomqvist signed with Meyer Shank Racing to compete within the full NTT INDYCAR SERIES season as a teammate to veteran Felix Rosenqvist, with Helio Castroneves additionally racing with the group within the 108th Indianapolis 500 offered by Gainbridge.

Blomqvist received the 2022 IMSA DPi Driver Championship with Meyer Shank, which withdrew from sports activities automotive racing after this season to deal with its INDYCAR SERIES efforts. He additionally received the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2022 and 2023 with MSR and helped to ship MSR into the sports activities automotive sundown with victory, profitable the season-ending Petit Le Mans on Oct. 7 at Road Atlanta.

Derani wrapped up the inaugural IMSA Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) Driver Championship on Saturday within the Petit Le Mans to enhance his 2021 DPi title.

“After one other nice season with Meyer Shank Racing within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, it’s an honor to be becoming a member of Action Express Racing and Cadillac for the endurance rounds of the 2024 marketing campaign,” Blomqvist mentioned. “It is a series I love being a part of, and I’m delighted to be returning once again. To be able to come back to the series and to try to defend my title at Daytona is a huge motivation, and I can’t thank Meyer Shank Racing and Honda Performance Development (HPD) enough for allowing me the opportunity.”

Blomqvist has 5 wins in 30 IMSA begins since 2019, together with three in GTP this season. He additionally has co-driven an LMP2 entry this 12 months within the FIA World Endurance Championship and can compete within the season-concluding race Nov. 4 in Bahrain.

“We’re thrilled that Tom is going to join our team for the IMSA endurance events,” mentioned Gary Nelson, group supervisor for Action Express Racing that fields the championship-winning hybrid race automotive for Cadillac Racing. “We feel that with his experience and recent successes, it’s a natural fit for Jack Aitken and Pipo Derani. We’re looking forward to getting in some work this winter so we can hit the ground running when we get to Daytona.”