ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT AND HARDING STEINBRENNER RACING ALIGN TO FIELD COLTON HERTA IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES
- Andretti Autosport and Harding Steinbrenner Racing unite for 2020 NTT IndyCar season
- Formation of Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport expands Andretti stable to fifth full-time IndyCar entry
- Colton Herta signed to Andretti to pilot the No. 88 Honda under a multi-year agreement
SALINAS, California – Andretti Autosport announced today that the team will join forces with Harding Steinbrenner Racing via a partnership that will see Andretti field a fifth entry for the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series. The No. 88 Honda will join the Andretti stable under the Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport banner. HSR team principals Mike Harding and George Michael Steinbrenner, IV will join Michael Andretti as leadership partners of the 88 team.
The partnership is born from a successful technical alliance between Andretti Technologies and Harding Steinbrenner Racing, which provided engineering support through the 2019 season. Additionally, the relationship provided a development environment for Colton Herta, who will return to Andretti to pilot the No. 88 as part of a multi-year agreement.
Herta, who climbed the European racing ranks before joining Andretti Autosport for the 2017 and 2018 Indy Lights seasons, currently ranks third in the IndyCar Rookie of the Year standings with one win and five top-10 finishes.
The NTT IndyCar Series has just one race remaining before crowning a 2019 champion. Herta will then join Andretti teammates Alexander Rossi (No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS / AutoNation Honda), Ryan Hunter-Reay (No. 28 DHL Honda), Marco Andretti (No. 98 U.S. Concrete / Curb Honda, Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti and Curb/Agajanian) and Zach Veach (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda) in the fight for the 2020 Astor Cup.
