NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver Jack Harvey says it will be a bit of a change for him at the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in 2025.
It was announced on Wednesday that Harvey will partner Ryan Hunter-Reay at Dreyer and Reinbold Racing with Cusick Motorsports for next years Indy 500.
It will be the first time in Harvey’s career in INDYCAR that he will compete in a Chevrolet-powered INDYCAR having previously drive for Honda teams.
Speaking to Paddock Eye on Wednesday Harvey said:
Someone actually said to me the other day, Have you ever driven a Chevy? I said, No.
Every practice session I’ve gotten in the seat of an INDYCAR, it’s always been powered by Honda. Obviously it’s going to be a little bit of a change. I know there’s some differences in delivery of the power of the car, drivability aspect.
Again, I’ve had so much respect for everybody at Chevrolet, their motorsports program, it was just another part of this. It was an exciting new step, new experience for sure heading into May. I certainly don’t see it as something that’s going to be handicapping or anything.
I think having driven with the hybrid on ovals this past season, hopefully it’s a nice feather in my cap into what to expect at least from that side. How we apply it to Indy, how Chevy go about their use of the hybrid obviously is going to be a little bit of a learning curve.
I was just excited to get onboard, do a race with them. I think when you’ve been competitive with people for so long, it feels like there’s a lot of mutual respect there. Sometimes it’s nice to get the opportunity to work together at some point go from there.
I think the relationship between Honda and Chevy I think is actually very healthy, very competitive. I think it’s just great. The more parties… Just excited to get the chance to race for Chevy