Sting Ray Robb has become a consistent presence on the IndyCar grid in recent seasons. The 24-year-old heads into 2026 hunting big results. After many moves, he has found a home with Juncos Hollinger Racing, returning for his second season with the team.
Sting Ray Robb on coming back for a second year with Juncos Hollinger Racing
2025 marked Robb’s arrival with Juncos Hollinger Racing. It was an okay year for the former Indy Pro 2000 winner. He was a consistent presence in the midfield and secured a top 10 finish in Long Beach. It was a solid first year with the team. From Dale Coyne Racing to A.J. Foyt, Robb’s early IndyCar journey has been one of movement and adaptation.
Now, with stability for the first time, he spoke to Pit Debrief and other media outlets about staying with a team for a second season.
“It’s great. I think that it’s nice to come back for a second year with the team because of what I said earlier, just having that continuity, understanding that the pedals are in the right spot, the seat is in the right spot, the steering wheel is in the right spot, everything is comfortable before we even arrive at a racetrack.
“Those seem like little things. They do make a difference. They’re time-consuming, they’re little bugs here and there that you don’t want to have to worry about.
“But from a bigger picture, I think it’s nice not to have false expectations or false hope. We can have real hope and real expectations, which is fun because we know where we’re at, what we’re capable of, and we can prove it.
“So working on those things during the off-season is vastly important, and being able to have that direction from day one of the off-season versus day 60 or whatever it is just allows us more time to get to work.”
Improvement
Sting Ray Robb also elaborates on how he and the team can improve going to the 2026 IndyCar season.
“I don’t know. We haven’t been on the racetrack. We literally haven’t been in a car since August. That’s the hard thing about this series. You look at any other sport in the world, a golfer, for example, he’s probably got thousands of hours hitting the same ball over and over again.
“What have we done? Nothing.
“There are obviously some key things that we can work on: dampers, aero. I can work on myself a little bit. I’ve done some driver coaching during the off-season, which was a bit revealing for me, which is great.
“Those are areas where we were lacking. We want to identify weaknesses, and once you find them, you can work on them. If you think you’re as good as you’re going to be, what’s the point of showing up at the racetrack?
“I think that the biggest thing that we did this off-season was identify those weaknesses and try to negate them as much as we can.”
Sting Ray Robb on qualifying
Qualifying shapes the battlefield before the race even begins. Start near the front and the path to a strong finish becomes far clearer.
Throughout his career, Robb has shown decent race pace, often finishing higher than he started. It suggests that if he maintains his qualifying pace, he will be consistently fighting for top 10s.
Robb talks about improving his IndyCar qualifying pace.
“Qualifying is hugely important. You see issues with cars all the time, where they can come from the back of the field. At Long Beach, I think we started 17th or 18th and finished where we did. It’s not impossible by any means.
“But I did have my best qualifying results of the year last year. It’s just that the consistency wasn’t there. I think just building that consistency in is probably our biggest focus this year. We still need to have those key performances that move us forward, but if we can build in that consistency and shrink that window of performance, so to speak, I think that’s the key part of what we need to do.”
Goals
Robb has clear goals for 2026.
“As far as goals go, I think the easiest thing to do is to look at the results and define expectations based on that. But that’s probably the worst thing we could do, because expectations are a result of the procedures we put in place. I talked about those weaknesses ahead of the season and how we’ve been working on them.
“So I think our goal is to work on those weaknesses and keep uncovering them, and find any other issues in myself, in the team, in the car, whatever it is.
“All those revelations are what’s going to lead to good results. If we do that, the results will come. It’s not a matter of whether we need to work harder or push more, like I was saying earlier. We have to do things the right way, and it will just fall into place.”
What he wants to achieve in 2026
It’s all about improving weaknesses and becoming an all-round package on race day. Sting Ray Robb talks about 2026.
“If I said anything other than winning, would I be accepted as a racing driver? That’s the answer we have to give, no matter what.
“The reality is we need to be more consistent, again, keep working on those weaknesses, and if we do that, then the results will come.
“I’m going to be honest; I said this a second ago. I’m not content with what I’ve done yet. But I can look at the results from different places and say, okay, we’re capable of doing it. Gateway 2024, Indy 500 2024, Long Beach last year, things like that, where it just came together. It didn’t seem any more difficult. It wasn’t that I worked any harder. I didn’t drive any harder, so to speak.”
Winning is not just a goal for Sting Ray Robb, it’s a mindset. As the 2026 IndyCar season approaches, he carries ambition, hunger and the quiet confidence of a driver ready to break through.
