Sting Ray Robb, the 2022 Indy Lights vice champion will return to IndyCar for a third season, as he is set to join JHR for the upcoming 2025 IndyCar campaign. It’s his third different team in three years.
After his rookie season at Dale Coyne, Robb had joined the historical team led by A.J. Foyt in his sophomore year, achieving his best finish ever in the series at Gateway with a P9.
With the team founded by Ricardo Juncos he will have again the chance to drive a Chevrolet-powered car, the machinery in which he has performed better so far in his top single-seater career, building on the experience he gained in the past season at the team led by Michael Cannon.
Robb is extremely thankful to Juncos Hollinger Racing and the whole team for the chance to express his talent after working with them previously in 2020, as he commented on the JHR 2025 IndyCar announcement:
“To be sought out by leaders like Ricardo Juncos & Brad Hollinger and a team as driven as JHR means the world to me.
“We share a vision for what we can achieve together, and I’m honored to contribute to JHR’s continued growth, and I also grow as their driver.
“Excited to see what we accomplish together with our ambition and the ‘power of possibility’!”
Ricardo Juncos, Co-Owner and Founder of JHR:
“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.”
“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.”
Brad Hollinger, Co-Owner of JHR:
“We are delighted to welcome Sting Ray to the team.
“Sting Ray has great talent, and we have full confidence that his skills and determination will help our success this season.
“This partnership represents an exciting evolution for JHR, and we are eager to see what we can achieve together in the year ahead.”
Juncos is still to announce who will partner with the Idaho native starting from the St. Petersburg round in March, with former drivers Romain Grosjean, Agustin Canapino and Conor Daly all scrambling to find the budget to cover a full time IndyCar season.
The former Formula 1 driver has opened up to RACER on the hardships of being a paid driver in such expensive years for the championships, with the already high costs of running a car for the year increased by the mid-season introduction of the hybrid engine system, admitting he is not sure whether or not he’ll be on the grid next year in spite of the positive performances he has put in this year so far:
“It’s all budget. So right now, I’ve got nothing lined up. It is what it is.
“I think last year was probably one of my best seasons, and I may end up not being in the grid next year, just because the marketing has been horrendous for IndyCar, the hybrid has brought the costs to a level that’s unbearable for teams, and that’s the way it is.”
The Frenchman has personally invested much time of his hard earned off season in finding sponsors for 2025, as he wishes to remain a full-time driver in the series:
“I think we built something good that I would like to carry on, and they would like to carry on as well.
“But we need sponsors, so we are actively trying to find money for the car, and then once the car is funded, we can go racing. I’m actively trying hard to find partners for the team,” he said.
“I think of it as kind of my duty to do that and help them. That’s where we are.”
However, Juncos might not be the only option for the former Andretti Global driver, as a reunion with his first ever IndyCar boss Dale Coyne could be in the cards if the required budget to keep car no.77 is not raised.
“I’ve never stopped talking with Dale. I really love him as a person. I always keep in touch, and I’m not a genius, but I think there’s only two teams left on the grid to have discourse.
“There’s a lot of work to be done there at Dale’s team – the last two seasons have been a bit rough.
“But if we cannot pull it off with Juncos, that will be an option as well. Get back at it and build it from where we were before, and hopefully do something good.”
