Pratt Miller sizing up potential IndyCar entry

DETROIT STREET CIRCUIT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JUNE 04: #10: Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, #3: Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske Chevrolet lead at the start at Detroit Street Circuit on Sunday June 04, 2023, United States of America. (Photo by Jake Galstad / LAT Images)

One of the greatest teams in modern North American racing wants to add its name to the list of NTT IndyCar Series entrants in the coming years.

Michigan-based Pratt Miller Engineering, whose team has built and run the factory Corvette Racing program since its inception in the late 1990s, is developing a plan that would bring its Pratt Miller Motorsports division into the IndyCar paddock as a competitor.

“We’re still working through what’s required on the business and technical side of things, but we feel there’s a really good opportunity for us to be in IndyCar in the next couple of years,” Pratt Miller Motorsports VP Brandon Widmer told RACER. “We’re not going to rush into it. We’re looking for the right opportunity for us, and we want to put together a program that’s competitive so we can be racing for wins and championships.”

Separate from its countless wins, championships, and international success for General Motors with Corvette, Pratt

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