Pagenaud will join MSR’s new full-time line-up of Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist, as well as its endurance ‘third man’ Helio Castroneves, who will also be Pagenaud’s team-mate in the squad’s IndyCar team this year.
For Pagenaud, who was an ace in the now-defunct American Le Mans Series before joining the IndyCar Series and also drove the Acura in IMSA endurance events under the Team Penske banner, it will mark the eighth time he has competed in the Daytona 24 Hours. For Meyer Shank Racing, this will be the 19th entry in the Daytona classic.
“I love starting the year with one of the biggest challenges of the year in the 24 Hour At Daytona,” said Pagenaud, who last year drove Action Express Racing’s second Cadillac with Kamui Kobayashi and Jimmie Johnson in the IMSA enduros. “It’s a race I came close to winning many times, just like the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the past.
“I am looking forward to racing with my new team MSR in endurance racing which is my roots…
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