It was announced today that Simona De Silvestro will return to action for the KiwiCo.-backed Paretta Autosport-Chevrolet at three rounds this year – Road America in June, followed by Mid-Ohio in July and Nashville in August.
Paretta explained that the #16 entry, which made its debut in last year’s Indianapolis 500, was never going to be re-entered at the Memorial Day Weekend classic at the exclusion of the other events. Given that new technical partner Ed Carpenter Racing is already running three cars at Indy, but only two at the road and street course races, it made sense to work together at events where there would be greater human resources.
“If we were going to do the 500, it was not just the 500,” said Paretta. “In talking to Ed, obviously knowing where is the constraint? We know there’s some challenges with how many people are available, how many cars are available.
“I said, ‘OK, let’s look at an alternate way to do this.’ Honestly, it was a conversation…
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