INDIANAPOLIS – IndyCar team owner Beth Paretta announced Tuesday that she intends to bring her all-female team to three races this season but has no intention of competing at the Indianapolis 500 next month. .
Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro will drive the Chevrolet #16 at all three stops – June 12 at Road America in Wisconsin, July 3 in Mid-Ohio and August 7 on the streets of Nashville.
Last May, Paretta Autosport worked with series producer Team Penske to get de Silvestro’s car into the Indy 500. This year, Paretta is working with Ed Carpenter Racing, which had intended to run three car in the marquee race of the series.
Paretta said running three times rather than once with the fourth car in the Carpenter team was a better investment in her goal of making her team a full-time participant in the series.
The quest to be the first all-female team to qualify for the 500 was one of last year’s most intriguing stories. Despite struggling to get up to speed, De Silvestro survived a painful “collision day”, the final day of qualifying, to claim the 33rd and final starting place in the traditional field. . She finished 31st.
Thirty-two cars are currently being imported for 500 this year although Mark Miles, CEO of parent company Penske Entertainment, said he hopes there will be enough vehicles to fill the sector and possibly the car. 34th.
