Juncos Hollinger Racing

Juncos Hollinger Racing
Owner(s)Ricardo Juncos
Brad Hollinger
Principal(s)Ricardo Juncos
BaseIndianapolis, Indiana
SeriesIndyCar Series
Indy NXT
Turismo Carretera
Race driversIndyCar Series:
78. Argentina Agustín Canapino
Indy NXT:
76. Sweden Rasmus Lindh
ManufacturerIndyCar Series: Chevrolet
Opened1997
Career
Debut2017 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Races competed15
Drivers' ChampionshipsIndy NXT:
2015: Spencer Pigot
2017: Kyle Kaiser
Indy Pro 2000 Championship:
2010: Conor Daly
2014: Spencer Pigot
2017: Victor Franzoni
2018: Rinus VeeKay
2020: Sting Ray Robb
Indy 500 victories0
Race victories0
Pole positions0

Juncos Hollinger Racing (/ˈdʒʌŋkoʊs/, Spanish: [ˈxun.kos]), formerly Juncos Racing, is an Argentine-American racing team competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, Indy Lights and Indy Pro 2000 Championship series in the Road to Indy ladder for IndyCar. Owned by Ricardo Juncos, who formed the team in 1997, the team was initially based in Argentina before limited racing opportunities in that country led to the team moving to the United States. The team is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following Williams F1 shareholder Brad Hollinger's entry to the team as partner in 2021, the team was renamed to Juncos Hollinger Racing.

Ricardo Juncos

Ricardo Juncos, founder of the team.

Ricardo Juncos is a second-generation and former Formula Renault driver who grew up with a deep passion and desire for racing. At the age of 14, Juncos made his first steps in the racing community driving karts in Argentina. Through his success in karts, Juncos was able to join the Formula Renault class, competing throughout South America. After funding became difficult, Juncos began working for many race teams to continue his racing career. During this time, Juncos was able to learn all aspects of the car in and out, along with schooling in mechanical and electrical engineering.

Racing history

Argentina to the United States

Stationed in Buenos Aires, Argentina and headed by Ricardo Juncos, Juncos Racing became a full-service formula racing team in 1997. The team competed from 1997 through 2003 in the Formula Renault 1600 Championship, Formula Renault 2000 Championship, and the National Sport Prototype Championship of Argentina In 2003, the team relocated to Miami, Florida as a full-service karting team. During the first few years in the U.S., the team picked up 19 local, regional, and national karting titles. Juncos Racing moved operations north to Indiana, where they developed into a formula open-wheel racing team in 2008. After being formed in 1997 by Ricardo Juncos in Argentina, the team competed from 1997 through 2003 in the Formula Renault 1600 Championship, Formula Renault 2000 Championship, and the National Sport Prototype Championship of Argentina.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

Star Mazda era (2009–2012)

In 2009, the team entered the Star Mazda series. The team was surprisingly strong in its first season, finishing second in the driver’s championship and third in the team championship with driver Peter Dempsey. In 2010 Juncos driver Conor Daly won the Star Mazda Championship, winning seven of the thirteen races. Juncos' other driver Tatiana Calderón finished tenth. In 2011 Daly left the team to advance to the Indy Lights series, and the team replaced him with driver João Victor Horto. Horto would finish the season fourth and Calderón sixth. Calderón finished third in the race at Barber Motorsports Park, becoming the first woman to achieve a podium finish in the series.

In 2012 Calderón left to race in the Formula Three series in Europe. Horto and Juncos moved up to the Indy Lights series on a limited basis, while the team signed Connor De Phillippi, Bruno Palli, Martin Scuncio, and Diego Ferreira for their Star Mazda cars. De Phillippi would win two races and finish fourth, while Scuncio would win one race and finish eighth after missing the season finale. Ferreira would finish sixth and Palli twelfth. Ferreira was named "Most Improved Driver of the Year.

Pro Mazda Championship era (2013–2018)

In 2013, the team would enter Ferreira and Scott Anderson in the series, now renamed the Pro Mazda Championship. Ferreira would finish second behind a dominant Matthew Brabham. Anderson finished fifth.

For 2014 the team entered four cars full-time in the series, driven by Spencer Pigot, Kyle Kaiser, Julia Ballario, and Jose Gutierrez. Juncos Racing started the year off on a high note, winning the Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship in both the team and driver (Spencer Pigot) championship. Pigot went on to win six of the fourteen races en route to a championship. Kyle Kaiser and Jose Gutierrez both took wins in the season finale at Sonoma. For 2015, Gutierrez returned to the team along with new drivers Will Owen, Timothé Buret and Garett Grist, who moved over from Andretti Autosport.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship era (2019–2022)

In 2019, the championship was rebranded into "Indy Pro 2000", following the departure of Mazda. The team would win the teams' championship that year, with Swedish driver Rasmus Lindh narrowly missing the top spot in the drivers' championship, finishing only 2 points behind champion Kyle Kirkwood.

The team's 2020 season saw American driver Sting Ray Robb clinch the drivers' title with two races remaining in the season.

Indy NXT

The team made its first attempt to field a car in the Indy Lights series (the next series above Pro-Mazda) in 2012, with one car which was limited to six of the twelve races with three different drivers taking the wheel.

In November 2014, the team announced it would be fielding two cars full-time in the series for 2015 and would be elevating drivers Spencer Pigot and Kyle Kaiser from Pro Mazda to be the drivers. Pigot began the 2015 season with five straight podium appearances, including winning both races of the doubleheader at Barber Motorsports Park. With six wins and nine podiums in 16 races, he was crowned champion over Jack Harvey and Ed Jones.

The organization secured their second championship with Kyle Kaiser in 2017 after he obtained three wins and eight podiums, which earned Kaiser a $1 million scholarship to participate in the 2018 IndyCar Series.

IndyCar Series

First stint in the series (2017–2019)

In May 2015, Ricardo Juncos announced the team would be building a new facility in Speedway, Indiana (home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), with the intention of future participation in the IndyCar Series. The facility, called the Juncos Technical Center, would cost three million dollars and be 41,000 square feet in size. On May 9, 2017 it was announced that Spencer Pigot would rejoin Juncos for its IndyCar debut at the 2017 Indianapolis 500. The following day, the team announced veteran Sebastián Saavedra would drive a second entry for the team.

At the 2019 Indianapolis 500 Kyle Kaiser managed to qualify the team's lone entry onto the last spot for the starting lineup. While the team successfully qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was not insignificant in itself, Kaiser and Juncos' effort is best remembered for knocking two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso out of the starting line up for the Indianapolis 500, ending Alonso's joint McLaren/Carlin effort and creating one of the more notable underdog stories in the long history of racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Return to IndyCar Series (2021–present)

The team did not participate in the 2020 season, citing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason. For the 2021 Indianapolis 500 Juncos leased their chassis to Paretta Autosport on behalf of Team Penske, with Simona De Silvestro driving the car. De Silvestro managed to qualify the Juncos car in the last available spot for the Indianapolis 500 but ultimately retired from the race.

Following investment by new team co-owner Brad Hollinger, Juncos was renamed to Juncos Hollinger Racing and returned to the series with a single entry for the last three races of the 2021 season, starting from the Grand Prix of Portland. On September 10, 2021, 2020 Formula 2 Championship runner-up and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver Callum Ilott was announced as their driver for the remaining three rounds of the 2021 season, after initially being confirmed only for one race. He would finish 25th on his IndyCar debut, completing only 77 out of 110 laps due to a mechanical issue mid-race.

Juncos Hollinger Racing returned full-time in 2022, after the purchase of assets previously owned by Carlin. Ilott continued to race the No. 77 entry in all races except for the Detroit Grand Prix, as he was recovering from injuries sustained in the previous week's Indianapolis 500, with Santino Ferrucci standing in for the Detroit round. Ilott would return to the No. 77 from the Road America race until the end of the season, finishing 20th in the championship.

In September 2022, the team confirmed an expansion to a two-car entry for the 2023 season. In January 2023, four-time Turismo Carretera champion Agustín Canapino was announced as JHR's second full-time driver in the No. 78 car.

On October 26, 2023, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the departure of driver Callum Ilott. In a statement, the team said, "After a period of collaboration and shared goals, both parties have mutually decided to part ways, effective immediately. Juncos Hollinger Racing would like to express its sincere appreciation for his contributions over the last two years."

Drivers

IndyCar Series (2017–2019; 2021–present)

Indy NXT (2012, 2015–2019, 2021, 2023–present)

Indy Pro 2000 Championship (2009–2022)

Complete series results

IndyCar Series

(key)

IndyCar Series results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Pos Pos
2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Spencer Pigot 11 18 20th 218
Colombia Sebastián Saavedra1 17 15 26th 80
2018 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT POR SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Austria René Binder (R) 32 22 16 21 22 17 21 28th 61
United States Kyle Kaiser (R) 21 16 19 29 30th 45
Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. (R) 20 17 36th 23
2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Kyle Kaiser  R  32 18 31 32nd 22
2021 ALA STP TXS IMS INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IMS GAT POR LAG LBH
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  77 25 22 26 38th 18
2022 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IMS NSH GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  77 19 16L 24 25 8 32 11 23 14 12 11 14 15 21 9L 26L 20th 219
United States Santino Ferrucci 21 28th 71
2023 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW NSH IMS GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United Kingdom Callum Ilott 77 5 9 19 13 18 12 27 18 16 18 15 14 12 17 27 15 5 16th 266
Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  78 12 12 25 26 21 26 14 19 23 12 16 26 20 21 22 26 14 21st 180

* Season still in progress

  1. ^ In conjunction with AFS Racing.

Indy NXT

(key)

Indy NXT results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points Position
2012 STP ALA LBH INDY DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Brazil João Victor Horto (R) 86 13 7 7 69 15th
Venezuela Bruno Palli (R) 7 26 24th
United States Chase Austin (R) 8 44 17th
87 10
2015 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY TOR MIL IOW MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 United States Spencer Pigot (R) 12 3 3 2 1* 1* 7 12 9 1* 1* 7 8 8 3 1* 1* 357 344 1st 3rd
United States Kyle Kaiser (R) 18 5 5 12 8 12 12 6 5 3 9 9 4 4 11 2 10 237 6th
2016 STP PHX ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO WGL LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo (R) 13 11 16 11 5 7 13 14 13 5 4 8 13 13 7 7 9 12 7 199 275 9th 5th
United States Kyle Kaiser 18 3 2 1* 15 6 6 3 16 6 6 6 3 3 9 6 4 1* 3 334 3rd
2017 STP ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO GAT WGL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 United States Kyle Kaiser 18 6 4 2 2 3 1* 9 3 2 5 1* 1 12 12 4 7 330 282 1st 4th
Argentina Nicolas Dapero (R) 31 9 8 9 6 11 8 12 14 12 12 7 7 14 8 5 8 187 13th
2018 STP ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO GAT POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 Mexico Alfonso Celis Jr. (R) 7 7 8 27 291 11th 3rd
South Korea Heamin Choi 8 6 28 10th
Brazil Victor Franzoni (R) 23 4 4 4 2 6 3 8 3 1* 6 6 7 4 6 6 3 5 341 5th
2019 STP COTA IMS INDY ROA TOR MDO GMP POR LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay (R) 21 5 1* 2 4 3 1* 3 7 1* 3 9 3 3 2* 1* 2 1* 1* 465 432 2nd 2nd
Canada Dalton Kellett 67 10 8 9 9 8 7 5 8 7 8 3 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 275 7th
2021 ALA STP IMS DET ROA MDO1 GAT POR LAG MDO2 D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 United States Sting Ray Robb (R) 2 8 8 6 13 9 10 10 10 8 9 11 10 12 11 9 11 6 9 5 7 249 324 8th 3rd
United Kingdom Toby Sowery 51 4 4 13 9 3 2 3 4 5 13 6 6 11 8 236 9th
Sweden Rasmus Lindh (R) 7 9 5 7 10 8 81 14th

Star Mazda/Pro Mazda/Indy Pro 2000 Championship

(key)

Indy Pro 2000 Championship results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Position
2009 SEB VIR UTA NJMP MIL IOW ACC TRO MOS ATL LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 3 4 1 1 1 13 4 1 20 461 2nd
Canada Michael Furfari (R) 13 12 25 9 7 11 10 8 8 6 8 13 13 9 329 9th
United States Walt Bowlin1 23 25 20 25 22 23 15 17 17 124 25th
(112)1 (3rd)1
United States Sean Burstyn (R) 61 20 23 14 20 19 13 5 18 9 184 19th
Japan Toshi Deki2 (R) 80 15 15 14 237 14th
(172)2 (2nd)2
2010 SEB STP LAG IRP IOW NJMP ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis United States Conor Daly 22 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 539 324 1st 2nd
Colombia Tatiana Calderón (R) 25 20 19 9 11 12 11 9 7 11 9 8 16 11 320 10th
Chile Martin Scuncio (R) 60 4 NC
United States Sean Burstyn 61 15 NC
United States Rusty Mitchell 66 10 20 10 13 6 8 5 9 12 350 9th
United States Hayden Duerson 94 18 20 34 26th
2011 STP ALA IRP MIL IOW MOS TRO SNM BAL LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Brazil João Victor Horto 7 14 4 5 7 2 1 2 4 6 3 6 375 274 4th 2nd
Colombia Tatiana Calderón 10 18 3 9 9 5 3 12 8 5 8 7 322 6th
United States Gustavo Menezes (R) 28 8 7 7 5 3 6 6 6 9 4 15 297 8th
United States Richard Heistand (R) 39 9 16 47 19th
Chile Martin Scuncio 60 2 11 6 2 12 9 187 13th
2012 STP ALA IRP IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL LAG ATL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis United States Connor De Phillippi 2 1 5 5 3 1 3 7 16 6 13 3 13 2 3 3 3 3 325 416 4th 2nd
Venezuela Bruno Palli (R) 15 14 15 13 20 14 7 10 15 18 12 10 17 10 7 20 10 5 146 12th
Chile Martin Scuncio 22 6 6 4 1 4 2 17 7 4 15 6 5 18 17 9 11 232 8th
Venezuela Diego Ferreira (R) 57 7 9 9 7 10 8 5 5 10 11 16 15 5 5 4 4 4 235 6th
2013 COTA STP IRP MIL TOR MOS MDO TRO HOU D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Mexico José Gutierrez (R) 2 10 10 10 10 377 NC 2nd
Argentina Julia Ballario (R) 3 9 11 9 7 NC
United States Scott Anderson 44 6 4 8 7 5 5 10 9 4 2 16 6 4 4 6 7 245 5th
Venezuela Diego Ferreira 57 1* 2 3 2 6 6 2 2 6 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 357 2nd
2014 STP ALA IMS IRP HOU MDO MIL SNM D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Mexico José Gutierrez 5 20 9 9 9 7 3 9 7 8 5 4 9 11 1 201 375 7th 1st
Argentina Julia Ballario 6 11 7 20 14 10 7 12 4 10 15 11 6 10 8 152 11th
United States Spencer Pigot 7 1* 1* 1* 1* 8 8 3 9* 1* 4 6 1* 21 5 309 1st
United States Kyle Kaiser (R) 18 2 2 3 5 13 5 8 8 15 12 7 10 1 DSQ 211 6th
2015 STP NOLA ALA IMS IRP TOR IOW MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Canada Garett Grist 5 11 6 11 C 7 3 5 6 8 4 5 1* 11 4 9 1* 1* 294 426 3rd 1st
France Timothé Buret (R) 6 17 13 3 C 2 8 2 1* 3 12 3 7 9 3 2 11 7 281 5th
Mexico José Gutierrez 7 5 2 8 C 16 16 12 7 4 5 16 5 6 12 10 4 8 216 9th
United States Will Owen (R) 23 8 8 13 C 9 4 8 8 2 2 15 8 10 8 5 3 4 243 7th
2016 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Australia Jake Parsons (R) 00 8 5 10 9 3 6 4 6 9 3 5 4 7 5 12 5 258 445 6th 2nd
Canada Garett Grist 5 6 8 3 3 4 5 2 133 8th
United States Will Owen 23 9 6 5 4 2 3 6 3 3 4 4 3 2 11 2 2 317 4th
Argentina Nicolas Dapero (R) 31 10 10 7 7 8 8 3 2 5 5 9 5 8 3 1* 3 278 5th
2017 STP IMS ROA MDO GAT WGL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Brazil Victor Franzoni 23 2 2 1* 1* 1* 2 2 1 2 1* 1* 1* 351 372 1st 2nd
United States Jeff Green (R) 60 13 9 10 13 6 5 13 13 10 5 11 10 151 8th
2018 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO GAT POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus PM-18 Mazda MZR-R PM18At Brazil Carlos Cunha 1 4 3 10 3 4 2* 2 6 6 2 10 4 12 252 477 6th 1st
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay (R) 2 1 1* 5 4 3 14 4 5 5 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 2 412 1st
United States Robert Megennis 9 3 16 14 6 14 8 3 8 10 12 3 3 2 2 5 7 269 5th
2019 STP IMS LOR ROA TOR MDO GMP POR LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus PM-18 Mazda MZR-R PM18At United States Sting Ray Robb 2 3 5 4 2 2 7 10 11 5 5 2 5 8 2 2 6 323 442 4th 1st
Sweden Rasmus Lindh (R) 10 2 4 1 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 5 3 3 1 417 2nd
2020 ROA MDO LOR WWTR IMS MDO NJMP STP D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus PM-18 Mazda MZR-R PM18At United States Sting Ray Robb 2 5 2 10 3 1 6 4 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 5 437 451 1st 1st
Russia Artem Petrov (R) 42 13 1 5 1* 8 9 3 10 3 3 5 4 5 3 11 3 9 326 4th
United States Nate Aranda (R) 69 9 9 12 10 13 DNS 9 9 12 109 13th
2021 ALA STP IMS IRP ROA MOH1 GMP NJMP MOH2 D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus PM-18 Mazda MZR-R PM18At Barbados Kyffin Simpson (R) 21 11 17 10 14 4 3 6 8 11 3 7 3 11 10 8 7 231 384 8th 2nd
Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 22 DSQ 8 5 2 9 11 8 3 1* 7 12 7 7 Wth Wth Wth 214 10th
Pakistan Enaam Ahmed (R) 8 2 138 12th
United States Reece Gold (R) 55 3 13 6 3 3 4 2 2* 5 2 6 4 8 1* 4 10 4 11 366 5th
2022 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR GMP POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus IP-22 Mazda MZR-R PM18At Pakistan Enaam Ahmed 47 2 13 3 4 5 15 5 4 3 4 6 4 2 7 7 3 4 4 338 419 3rd 1st
United States Reece Gold 55 7 10 1* 5 4 1* 15 2* 6 5 7 6 4 2 6 2 1* 1* 390 2nd
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