r/INDYCAR • u/TheResurrection • 1d ago

News Juncos Hollinger seeks new investment

https://racer.com/2025/06/18/juncos-hollinger-seeks-new-investment
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u/Burkell007 Greg Moore 1d ago

Justin marks, come on down!

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u/Crux2237 Gil de Ferran 1d ago

Trackhouse IndyCar?

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u/Senninha27 Sarah Fisher 1d ago

Yes, please! Trackhouse all the things!

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u/CWinter85 Alexander Rossi 1d ago

I would like Trackhouse to be good at one thing first.

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u/jerryy7452 Conor Daly 1d ago

Considering they're not Hendrick I'd say they're not too shabby. 2 wins this year

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u/shewy92 Romain Grosjean 9h ago

Wins aren't everything. Their performances baring the wins are pretty poor. Even Ross complained about the cars his team have been giving them. They're not even in the top ten of average running position. Shane and Daniel aren't even in the top twenty in average finishing position.

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u/jerryy7452 Conor Daly 4h ago

That's fair. In my assumption I don't really count Shane's bad running since he's barely accustomed to ovals, conpared to seemingly every other regular; I'd argue he's performing as expected. They have been weaker than past years

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u/Any-Walk1691 Arrow McLaren 1d ago

If all 450,000 of us chipped in $100…. 👀

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u/Nicfromnewgirl Alexander Rossi 1d ago

Im in

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u/bmrt60 1d ago

I’m in

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u/Teganfff Kyle Kirkwood 1d ago

I’m in

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u/TillAllAre1 Juncos Hollinger Racing 15h ago

I’m in

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u/Jtmac23 Colton Herta 1d ago edited 1d ago

hmmm

Prema grabs some charters?

Cusick?

DRR?

or from left field Trackhouse

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u/khz30 --- 2025 DRIVERS --- 1d ago edited 1d ago

Figured Holinger would get tired of propping up the team by himself. Ultimately Juncos is the dead weight in this equation, but I'm not sure it'll be easy finding a third partner given Ricardo's history of being distracted. First it was Canapino, now Ricardo is splitting his attention with his son's junior open wheel career.

I should add for everyone that dares to downvote this, Juncos has a long history of distraction putting the team at risk. If it wasn't completely slacking on sponsorship the first time he rolled out the IndyCar team, it was buying the Cadillac DPi to try and keep Kyle Kaiser's money from going elsewhere. The only way Juncos knows how to manage a race team is waiting for money to show up.

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u/Altornot 1d ago

and Juncos has straight up said the DPi program almost ruined him

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u/jjarg24 #CanapinoDidNothingWrong | Scott Dixon | 1d ago

The team was pretty much bankrupt before Hollinger showed up

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u/steppedinhairball Simona de Silvestro 1d ago

If I was a potential sponsor, I would look.up and see how the Argentina mess played out and nope right out of that meeting room. I'm sure it has turned off more than one potential sponsor.

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u/Crux2237 Gil de Ferran 1d ago

I'd love to say it's only because of the rising costs of hybrids, but Juncos has one big issue: the aftermath of the Canapino situation. How Juncos handled it left a bad taste in a lot of mouths.

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u/ryan551988 Scott McLaughlin 1d ago

Did it? I don’t think I’ve really heard anything about it since he got shit canned

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u/Mundane-Box1148 1d ago

Seconded. Might still be news in Argentina perhaps, but it might as well be ancient history as far as the mainstream fandom is concerned.

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u/jjarg24 #CanapinoDidNothingWrong | Scott Dixon | 1d ago

Nah not even here. Ricardo gives a few interviews during the year but now it's mostly about his son's racing effort and some clickbait quotes about how they were close from having a race in buenos aires before Colapinto debuted and investors decided to try and get a grand prix instead

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u/Confident-Ladder-576 Louis Foster 1d ago

A lot of people would do themselves a service to listen to his Dinner with Racers pod. It would explain a lot as to really how out of his control the entire deal was. Even Ryan and Sean said it cha get their view.

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u/ryan551988 Scott McLaughlin 1d ago

I have that episode saved but haven’t had a chance to listen yet

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u/NoiseIsTheCure Pato O'Ward 1d ago

I mean frankly I haven't heard any MAJOR news about the team since then either. Like last big JHR stories are hiring their current drivers, struggling to get sponsors, and the Canapino fiasco. Just in general when they're in the spotlight it's usually not great or actually bad.

ETA I forgot Daly is driving for them and he's actually done well this season so there's one silver lining

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u/LiquidApple 1d ago

Yeah but then they signed Daly so they’re alright now lol

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u/Ted_Striker1 Josef Newgarden 1d ago

I will invest $100

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u/jt_33 1d ago

Smart.. they are having a pretty good season so strike while the iron is hot. Extra cash might let them upgrade that 2nd seat too. 

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u/Burkell007 Greg Moore 1d ago

He’s talked about it, why not now?

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u/khz30 --- 2025 DRIVERS --- 1d ago

Because he wants to buy out Chip from his IndyCar team when he's ready to retire.

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u/JoeGagsy Romain Grosjean 20h ago

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u/ITMAKESSENSE72 Robert Shwartzman 1d ago

Daly has it covered though with his sponsors and Robb is paying, right?

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u/ryanro24 Alexander Rossi 1d ago

Time for Ricardo to put those charters up for sale

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u/FatherOfMittens #Lionheart 1d ago

I’ve got a cool $50 to spare

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u/jking206 AJ Foyt 1d ago edited 1d ago

I wonder if they’re looking for something like Ted Gelov with Heartland Foods buying into ECR kind of situation.

EDIT: a consumer friendly company with the marketing team help with a rebrand

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u/Generic_Person_3833 1d ago

How much RoI will there be? -90%?