Wilson is 33rd 500 entry with Dragonspeed

Us-based Briton Stefan Wilson will compete in the Indianapolis 500 this month for a fourth time – and his entry brings the field at last to the traditional ‘magic’ 33-car mark.

Wilson has joined forces with Dragonspeed and Cusick Motorsports, the team of entrepreneur Don Cusick who backs Wilson in the four Michelin Endurance Cup rounds of the IMSA Sportscar Championship, where he is racing a Porsche. The Chevrolet-powered equipment is being supplied by AJ Foyt Racing.

Dragonspeed competed at the Indy 500 in 2019 and 2020, and got Wilson’s fellow Yorkshireman Ben Hanley into the show on race day on both occasions.

Dragonspeed boss Elton Julian said: “This means so much to us. Putting this programme together with Don Cusick, Stefan Wilson and the Cusick Motorsports partner group brings us back to Indy even earlier than we hoped, and a step closer to becoming a full-time Indycar team.”

Wilson, a former Mclaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and younger brother of the late Justin, has a best Indy 500 finish of 15th to his credit from 2018.