Carmel-based Dreyer & Reinbold signs Conor Daly, returns to full-time IndyCar with Honda engines in 2027
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced Sept. 5, 2026 that Conor Daly has signed a multi‑year deal to drive the team’s No. 24 car full time beginning in the 2027 NTT INDYCAR Series season. The team also said it will run Honda engines and return to full‑time competition for the first time since 2012.
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing held a Sept. 5, 2026 press conference at the final 2026 race at Laguna Seca to announce Conor Daly will pilot the No. 24 entry full time starting in 2027 under a multi‑year agreement. The team said it will field Honda engines for the 2027 campaign and called the move a return to full‑time IndyCar competition.
DRR said it purchased an NTT INDYCAR Series charter from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on July 22 to support its 2027 entry. The release notes Daly has 131 series starts since his 2013 debut, a best series finish of second (Detroit, 2016), a pole at Iowa (2020), a podium at Milwaukee (2024), and two Indy 500 starts with DRR in 2024 and 2026 (10th and 12th), where he led 26 laps and recorded a fastest race lap of 225.126 mph.
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