Force Indy: The First Black Owned Race Team In Indy Car Racing

Motorsports coach and manager Rod Reid has announced the development of a Black-owned race team that will be hiring Black engineers, drivers and mechanics to compete at the 2021 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship – the first step towards the NTT IndyCar series.

The team is called Force Indy and they are partnering up with Penske owner Roger Penske to launch the program. Penske shared a few words on the endeavor:

“I started a race team in 1984, and I have always had a desire to have a team of talented individuals who look like me in the professional ranks of the sport,” said Reid, who founded NXG Youth Motorsports, a program that helps minority youth get involved with racing. “I have been in and around the sport for 40 years, and this is just the culmination of years of hard work. I simply cannot wait to see this race team on the track this spring.”

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