Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has signed Conor Daly on a multi-year agreement to drive its new full-time No. 24 IndyCar entry from 2027.
The team also confirmed that it will use Honda engines. Dreyer & Reinbold previously raced with Honda power between 2005 and 2011, before its last full IndyCar season in 2012.
The return now has its core sporting package
Dreyer & Reinbold announced in July that it had bought a charter from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for a one-car, full-season return. The Daly and Honda announcement fills two of the most important remaining positions in that programme: driver and engine supplier.
INDYCAR says Daly has made 133 series starts, with a best finish of second at Detroit in 2016 and a pole at Iowa in 2020. He has also driven for Dreyer & Reinbold in the 2024 and 2026 Indianapolis 500s, finishing 10th and 12th respectively.
The existing relationship reduces some of the integration work associated with a new driver, but the scale of a full-season operation is different from an Indianapolis-only entry. The team must support testing, engineering, logistics and race operations across the complete calendar.
Details still to come
Dreyer & Reinbold describes Daly’s contract as multi-year, but has not disclosed its exact length or financial terms. The announcement also does not identify the team’s commercial partners, technical support structure, engineering appointments or testing programme for 2027.
Honda supply is confirmed, although the team has not published further technical or commercial detail about the agreement. Those elements will determine how quickly the returning entry can establish a stable season-long operation.
For now, the charter, driver and engine package gives Dreyer & Reinbold a defined platform for its first full-time IndyCar campaign in 15 years.