There was never any doubt that Meyer Shank Racing and Felix Rosenqvist would continue their relationship into 2025, and thanks to a new contract extension, the Swede, who posted MSR’s most competitive season to date, has the security of knowing he’ll be in the No. 60 for years to come.
For Rosenqvist, who moved to the team from Arrow McLaren ahead of the 2024 season, the extension speaks to the faith team owners Mike Shank and Jim Meyer have in the 32-year-old.
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“We’ve extended him for a couple more years,” Shank told RACER. “He did everything we asked of him. We, as a team, made a 30 or 40 percent gain in our performance this year. Between the two cars, we were in the top six in qualifying, if you include (the non-points) Thermal race, 15 times. Last year it was zero.”
The Ohio-based team starts a new technical alliance with Chip Ganassi Racing — winners of four of the last five championships — which reunites Rosenqvist via MSR with his first IndyCar team. Rosenqvist’s teammate will be announced at a later date.
“The only thing we’re missing is the big finishes, but we’re getting there,” Shank said. “And I’m confident with Felix here and this new deal we’ve got going for us, it’s going to start happening.”