As expected, Panther Racing announced today that veteran Oriol Servia will drive the team’s No. 4 National Guard Chevrolet both at Texas Motor Speedway and during the June 23rd event at Iowa Speedway.
Servia became available after his former team Dreyer & Reinbold announced that it was suspending its racing operations after last month’s Indianapolis 500 due to a lack of funding.
The Catalan was an obvious choice having been the driver of DRR for the last two seasons which already had a technical partnership with Panther Racing.
Servia is presently 8th in the standings with more than 179 starts in major open wheel racing over a career that saw him race in CART, ChampCar and Indycar.
Ryan Briscoe, who was on duty last week-end in Detroit is expected to be back also.
In the meantime, Panther is not expected to name a full-time replacement for the remainder of the 2013 season but it could take this occasion to test a number of drivers to assess who could become the best option for the squad and for its sponsor National Guard for the coming years.
Servia became available after his former team Dreyer & Reinbold announced that it was suspending its racing operations after last month’s Indianapolis 500 due to a lack of funding.
The Catalan was an obvious choice having been the driver of DRR for the last two seasons which already had a technical partnership with Panther Racing.
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Servia is presently 8th in the standings with more than 179 starts in major open wheel racing over a career that saw him race in CART, ChampCar and Indycar.
Ryan Briscoe, who was on duty last week-end in Detroit is expected to be back also.
In the meantime, Panther is not expected to name a full-time replacement for the remainder of the 2013 season but it could take this occasion to test a number of drivers to assess who could become the best option for the squad and for its sponsor National Guard for the coming years.