IRL: Newman Wachs Racing to graduate to IndyCar series?

Eddie Wachs, owner of the Atlantic series’ Newman Wachs Racing is hard at work to move series champion John Edwards and the NWR team along for a greater challenge in IndyCar next season.

After a few seasons running a two-car team in Atlantics, Wachs is ready to embark in the transition to a single-car IndyCar program, but he says if NWR commits to the ICS, they will only do it with a guiding hand from an established outfit.

Wachs says securing the funding necessary to compete in the IndyCar Series remains the biggest hurdle.

Now faced with the prospect of grooming Edwards into an IndyCar driver, the team owner is hoping his relationships with the Nuclear Energy Institute and Entergy will allow him to make his next move.

While Wachs’ maintains NWR’s future direction is still being evaluated, he says they have chosen to test Edwards in an IndyCar soon and if all goes according to plan, the IndyCar Series could also be welcoming a new team.