2012 IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay believes he has plenty more to give in the series and feels he isn't quite done yet, aiming to stay on in the series into the next decade.
The Texan driver feels as if he is still driving at the top level and can compete for further championships despite having no higher than fourth in the standings since his title-winning season in 2012.
Despite his age, the #28 DHL Andretti Autosport driver feels that isn't a barrier to stop him racing onwards for what he suggested as "seven more years".
When asked about his future and how long he plans to continue racing at the Victory Lap end of season celebrations, Hunter Reay told IndyCar.com. "I would love to say seven years more, I turn 38 this offseason, so I have plenty more in me. I’ll take it as I go.
"My contract runs through the end of 2020, and I’m confident I’ll be competing for championships through that, so I think there’s more beyond that. How far that goes, I don’t know. You take it as you go. I still feel like a kid."
In 2018 the Andretti Autosport driver managed to crack a 42-race winless streak at the second race in Detroit which went back to the 2015 ABC Supply 500 at Pocono where he beat Josef Newgarden and Juan Pablo Montoya to the top step of the podium.
Hunter-Reay also looked in imperious form at the final race of the season in Sonoma, dominating the race ahead of the newly-crowned five-time series champion Scott Dixon.
Evaluating his own season, the Texan added: "We had two firsts and four seconds, any time we didn’t have an issue, we finished at worst fifth.
"Yeah, it was a good season. We need to trim off the DNFs or the bad results. We were a championship contender this year.
“We push each other very hard, and that brings our game up. All four of the teammates at Andretti Autosport constantly push each other."
"We know what we need to do to fix that for next year so we can be fighting for the championship at Laguna.”
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