Dale Coyne Racing is expected to end its IndyCar partnership with Vasser-Sullivan this offseason, leaving the latter to search for a partner in order to continue fielding an entry in 2022.
The two outfits first teamed up for the 2018 season, with Sebastien Bourdais taking a race win on the streets of St. Petersburg in their initial pairing.
According to RACER, Coyne will announce HMD Motorsports as the new partner for the #18 entry in the near future.
HMD Motorsports currently runs an Indy Lights team, and is owned by Henry Malukas, the father of last season’s Indy Lights runner up David Malukas.
Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan are understood to be in talks with other IndyCar teams to strike up a new partnership entry similar to their previous deal.
The long-term plan for Vasser and Sullivan is to build enough resources to field their own entry in future years.
The future of Ed Jones, who drove the Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan entry last season and logged three top 10 finishes, is not known at this time.
Dale Coyne Racing is also losing its star driver Romain Grosjean to Andretti Autosport for next season, and has not yet made public the replacement for the #51 standalone entry.
Official announcements regarding the end of the partnership have not yet been made.
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