The 2024 Indy NXT Vice Champion, Jacob Abel is making the step up for a full-time rookie campaign behind the wheel of Dale Coyne Racing’s No. 51 Honda-powered entry in the 2025 IndyCar Series' season. The Kentucky native takes over the role after having previously undergone an evaluation test with Coyne in 2023.
“We are excited about running another Indy NXT by Firestone Vice-Champion here at Dale Coyne Racing,” said team owner Dale Coyne. “We have watched Jacob over the years and did an evaluation test with him at the end of the 2023 season, where he showed great promise in these cars. It will be good to run one driver in the No. 51 car for the whole season, so that we can work on the consistency needed in the highly competitive NTT IndyCar Series. Our plans for our second driver are coming along quite nicely, and we will have more news on that in approximately three weeks.”
