In addition to Texas, the team will race in the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway September 7. With the two new dates added to the schedule, Luczo Dragon’s #12 Symantec car will compete in at least five races this season, including Infineon Raceway August 24. The team is considering adding even more races throughout the season.

 

"Given the strong performance of the car at the Indy 500, and the exceptional driving displayed by Tomas, we feel that it makes sense to expand our effort this season in order to position LDR as competitively as possible for our full run next year,” Luczo Dragon co-owner Steve Luczo said. “Tomas has won at Texas before and we feel that this is a great opportunity to build on his and the team’s success. "

 

“I am really looking forward to Texas. I am so happy the team has decided to go,” Scheckter said. “I have shot the guns in victory lane there before and I look forward to doing so again in a Luczo Dragon car.”

 

During his IndyCar Series career, Scheckter has proven to be one of the most competitive drivers at Texas Motor Speedway, where he has registered one win, two top five finishes and a series best three poles in eight races. His 371 laps led in Texas rank second all time and his victory over Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2005 was the fourth closest IndyCar finish ever at TMS.

 

Last week, Scheckter started 11^th in Indianapolis and moved into fifth by lap three. He remained in the top five for most of the race. He was in third with just 44 laps to go when a broken driveshaft ended his quest for the title.  

 

“We really have a strong team,” Scheckter said. “We have been getting better and better every weekend. We had impeccable stops at Indy and I look forward to the same kind of performance in Texas.”

 

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