IndyCar: Will RC Enerson drive for Carlin in the 2019 season?

RC Enerson does not have a ride lined up for the 2019 IndyCar season, but he is set to test for Carlin at Circuit of the Americas. Will he drive for the team this year?

Carlin recently confirmed that Max Chilton is set to return to the team for the second season in what is set to be their second season of IndyCar competition. He is set to drive the #59 Chevrolet on a full-time basis just like he did last season.

The Delray Beach, Florida-based team also confirmed that Charlie Kimball is set to return to the team for the second season in 2019. However, unlike last season when he drove the #23 Chevrolet on a full-time basis, he is set to drive the #23 Chevrolet on a part-time basis this season.

The 34-year-old Camarillo, California native is set to drive the #23 Chevrolet in five of the 17 races on the 2019 schedule, meaning that there are 12 races for which Carlin have not yet confirmed who Chilton’s teammate will be.

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Will RC Enerson end up driving the #23 Chevrolet in any or all of these 12 races?

The entry list for IndyCar’s “Spring Training” test sessions at Circuit of the Americas was just released. Carlin are set to field two entries for these four sessions, of which two are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 12 and two are scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 13. One of Carlin’s cars is set to be driven by Chilton in these four sessions while the other is set to be driven by Enerson, who test drove for the team at Circuit of the Americas late this past October.

The 2019 season is scheduled to get underway in just over four weeks, and with Carlin still needing to fill one of their two seats for more than two-thirds of the schedule, it is a possibility, and the fact that Enerson is set to test for the team at Circuit of the Americas next week coupled with the fact that he tested for them earlier in the offseason makes it a good possibility.

Enerson has not driven in IndyCar since he made his first three career starts in the series back in the 2016 season. He drove the #19 Dale Coyne Racing Honda in the races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Watkins Glen International and Sonoma Raceway, and he finished in 19th, ninth and 19th place, respectively.

The 21-year-old New Port Richey, Florida competed in these races after driving full-time in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, driving full-time in Indy Lights in the 2015 season and driving in the first half of the 2016 Indy Lights season. He recorded five victories in 27 career U.S. F2000 starts and one victory in 24 career Indy Lights starts.

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Will RC Enerson end up driving the #23 Carlin Chevrolet at any point throughout the course of the 2019 IndyCar season? With the season scheduled to get underway in just over one month, expect to know the answer to this question in the near future.