IndyCar: Third Rahal Letterman Lanigan car for 2020 now '50-50'

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing fielding three full-time cars in the 2020 IndyCar season is looking less likely than it did last month.

Last month, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing revealed that they were “close” to getting the funding together to field three full-time entries in the 2020 IndyCar season.

The team have fielded two full-time entries in both of the last two seasons after four consecutive seasons of fielding only one. They last fielded three in the 2006 season.

However, according to team co-owner Bobby Rahal, the possibility of the team fielding three cars on a full-time basis next season is looking less likely than it was, dropping from about 65% to 50%.

Here is what Rahal had to say about the matter, according to Motorsport.

"“We’re about halfway there, and we’re still working on it but some of the things that we thought looked good didn’t turn out that way. We’ve got some money, we’ve found some resource but as we’ve always said, if we can’t do it correctly we’re not going to do it. We’ll just work harder to do it correctly. So I think it’s 50-50 now but it’s only September, there’s still time. We’ll see what happens.“We’ve been looking at both rookies and experienced drivers. Rookie-wise, maybe not so much Indy Lights, but we’re also looking outside our borders. But we’re not close to making an announcement yet. As far as I’m concerned, worst case scenario is to keep building as a two-car team and we’re fine with that. We’re confident that Takuma is set to come back, and Graham’s sponsors are set for several years to come. Best case, we’ll be at three full-time.”"

IndyCar: Third Rahal Letterman Lanigan car for 2020 now ’50-50′

By Asher Fair | Sep 12, 2019

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing fielding three full-time cars in the 2020 IndyCar season is looking less likely than it did last month.