Justin Marks reveals Trackhouse Racing could attempt Rolex 24 at Daytona, Indy 500
Justin Marks is ready to put Trackhouse Racing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Indy 500 in the foreseeable future. While appearing on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the Trackhouse owner talked to Kevin Harvick about potentially putting a car in the Rolex 24 and Indy 500.
“I would love to put a Trackhouse car in the Rolex 24,” Marks said. “I think now that we’ve got sort of a group of athletes to be able to fill out a car, I think that’s a very real possibility. It’s now been a secret that the Indianapolis 500 is a race that I think is important for the Trackhouse brand to be at. We’re working on that right now.
“…We have a very unique promotional marketing program built out for doing something like that. We just have to find the right partner. I’m not going to buy a car and start an IndyCar team. So it’s got to be the right partner.”
Marks added: “Those are the types of things that will move the needle for Trackhouse. We’re not going to do things just to do it. …That’s how I think about growing the business, and it was just exploring things that continue to be uniquely Trackhouse.”
Justin Marks reacts to adding Shane van Gisbergen to full-time Cup Series roster
It seems like things are looking good for Trackhouse as it ends the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season. One of its drivers, Daniel Suárez, has advanced to the second round of the playoffs, and the team recently announced that Shane van Gisbergen will drive full-time in the Cup Series in 2025.
“This is obviously a huge moment,” Marks said about van Gisbergen in August. “Really, really thrilled and excited that Shane put the trust in us and made a huge commitment in leaving a very successful career in Australia and New Zealand and moved to a new country and sort of (started) over and put his faith and his trust in us. That means a lot to us. And he’s put in a tremendous amount of work. Great human being, very, very talented race car driver, and somebody with an incredibly, incredibly bright future. So we’re very excited to have them here.”