ECR hires Hunter McElrea as IndyCar reserve driver

Staff reserve drivers have not really been a thing IndyCar like they are in F1 for reasons that are surely financial as well as cultural, but that’s starting to change. Hunter McElrea only has one IndyCar start, and it didn’t go great, but he was runner up in the 2023 IndyNXT championship and a heavily decorated IMSA sports car driver, so it definitely seems like a good idea to have him around the paddock.