THERMAL, CA. (November 17, 2022) – Cusick Motorsports is proud to announce the team’s return to the Indianapolis 500 in 2023 alongside Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, with Stefan Wilson behind the wheel of the No. 24 Chevrolet-powered entry. The 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 will mark Cusick Motorsports’ third year at The Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the first year partnered with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. The effort will be further boosted with the announcement of CareKeepers, a new national company providing companionship and care, safe transportation services, medical alert devices and monitoring for seniors, as the co-primary partner.
Founded in 2021, Cusick Motorsports was created by Don Cusick as a business-to-business and marketing incubator-an avenue to create meaningful relationships through motorsports. Cusick Motorsports will see several of its key partners return for 2023, including LOHLA SPORT, Gnarly Jerky, Sierra Pacific Windows, Jay Paul Company’s 181 Fremont and Mr. and Mrs. James Lowes. CareKeepers will join the effort as the co-primary partner, and Mosaic Animal Care Group, Romak Iron Works and The Thermal Club will also appear on the No. 24 entry.
Cusick Motorsports is excited to note that today’s announcement comes from the Thermal Club in California, the team’s headquarters and home track on the west coast. The Thermal Club will host NTT INDYCAR SERIES action for the first time in 2023 with pre-season testing taking place at the first-class racing resort in February.
“As soon as the checkered flag fell on the Indy 500 this year, we set out to find the best possible partner for the future,” said Don Cusick, Founder and CEO of Cusick Motorsports. “We have immense respect for what Dreyer & Reinbold Racing have done both on and off track over the years and quickly identified them as our ideal partner for this endeavor. We couldn’t be happier to partner with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, along with several long-standing and new partners in CareKeepers, Sierra Pacific Windows, Jay Paul Company’s 181 Fremont, Gnarly Jerky, LOHLA SPORT, Romak Iron Works, Mosaic Animal Care, The Thermal Club and Mr. and Mrs. James Lowes. We’ve created a special relationship with our partners and Stefan Wilson over the last two years – joining forces with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will have a significant impact as we move forward.”
Partnered with Cusick Motorsports since 2021, Wilson will step back into the driver’s seat in 2023, where the British driver is set to make his fifth Indianapolis 500 attempt. To date, the 33-year-old has a career-best finish of 15th at the 2018 Indianapolis 500 where he led with four laps remaining in the historic event. Earlier this year, Cusick Motorsports and Wilson entered the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA and earned a top-10 finish in the GTD class in their debut. Wilson’s racing resume also includes two Indy Lights wins, a top-10 finish in the 12 Hours of Sebring and he was the recipient of the 2007 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.
“I’ve been very impressed with how hard Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has worked at and focused on the Indy 500,” said Wilson. “It’s such an honor for me to join them in partnership with Cusick Motorsports and work on our collective goal of trying to win the Indy 500. There’s a great opportunity here for us to all grow together. I hope this leads to more 500’s, and maybe even more races together. There’s history here with this team. Justin [Wilson, Stefan’s late older brother] spent two years with DRR back in 2010-2011 and secured podiums. I got to know Dennis (Reinbold), Brett De Bord and Chase Selman really well back then, so it just feels great to be rejoining them in a sense. I also have to say a big thank you to Don Cusick, who has put more faith in me than anybody else in my career. I’m honored to represent Cusick Motorsports and all our partners and will do my utmost to make the most of this fantastic opportunity.”
As a team tenured in the Indianapolis 500 and NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has been competing in the famed 500-mile event since 2000 and qualified 45 cars over its course of competition. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Stefan Wilson have a family tie together as Wilson’s late brother, Justin, drove as a full-time entry for the team in the 2010 and 2011 seasons in the IndyCar Series.
“I am excited about our new partnership with Cusick Motorsports and Stefan Wilson,” said Dennis Reinbold, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team owner. “Stefan and Don Cusick have been enjoyable to work with and we are focused on achieving success on and off the track at the speedway. We are coming off top-10 finishes for the past two years and believe Stefan can replicate that and fight his way to the front.”
In May 2023, fans will see a new, national brand represented as the co-primary partner on the No. 24 entry: CareKeepers. CareKeepers provides caregiver referrals and placement, emergency medical alert devices with GPS monitoring, and special needs transportation services to individuals nationwide. CareKeepers brings over 30 years of experience and industry knowledge to help families understand all their options to determine the best course of action for their loved ones.
“We’re excited to accelerate our strategic growth in partnership with Stefan Wilson, Cusick Motorsports and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing,” said Gary Tennyson, CEO of CareKeepers.”There’s no better way to launch a company brand than with the attention given to the Indianapolis 500. We’ve been partnering with Stefan for many years through some of our other portfolio companies and it’s been an absolute honor to work with a group that has true integrity and concern for the representation of our brands. All our portfolio companies speed your access to healthcare, and there’s nothing more synonymous with speed than the Indianapolis 500. We’re looking forward to the Month of May.”
CareKeepers’ goal is to allow seniors to retain their dignity and independence while remaining safe and comfortable in their homes. Through companionship and care, safe transportation services, and medical alert devices and monitoring, seniors can maintain the quality of life standard that they deserve. The CareKeepers’ mission is to provide you and your family the same quality of care that we would want for our loved ones at an affordable cost.
“It’s always an honor to bring a new company onboard as a partner, but even more so when it’s a partner that helps enable better lives for its customers,” said Wilson. “Having personally worked with the ownership group of CareKeepers for several years with one of their other brands, I can vouch for the difference they’ve made in the marketplace. I know CareKeepers will have the same effect and create better lives for seniors and their families alike.”
Partnership opportunities are still available for the 2023 Indianapolis 500. Touch base with Billy Morgan (Billy(dotted)Morgan(at)CusickMotorsports(dotted)com) to learn more about the opportunities available.
Wilson will get his first laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway inside the No. 24 Chevrolet entry for the Indy 500 Open Test in April 20-21, 2023, followed by Opening Day practice for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 16, 2023.
About Cusick Motorsports
Founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Don Cusick, Cusick Motorsports was created to drive meaningful business relationships through motorsports. As a marketing and business-to-business incubator, Cusick Motorsports creates bespoke programs for its partners across a variety of racing series.
For companies new to the world of racing, Cusick Motorsports identifies the best opportunities, negotiates deals that make business sense, and oversees each partnership to ensure the defined return-on-investment targets are being met.
Cusick Motorsports provides support in building the most effective marketing strategy possible for each partner, helping create digital marketing campaigns, positioning its brand ambassadors, and creating experiential marketing efforts.
Cusick Motorsports will utilize its vast network to create business-to-business opportunities and once-in-a-lifetime experiences for its partners. At all race events, partners will enjoy an unparalleled perspective on the sport, with VIP hospitality and direct access to the race team and drivers.
About Dreyer and Reinbold
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing was founded in 1999 by Indianapolis car dealer Dennis Reinbold. The legacy of the Dreyer and Reinbold family dates back to the 1920s with Reinbold’s grandfather, the legendary Floyd “Pop” Dreyer, a former factory motorcycle racer. Dreyer served as a crewman and mechanic on the famed Duesenberg driven by Benny Shoaff and Babe Stapp in the 1927 Indy 500. Dreyer went on to build Indy 500 cars in the 1930s many of which started on the front row. In addition, Dreyer constructed championship-winning sprint cars and midgets as well as quarter midgets called Dreyerettes. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing captured its first win in 2000 with driver Robbie Buhl at Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando, FL, and has fielded a variety of drivers including Buddy Lazier, Sarah Fisher, Buddy Rice, Al Unser Jr., Sage Karam, and J.R. Hildebrand. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has successfully qualified 45 drivers for the Indy 500 in its history. DRR competed in Rallycross for the first time in 2015 and captured the 2016 Lites rallycross championship. In 2021, the team campaigned Tanner Foust and Cabot Bigham in the Supercar division of Nitro Rallycross. Additionally, the team ran a selection of lites cars that included drivers such as Sage Karam and Conner Martell. The team currently competes in the 2022 NRX rallycross series with the all-new FC1-X all-electric vehicles. They are currently leading the Nitro RX Championship Points Standings with full-time entries in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
About CareKeepers
CareKeepers provides caregiver referrals and placement, emergency alert devices with GPS monitoring, and special needs transportation services to individuals nationwide. CareKeepers brings over 30 years of experience and industry knowledge to help families understand all their options to determine the best course of action for their loved ones. The CareKeepers’ goal is to allow seniors to retain their dignity and independence while remaining safe and comfortable in their homes. Through companionship and care, safe transportation services, and alert devices and monitoring, seniors can maintain the quality of life standard that they deserve. The CareKeepers’ mission is to provide you and your family the same quality of care that we would want for our loved ones at an affordable cost.
About GNARLY Premium Cut Jerky
GNARLY Premium Cut Jerky’s story begins, as many do, with an idea and some paper in hand. Except, in their case, it was butcher’s paper. They carefully crafted and created their mouth-watering jerky from the heart, first one flavor combo, then another and soon GNARLY Premium Cut Jerky was born.
Curated recipes with only the finest ingredients added to the best meats from the most renowned purveyors of fine beef, poultry and pork in the golden state with a freshness and difference you can taste go into every bag of our GNARLY Premium Cut Jerky.
GNARLY Premium Cut Jerky’s founder and master chef is Dayna Haupt. Dayna began her taste journey thirty years ago and following involvement in the world of fine dining and running her own restaurant, she found her passion for weaving complex flavors into great healthy snacks you can be proud to share with your family.
About LOHLA SPORT
Based in Thousand Oaks, California, LOHLA SPORT is a new premium women’s golf-lifestyle apparel brand that is quickly captivating the golf, country club, and resort market. Its impeccable sense of style features colorful, on-trend European designs with Los Angeles flair.
The brainchild of recognized fashionista and longtime Golf Channel and GOLFINO executive Lisa O’Hurley, LOHLA SPORT boasts an upscale and playful lineup of tops, bottoms, skorts, and outwear available online and in roughly 100 exclusive golf shops across America. Outfits confidently transition from leisure and sporting activity to work, lunch, and dinner. Especially popular are its signature ‘Pull-On Golf Fitness Pant’ and ‘The Very Pant,’ a play on an episode of Seinfield, in which O’Hurley’s husband, John O’Hurley, starred as the fictional character J. Peterman.
About Sierra Pacific Windows and Sierra Pacific Industries
Sierra Pacific Windows is a division of Sierra Pacific Industries, a family-owned forest products company. Based in Red Bluff, California, Sierra Pacific Windows is one of the largest manufacturers of superior quality custom wood and vinyl windows and doors in the world. It is the only fully vertically-integrated window and door company, in which the company owns the forestland and manages the entire manufacturing and distribution process. Sierra Pacific Windows has a combined manufacturing production space of over 1.4 million square feet in California and Wisconsin. Its windows and doors are distributed via more than 600 nationwide dealers, distributors and company-owned locations.
Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, California. The company owns and manages 2.3 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington, and is one of the largest lumber companies and largest manufacturer of millwork in the United States. Sierra Pacific Industries is committed to managing its lands in a responsible and sustainable manner to protect the environment while providing quality wood products and renewable power for consumers. The company’s forests are certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®. Sierra Pacific Industries utilizes nearly 100 percent of every piece of wood brought to its 18 mills and eight biomass-fueled cogeneration power plants.
About 181 Fremont Residences and Jay Paul Company
Developed by the legendary Jay Paul Company, 181 Fremont rises 802′ from San Francisco’s downtown high-tech nexus to transform the skyline and has set a new bar for luxurious residential living in the West Coast. The $850 million tower features a state-of-the-art exoskeleton designed in a saw tooth pattern, with a magnificent spire that ascends from the crown of the building. 181 Fremont’s central location in the East Cut invites easy access to Silicon Valley and is surrounded by icons of technology including Salesforce, Facebook, Google and Twitter. The award-winning architecture reaffirms San Francisco as a global city on the forefront of innovation and design. It stands to redefine not only the neighborhood, but also the very definition of San Francisco living. Sales and marketing for 181 Fremont are handled by Compass Development Marketing Group. For more information, https://181fremont.com/
Jay Paul Company is one of the foremost real estate development and investment firms in California, distinguished by over 13 million square feet of trophy caliber projects in its portfolio. Since 1975, Jay Paul developments bear signature features including striking award-winning architecture, landscaping and state-of-the-art sustainable design in unsurpassed locations. Its modern, inspired campuses and towers provide the most advanced workplace environments for the world’s leading technology companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Instagram, Microsoft and Northrup Grumman. Jay Paul Company projects include the world-renowned 181 Fremont Tower in San Francisco, named as one of the world’s best high rises by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Pacific Shores Center, Moffett Towers, Moffett Place and the soon to be completed 200 Park Avenue, which are all recognized as Silicon Valley’s most cutting edge, large scale developments. Jay Paul Company is privately held and based in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.jaypaul.com.
About Romak Iron Works
Romak Iron Works is a Northern California based steel fabricating contractor with origins in Oakland California beginning in 1911. The business remains family owned and managed, currently by the fourth generation.
The company is proud to have participated in the construction of many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most iconic structures and campuses.
The Romak family has a long history with automobiles and racing, and are delighted to be a part of the Cusick Motorsports effort for 2023.
About The Thermal Club
The Thermal Club is a country club that is the epitome of car enthusiasts around the world. The Thermal Club is an exclusive country club whose community revolves around its three racing tracks. The houses are trackside villas with multi-car garages, a tower that stands at the center of the track gives the best view of the racing action, two five-star restaurants provide food as exciting as the flavor of the competition on the tarmac, and almost everywhere-no matter where you are-the spirit of racing surrounds you.
The words “country club” used to only be synonymous with golf courses, golf carts, and sand traps, but today it is beginning to describe the sound of a racing car’s exhaust and squealing tires. The Thermal Club caters to racing aficionados whose idea of a great weekend is experiencing racing around complex tracks. The club offers exclusive amenities, a members’ only track experience, and luxuries that normal track days do not offer.
About Mosaic Animal Care
Mosaic Animal Care Group is a new model of veterinary hospital that aligns the missions of both veterinary practices and animal welfare organizations. Mosaic is redefining veterinary care and dedicated to improving the veterinary experience, delivering high-quality care for all pets, and giving back to the animal welfare community. Mosaic is comprised of veterinary clinics housed within, affiliated with, or directly supporting animal welfare organizations. For more information on our first location, visit mosaicfairhaven.com.