He will take the place of Helio Castroneves, who will instead take a minority ownership role with the team and solely contest the Indianapolis 500 in his quest for a record fifth victory.
Castroneves won the 2021 Indy 500 in MSR’s biggest achievement to date, and the team will add a third car at the Indy 500 next year.
Blomqvist, who won the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the 2022 and 2023 Daytona 24 Hours with MSR, made his IndyCar debut in Toronto last month but crashed out on the opening lap.
“It’s been a good ride the last two years in IMSA, but I’ve been itching to make the step up to IndyCar and this is an opportunity I’m eager and motivated to make the most of,” said Blomqvist.
“IndyCar is an incredibly competitive series and I’m under no illusions in how difficult this championship can be, but I am extremely motivated to make the most of this exciting new challenge.
“Jim and Mike have given me this big opportunity and it’s certainly a step up in career trajectory. It’s been a while since I drove in a single-seater series, this opportunity only arose since driving for Mike and his team, to prove him worthy of the shot in IndyCar.
“Extremely excited. Time will tell, but I’m pretty confident I’ll get there.”
Shank said of Blomqvist: “This is a guy who deserves to do this. I don’t know how many have come from sportscars upper ranks to give this a go. We’ve watched him do amazing things in our sportscar.
Source: Autosport