Juncos Racing lands sponsor for Indy 500

On May 13, team owner Ricardo Juncos revealed that his two main sponsors for the team’s second IndyCar race of the season had pulled out, one of them extremely last minute.

Then Kaiser shunted on Fast Friday as the squad prepared for qualifying, forcing the team to prepare its spare car.  When Kaiser clocked only 35^th fastest time on Saturday, that relegated the 2017 Indy Lights champion to the group of six entries that would compete for the last three spots on the grid.

However, further work from Juncos' little squad team, and a gutsy effort by Indy 500 sophomore Kaiser, saw its last-chance effort eclipse Alonso’s four-lap average by a mere 0.019mph to snatch the precious final spot on the outside of the 11^th row.

The team has now been able to confirm a new sponsor for this weekend’s race – 250ok, an Indianapolis-based email intelligence platform. Greg Kraios, 250ok’s CEO grew up in Speedway, Ind., as a lifelong race fan, identified with team founder Juncos’ story of working up from humble beginnings in Argentina to becoming an owner of an NTT IndyCar Series team. Kraios grew up in a working-class Indiana neighborhood, ultimately working at ExactTarget [now Salesforce] before founding his own technology company.

Said Juncos: “We are thrilled to announce a highly innovative company like 250ok has joined our effort and will be our primary sponsor for the No. 32 Juncos Racing Indy 500 entry.

“When Greg Kraios [CEO of 250ok] offered to support us, and we were connected over our personal journeys, we knew this sponsorship was meant to be. We both share the same values, commitments and goals, and I look forward to building our relationship with the 250ok team.”

Said Kraios: “After hearing Ricardo’s story, and knowing they were in need of a sponsor, I jumped at the opportunity. From our similar upbringings, supporting his hardworking and odds-defying team felt like a personal calling.”

Juncos has not yet been able to confirm any further IndyCar rounds after the 500.