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Harding Steinbrenner Racing was an auto racing team in the IndyCar Series formed from a partnership between Harding Racing, and Steinbrenner Racing for the 2019 IndyCar Series. They won two races at Circuit of the Americas and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with rookie driver Colton Herta. After the 2019 season, due to financial problems the team would be merged into Andretti Autosport, with the No. 88 entry being renamed to Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport.
The team was founded as Harding Racing in 2017 by Mike Harding, the owner and president of the Harding Group, a concrete and asphalt paving company based in Indianapolis, with Gabby Chaves as driver for the Indy 500, Texas and Pocono, moving to full-time in 2018. In 2019, he would partner with Steinbrenner Racing, led by George Michael Steinbrenner IV, the son of New York Yankees co-owner and co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner and grandson of George Steinbrenner III. Steinbrenner IV had previously run an Indy Lights program with childhood friend Colton Herta as driver, in a partnership with Andretti Autosport. With the addition of Steinbrenner IV came Herta and a technical alliance with Andretti, that would see Andretti Technologies engineers be assigned to the No. 88. A planned second entry was intended for Herta's Lights teammate and rival Pato O'Ward, however due to a lack of funding (despite O'Ward carrying a 3-race scholarship for winning the Lights championship), the No. 8 Honda that O'Ward was slated to drive was never entered, and O'Ward would be released from his contract before the first race of 2019.
The team's continued budget issues, and Herta's contract with Andretti would see the team be absorbed into Andretti's shop after the 2019 season, with team equipment and some personnel being moved under the Andretti banner.
Larry Curry acted as the team manager and competition director. In November 2017 Brian Barnhart was named the team's president as the team prepared to join the series full time. Barnhart would be credited with securing the partnership with Steinbrenner/Andretti and eventual merger with Andretti amidst the teams budget issues and a bidding war for Herta's services with Arrow McLaren SP.
At 22-years old, Steinbrenner became the youngest car owner in IndyCar history .
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