CHARLOTTE – Sage Karam, who stunned Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a ninth-place finish in the 2014 Indianapolis 500 in his first Verizon IndyCar Series race, is scheduled to return to the 500 in May.

Karam, 20, is scheduled to drive for Dreyer & Reinbold-Kingdom Racing at Indy in what will be the 100th running of one of the world’s biggest automobile race.

Gas Monkey Garage, a Dallas-based collector car restoration business that has been featured on the “Fast N’ Loud” television show on the Discovery Channel, will sponsor the No. 24 Chevrolet as part of a major sponsorship plan that will span three auto racing series.

Karam, a native of Nazareth, Pa., made his IndyCar debut with Dreyer and Reinbold in the 2014 Indy 500, starting 31st and finishing ninth.

“We’re getting the band back together from my rookie season at Indy,” Karam told USA TODAY Sports. “It was really good working with those guys. I had no experience in Indy cars before the 500. Now I’ve got two years under my belt, and I know what it takes to win a 500-mile race.”

Karam ran 12 IndyCar races for Chip Ganassi Racing last season, scoring a top finish of third at Iowa Speedway. He was 32nd at Indy last year, dropping out of the race after Takuma Sato started a three-car crash on the opening lap. He said he hopes to add more races to his IndyCar schedule this season. He’ll be in a Chevrolet for Indy.

Karam also has raced in the Rolex 24 (Daytona International Speedway) and 12 Hours of Sebring (Fla.) sports car races.

Dennis Reinbold is an Indianapolis car dealer and has had cars on Indy 500 entry lists for three decades.

Gas Monkey, which is headed by Richard Rawlings, also will sponsor driver Alex Laughlin in the National Hot Rod Association Pro Stock series and Riley Engineering in the United Sports Car Championship series.

The automotive brand also is planning a new energy drink this year – Gas Monkey Energy – coming out next month.

The Indy 500 is May 29.

Contributing: Jeff Olson