Curt Cavin

Long a single-car IndyCar Series team, A.J. Foyt Racing is expanding to two cars for the 2015 season.

The additional driver is Jack Hawksworth, who will pilot the No. 41 car. Former race winner Takuma Sato will drive the No. 14 car as

he has the past two seasons. Both cars will be powered by Honda.

"We watched him race last year," A.J. Foyt said of Hawksworth as he drove for Bryan Herta's team. "Sato, he watched him race, and he thought he was very good. We were all in agreement. He's 23 years old. Then the engineer is a young boy.

"With a second car, we got to call our second car the young gun. Both are our main cars, but I think the two guys can get along good together. They've been getting along good today. I think they can race together, and I think either one of them can win."

A.J. Foyt Racing has fielded multiple cars in several races over the years, including the Indianapolis 500, but it hasn't had more than one on a full-time basis since 2002 when Airton Dare and Eliseo Salazar were paired. The team ran Kenny Brack and Billy Boat together in 1998 and '99, Jeff Ward and Salazar in 2000.

Sato has been with the team two seasons, winning the 2013 race in Long Beach, Calif., and finishing 18th in this year's standings. He will again have Don Halliday as his lead engineer.

Hawksworth was 17th as a rookie this year for Bryan Herta Autosport. He finished third in a street race in Houston and started on the front row of the inaugural road course race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His program will be engineered by Raul Prados.

The team has sponsorship from ABC Supply through the 2016 season.