CFH Racing announced today that it will have a three pronged, All-American attack on the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500, which takes place on Sunday, May 24. Team co-owner Ed Carpenter and regular driver Josef Newgarden will be joined by JR Hildebrand, who drove for Carpenter in last year's race. Ed Carpenter Racing has since merged with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to form CFH Racing.

Sponsor Preferred Freezer Services, backing Hildebrand at Indianapolis for the second year, operates temperature-controlled storage warehouses. With corporate headquarters in New Jersey, the company operates in 35 facilities in nine regions nationwide and has an international presence with cold storage warehouses in China and Vietnam.

Trut Edwards, President of Central Security & Communications, spoke of the company's pleasure at continuing their association with Carpenter and Hildebrand. “We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with CFH Racing during the Month of May. Ed has been a good friend for over 15 years and delivers great value in our partnership. Last year was fantastic; we feel that we can build on it with two races at IMS and JR behind the wheel. It is overwhelming to realize we are partnering with three American drivers on Memorial Day for the greatest race in the world,” he said in the CFH Racing press release.

Hildebrand, who will drive the No. 6 car, was equally pleased at renewing the partnership. “We are definitely looking forward to having Preferred Freezer Services back on the car. We had a lot of fun with them in 2014 and we will be rolling the polar bear back out into the garage area this year! Even though we were a one-off entry last year, we were very fast and had a really easy month. Preferred Freezer Services was a big part of that, they are a great group to work with and it’s going to make this year that much more exciting.”

With his team having been fast throughout the Month of May in 2014, Ed Carpenter is hopeful that the same will be true in 2015. “Preferred Freezer Systems is leading the way in their industry and we hope to set the pace for the Month of May,” he said. “JR is a driver that we want to work with and it’s great to be able to team up with both JR and Preferred Freezer Services again for the Indy 500 and now the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.”

Hildebrand, who ran the 2014 race as a one-off drive, said that he felt running the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 would benefit his tilt at the 500 later in the month. “To have the Grand Prix added onto the 500 program is great. Having a race under our belts going into the 500 is a huge difference from a one-off scenario. It can be tough sometimes when you have guys who haven’t done pit stops as a group during a race and you don’t have that chemistry yet. It will be great for my team of guys to have a warm-up heading into the oval race and great for me to get back in a car on a road course.”

The 2011 Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year also expected the all-American driver line-up for the 99th running of the race to work well together. “It was really great working with Ed last year at the 500 and I did a little bit of testing in the offseason with Josef, we got along really well. I expect the relationship that the three of us have to be potent and for us to have great communication. That’s such a huge piece, particularly at the 500, where there is so much practice, qualifying is so intense and we’ll have the new aero kits. You need every last ounce of speed you can get out of the cars for both qualifying and race day and we can all work together to reach that goal.”

Practice for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 commences on Monday, May 11.