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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) is an auto racing team that has participated in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Series. Headquartered in Zionsville, Indiana[1] and Hilliard, Ohio, it is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former television talk show host David Letterman, and businessman Mike Lanigan. The team won the Indianapolis 500 twice, first in 2004 with Buddy Rice driving and then in 2020 with Takuma Sato.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Owner(s)
Principal(s)
  • Piers Phillips (President)
  • Ricardo Nault (Team manager)
BaseZionsville, Indiana
SeriesIndyCar Series
Race drivers
SponsorsUnited Rentals, Total, Fifth Third Bank, Mi-Jack, Panasonic, Lincoln Welders, Hy-Vee, Gatorade, Hogan Transportation
ManufacturerHonda
Opened1992
Career
Drivers' Championships1 (1992 CART)
Indy 500 victories2 (2004, 2020)
Race victories25
Pole positions31
GermanyUnited States BMW Team RLL
Team principal(s)Piers Phillips (President)
Steve Dickson (General Manager)
Brandon Fry (Technical/Race Operations Director)
Current seriesWeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Former seriesAmerican Le Mans Series
Current drivers24. Brazil Augusto Farfus
Austria Philipp Eng
Finland Jesse Krohn
Belgium Dries Vanthoor

25. United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Belgium Maxime Martin
Germany Rene Rast
Websitehttp://www.rahal.com
Team co-owner David Letterman at the 2015 Indianapolis 500

The team was established in 1991 as Rahal/Hogan Racing, became Team Rahal in 1996, and was known as Rahal Letterman Racing from May 2004 until December 2010.[2] Throughout the team's history in IMSA with factory partner BMW, the team has run under the name BMW Team RLL.

In 2024, the team was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for unspecified reasons. The investigation is still ongoing.[3]

CART IndyCar World Series (1991–2003)

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Following the 1991 CART season, Bobby Rahal left the Galles-Kraco Racing team. Despite consistent top finishes, Rahal won only two races from 1989 to 1991. Likewise, Danny Sullivan left the Patrick Racing team, following a dismal season with the Alfa Romeo engine. The two drivers essentially swapped rides. Sullivan joined Galles, and Rahal signed with Patrick in September 1991.

By the winter of 1991, however, Patrick Racing started to collapse due to financial and legal issues regarding the Alfa Romeo engine. Ilmor had refused to supply the Chevy/A engine to Patrick due to rumors that one of the Chevrolet Indy car engines had been provided to Alfa-Romeo.[4]

To ensure that Rahal would not be racing an uncompetitive engine in 1992, Patrick sold his assets to Rahal and his new partner Carl Hogan, who was able to secure a supply of Chevy engines.[4] A new team was formed, known as Rahal/Hogan Racing, with key personnel from Patrick Racing, such as team manager Jim McGee, moving over to the new organization.

In 1992, the team won the IndyCar World Series title on their first try, with owner-driver Bobby Rahal driving a Lola T92/00 to 4 victories during the season.

In late 1992, Rahal/Hogan absorbed the Truesports racing team,[5] which Rahal had started his CART career with. The team moved its headquarters from Indianapolis to Hilliard, into the old Truesports facility. Along with the acquisition, they took over the Truesports "All-American" chassis program.[6] Rahal began the 1993 season with an updated version of the Truesports chassis, with the intention of introducing a brand-new Rahal/Hogan chassis later in the year.[7]

A second-place finish at Long Beach offered some promise. The success was short-lived, however, as the chassis proved uncompetitive on ovals. After Rahal failed to qualify at Indianapolis, the team switched to a more conventional Lola, while team driver Mike Groff entered several more races in the R/H-001. Eventually, the team abandoned the chassis project.[7]

 
Rahal CART car

In 1994, Rahal/Hogan introduced the Honda HRX Indy V-8 engine to the IndyCar World Series, having performed development testing for the engine throughout the 1993 season, but split with the manufacturer after Rahal finished a disappointing tenth place in the standings.[citation needed]

At Indianapolis, the engine proved uncompetitive, and Rahal risked missing the race for the second year in a row. He borrowed two Penske-Ilmor machines and finished third in the race. In 1996, Carl Hogan left the team and started his racing operation.[citation needed] As a result, the team changed its name to Team Rahal and Hogan started Hogan Racing.

In early 1996,[8] Rahal's longtime friend, and avid race fan, comedian David Letterman, purchased a small share of the team.

Over the next few years, the team would employ Bryan Herta, Max Papis, Kenny Bräck, Jimmy Vasser and Michel Jourdain Jr., getting closest to another title in 2001,[citation needed] when Bräck finished 2nd in points. Rahal himself retired from driving at the end of 1998.[citation needed]

IndyCar Series

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Full-time (2004–2008)

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The team changed its name again to Rahal Letterman Racing in May 2004. For the 2005 season, RLR's three drivers were Buddy Rice, who won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 while driving for the team, Vítor Meira, who finished second in the 2005 & 2008 Indianapolis 500s, and Danica Patrick, who finished fourth in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and had the highest finish of any female driver (3 previous) in the history of the Indianapolis 500. Also in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, former team member Kenny Bräck, who was replaced by Rice when he suffered a serious injury in 2003, replaced Rice when he was injured in pre-race practice. Rice was able to recover in time to race in the next IndyCar race.

 
Buddy Rice in 2004
 
Scott Sharp in 2007
 
The Rahal Letterman car at Indianapolis in 2008
 
Takuma Sato's 2020 Indianapolis 500-winning car on display at Honda Collection Hall.

The Rahal Letterman team had high hopes for 2006. Meira had left the team after the 2005 season to join Panther Racing. He was replaced by Paul Dana who brought an Ethanol sponsorship.[9] The team placed three cars in the top eight for the Toyota Indy 300 during March 25, 2006, qualifying (Patrick third, Rice sixth, Dana ninth), and expected good things to come the next day for the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

During the final practice Sunday morning, Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter crashed in turn two and the car slid down the 20-degree banking. Dana, who seemed to not receive the signal from the spotter,[citation needed] ran into the gearbox section of Carpenter's car, sending Dana's car flying on the backstretch. Dana died in the hospital later that afternoon, and the entire team, including Patrick and Rice, withdrew immediately.

Patrick and Rice raced together at St. Petersburg with the third car vacant out of respect, but effective the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300 at Motegi, Japan, Jeff Simmons was added as the team's third driver. In mid-2006 the team switched from Panoz to Dallara chassis. Rice finished 15th in points, Patrick finished 9th, and Simmons finished 16th.

Before the 2006 Monterey Sports Car Championships,[citation needed] Rahal Letterman Racing announced that the team would be fielding a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR in the American Le Mans Series in 2007.

For the 2007 IndyCar Series, RLR fielded two cars, one for Simmons and one for IndyCar veteran Scott Sharp. They were unable to find sponsorship to field a third car for 2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice, who moved to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. However, after 11 races, the team released Simmons and picked up former Champ Car driver Ryan Hunter-Reay,[10] who earned a 7th-place finish at the Honda 200. Consistent finishes gave Ryan and the team the Rookie of the Year award despite making only six starts.

In the 2008 IndyCar Series season, RLR fielded just one car driven by Ryan Hunter-Reay. The team scored a win at the IndyCar Series event at Watkins Glen International and Hunter-Reay finished 8th in points. However at the end of the season, the team's ethanol promotion council sponsorship left and it was unable to find full-time sponsorship for 2009.[11]

Part-time (2009–2011)

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RLR did not participate full-time in the 2009 season due to a lack of sponsorship.[12] With the sponsorship of DAFCA they participated in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, where driver Oriol Servià, after starting on the ninth row, advanced to tenth place but completed only 98 laps before being forced to quit due to mechanical problems.[13]

In 2010, the team again failed to secure sponsorship for the full season. At the 2010 Indianapolis 500, the team arranged a one-race sponsorship entry for Graham Rahal.[14] Rahal ran in the top ten until a blocking penalty shuffled him back in the standings, and he finished 12th.[citation needed]

In December 2010, Mike Lanigan, former co-owner of Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing with Carl Haas and actor Paul Newman, became co-owner of what was renamed Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.[15]

The team signed Jay Howard to drive the #88 car with Service Central sponsorship for the 2011 Indy 500. Bertrand Baguette also joined the team at the 500. Howard finished 30th after losing a wheel following a pit stop on lap 61, while Baguette would lead 11 laps late in the race before needing to pit for fuel with 3 laps to go. He would finish 7th.[16]

Full-time return (2012–present)

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The team returned to full-time IndyCar competition for 2012, running a single Dallara-Honda for Takuma Sato, who achieved two podium finishes at São Paulo and Edmonton. Michel Jourdain Jr. returned to the team in a second car for the Indianapolis 500, where Sato came close to victory, crashing out on the final lap while attempting to pass Dario Franchitti for the lead.

On April 30, 2014, the team made history with Engage Mobile Solutions when four members of the RLL team including driver Graham Rahal and three members of the pit crew wore Google Glass to show an IndyCar Series pit stop from the unique perspective of each person on the racing team.[17]

After rotating through a series of drivers, including Jourdain, Jay Howard, and Mike Conway, Graham Rahal returned to RLL to contest the full 2013 season. Rahal struggled during the 2013 and 2014 seasons with only four top-5 finishes. However, he would have a breakout year in 2015, snapping a six-year winless streak at Auto Club Speedway and dueling Justin Wilson to win at his home track at Mid-Ohio. Rahal would end the 2015 season fourth in points after consecutive bad races at Pocono and Sonoma.

For 2016, the team remained a single-car team but added Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot to the lineup for three races. Rahal would take a win at Texas Motor Speedway by only .008 of a second.

During 2017 the team would watch another two wins, with Graham Rahal taking back-to-back victories at Detroit.

In 2018, RLL would re-sign Takuma Sato, who had previously won the 2017 Indianapolis 500 for Andretti Autosport. Sato would score his first win for the team at the 2018 Grand Prix of Portland, and would win twice more in the 2019 Indycar season, at Barber Motorsports Park and World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway respectively. Sato won his second Indianapolis 500 in 2020, his first with RLL Racing. Rahal finished in 3rd position. The team also ran a third car for the first time in a race 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Jordan King finishing in 24th place.

In 2021 RLL again expanded to three cars, with Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato driving two full-time entries while several drivers would drive a third car on a part-time basis.[18] The car would be backed by Hy-Vee, a supermarket chain in the Midwestern United States. Initially, the third car was only scheduled to run the 2021 Indianapolis 500 with Santino Ferrucci behind the wheel but after Ferucci's top ten finish in the 500 Hy-Vee gave additional sponsorship for the car to run at Detroit, Mid Ohio, and Nashville with Ferucci driving four races. After the Nashville round the team announced the third car would be run at the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix and the final three races by different drivers in place of Ferrucci; Danish Formula 2 and current Alpine F1 Academy driver Christian Lundgaard would drive the car at the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix on the IMS Road Course with the car backed by MiJack while Oliver Askew would drive the car at Portland, Laguna Seca, and Long Beach backed by Hy-Vee.[19][20] During the season Ferrucci, Askew, and Lundgaard would all test the third car in shootout style tests to determine who would get the full time drive in the third car in 2022.

 
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing garage at the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s

For 2022 Takuma Sato would depart the team. The #45 Hy-Vee car would be driven by Jack Harvey, who was signed from Meyer Shank Racing. The team announced on October 20, 2021, that Christian Lundgaard had won the opportunity to drive the #30 car full time and would sign a multi-year deal to compete with RLL full time from 2022 onward.[21] In 2024 Pietro Fittipaldi replaced Harvey as a full-time entry and Takuma Sato returned to the team as a fourth driver in the Indy 500.[22][23] In July of 2024 Lundgaard announced that it would be his final year with the team and that he would be moving to Arrow McLaren in 2025.[24]

American Le Mans Series

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2009 Petit Le Mans.
 
2011 Petit Le Mans.

2007 (Porsche)

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In 2007, Rahal Letterman Racing fielded a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for nine of the twelve races. The team's best results came as a second-place finish at Road America and a third-place finish at Petit Le Mans. The team finished 4th in the GT2 team championship with Tommy Milner and Ralf Kelleners 6th in the driver's championship.

2009–13 (BMW)

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After one year hiatus, the team returned to the series in 2009 with factory support from BMW and thus held dual nationality team licenses (Germany and United States).[25] The team fielded two M3 GT2's, the #90 driven by Joey Hand and Bill Auberlen and the #92 driven by Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller. After a troubled season, the #92 car finished second at the 2009 Petit Le Mans. The team finished 3rd in the team championship with Milner and Müller 4th in the driver's championship.[26][27]

In 2010, the team continued their relationship with BMW and the American Le Mans Series. Despite only winning one race at Road America, Rahal Letterman Racing won the team championship while Bill Auberlen and Tommy Milner 3rd in the driver's championship.[28][29]

2011 was an even more successful year for the team. After a one-two finish at the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring the RLL Racing team would win two more races. Despite fierce competition from Corvette, Ferrari, and Porsche, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing claimed the GT Teams and Manufacturers championships, While Joey Hand and Dirk Müller won the drivers championship.[30][31][32] This was the second team championship for the team with the M3.

In 2012, the team returned to the American Le Mans Series for their 4th year with the BMW M3. After winning their second 12 Hours of Sebring in a row, the team, lacking the speed to the brand new Porsches and Corvettes, would win only one more race at Road America. Despite their deficit in pace, the team finished the season 2nd in the championship with driver Dirk Muller finished 4th, the highest of the BMW team drivers.[33][34]

Further developing their relationship with BMW Motorsport, the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team campaigned two brand new Z4 GTE cars, replacing the BMW M3 GT2's. Despite being their first season with the car, the team claimed several GT poles, a 1–2 victory at Long Beach, and a win at Lime Rock Park. The team finished the season 2nd in the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships behind Corvette Racing.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

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For 2014, the team continued with its Z4 GTE cars but under the newly formed United SportsCar Championship (which became the IMSA SportsCar Championship starting with the 2016 season). The team would manage four second-place finishes at Daytona and Laguna Seca with the #55 car and Long Beach and Road America for the #56 car. Dirk Müller and teammate John Edwards would finish seventh in the GTLM Drivers' Championship with Bill Auberlen and teammate Andy Priaulx eighth.

For 2015, the team would make several changes to its lineup, this time with ALMS champion Lucas Luhr replacing Müller in the No. 24, and Auberlen being teamed with Dirk Werner in the No. 25. Both teams would take wins during the season, with Edwards/Luhr winning at Laguna Seca, and Auberlen/Werner taking two wins at Long Beach and Austin. Auberlen/Werner would finish second in points to Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet for the drivers championship. The 24 team also finished 2nd in the teams championship to the Porsche 911 team and BMW finished 2nd to Porsche in manufacturer championship.

For 2016, the team switched to the new BMW M6 GTLM, and the No. 24 team was assigned the Number 100 in celebration of BMW's 100th anniversary. The 25 team finished 7th in the drivers championship and the 100 team in 9th, with neither team winning.

In 2017, the 100 team reverted to the #24, with Martin Tomczyk replacing Luhr as Edwards' teammate, and Alexander Sims as Auberlen's new partner in the 25. The teams returned to their winning ways, with the 25 team (Auberlen/Sims) winning the 6 Hours of the Glen, Petit Le Mans and the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park event and finishing 2nd in the drivers championship. The 24 team (Edwards/Tomczyk) won at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, but finished 7th in the championship. The four victories also elevated BMW to 2nd in the 2017 GTLM Manufacturers championship, losing to Chevrolet by just 6 points.

In November 2017, Auberlen was named a BMW Brand Ambassador, and thus stepped down as a full-time driver for 2018.[35] He was replaced by Connor De Phillippi as Sims' full-time partner in the 25 team. Edwards also had a partner change at the 24 team, with Jesse Krohn replacing Tomczyk. RLL also updated to the new BMW M8 GTE. The 25 team (Sims/De Phillippi) won at VIR and Laguna Seca and finished 6th in the 2018 drivers championship, while the 24 team (Edwards/Krohn) finished the season 8th with no race victories.

For 2019, the 24 driver team will remain intact, but Tom Blomqvist was announced to replace Sims as De Phillippi's full-season partner in the 25 team. However, due to delays with his U.S. Visa, Blomqvist had to miss the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona.[36] He was replaced at Daytona by Augusto Farfus, who, along with co-drivers De Phillippi, Colton Herta and Philipp Eng, won the race in the GTLM class. However, the cars scored only three additional podiums combined, so they ranked 6th and 7th in the GTLM drivers standings.

In 2020, the #24 car won the 24 Hours of Daytona and got five additional points, ending second in points. Meanwhile, the #25 car won the 6 Hours of Atlanta plus three more podiums, placing fourth in points.

BMW reduced its budget for the 2021 season, so RLL only entered the four endurance races. In a depleted GTLM field, they scored six podiums combined but no wins.

IMSA dropped the GTLM class before the 2022 season. RLL joined the new GTD Pro class with the new BMW M4 GT3. The #25 runs full-time, whereas the #24 is an endurance-only entry.

 
RLL's two BMW M Hybrid V8s at Daytona International Speedway in 2023.

The team was announced to join the IMSA GTP class in 2023 with two LMDh-spec BMW M Hybrid V8s. The team took their first victory in the class at the 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.

Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy

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On 28 November 2017, it was announced that the team was to be the first to confirm entry to the I-PACE eTROPHY.[37] The team confirmed that they will run two cars in the series.[38] Katherine Legge and Bryan Sellers are part of the current line-up.

CART/Champ Car drivers

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Year Driver(s)
1992   Bobby Rahal
1993   Bobby Rahal   Mike Groff
1994
1995   Raul Boesel
1996   Bryan Herta
1997
1998
1999   Max Papis
2000   Kenny Bräck
2001
2002   Jimmy Vasser   Michel Jourdain Jr.
2003   Michel Jourdain Jr.

IndyCar drivers

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Year Full season driver(s) Indy 500 driver(s)
2002   Jimmy Vasser (also Fontana in 2002)
2003   Kenny Bräck
2004   Buddy Rice
  Vítor Meira 		 /  Roger Yasukawa (also Motegi)
2005   Buddy Rice (sat out Indy 500 due to injury)
  Vítor Meira
  Danica Patrick 		  Kenny Bräck (replaced injured Rice)
2006   Buddy Rice
  Danica Patrick
  Paul Dana (died, see below)
  Jeff Simmons
2007   Scott Sharp
  Jeff Simmons (fired July 17)
  Ryan Hunter-Reay (signed July 17)
2008   Ryan Hunter-Reay   Alex Lloyd
2009   Oriol Servià
2010   Graham Rahal
2011   Bertrand Baguette
2012   Takuma Sato   Michel Jourdain Jr.
2013   Graham Rahal
  James Jakes 		  Michel Jourdain Jr. (Failed to qualify)
2014   Graham Rahal   Oriol Servià (also Alabama, Long Beach, and Indy GP in 2014)
2015
2016   Spencer Pigot (also St. Petersburg & Indianapolis GP)
2017   Oriol Servià (also Detroit in 2017)
2018   Graham Rahal
  Takuma Sato
2019   Jordan King
2020   Spencer Pigot (also Indy GP)
2021   Santino Ferrucci (also Detroit, Mid Ohio and Nashville)
2022   Graham Rahal
  Jack Harvey
  Christian Lundgaard
2023   Katherine Legge
2024   Graham Rahal
  Pietro Fittipaldi
  Christian Lundgaard 		  Takuma Sato

Racing results

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CART FedEx Championship Series results

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(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Pos Pos
Rahal-Hogan Racing
1992 SFR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t G   Bobby Rahal 12 3 1* 2 6 1 14 2 1* 2 11 4 3 22 24 1 3 1st 196
1993 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
RH-001 Chevrolet 265C V8t G   Bobby Rahal 1 6 22 2 DNQ 4th 133
Lola T93/00 4 5 4 28 4 9 7 3 2* 6 6 7
RH-001   Mike Groff DNQ 23rd 8
26 19 11 9 11
Lola T93/00 18 22
1994 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG
Lola T94/00 Honda HRX V8t G   Bobby Rahal 4 26 14 30 7 6 12 28 2 28 27 9 7 9 14 29 10th 59
Penske PC-22 Ilmor 265D V8t 3
Lola T94/00 Honda HRX V8t   Mike Groff 10 8 6 27 19 27 11 19 22 27 26 25 14 20 11 15 20th 17
Penske PC-22 Ilmor 265C V8t 31
1995 MIA SFR PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG
Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz IC108B V8t G   Bobby Rahal 9 3 2 21 21 6 3 13 24 3 5 2 4 8 26 10 5 7 3rd 128
  Raul Boesel 11 6 8 6 16 10 20 11 DNS 5 22 6 20 24 20 18 10 12 16th 48
Team Rahal
1996 MIA RIO SFR LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG
Reynard 96i Mercedes-Benz IC108C V8t G   Bobby Rahal 18 5 6 20 14 6 19 7 21 6 15 3 24 5 2 2 7 7th 102
  Bryan Herta 28 10 13 17 12 11 15 14 13 26 5 6 2 4 5 6 2 8th 86
1997 MIA SFR LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON
Reynard 97i Ford XD V8t G   Bobby Rahal 7 16 10 10 6 10* 20 11 9 24 5 9 17 3 6 24 19 5 12th 70
  Bryan Herta 8 10 22 6 7 6 22 15 7 21 3 17 5 24 11 8 6 21 11th 72
1998 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SFR FON
Reynard 98i Ford XD V8t F   Bobby Rahal 7 19 17 17 6 8 8 5 11 6 8 4 7 3 8 25 16 23 25 11 10th 82
  Bryan Herta 8 8 28 3 8 4 23 11 21 3 13 5 10 25 23 22 1* 8 10 15 8th 97
1999 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FON
Reynard 99i Ford XD V8t F   Max Papis 7 5 16 9 13 4 5 13 8 16 5 5 7* 26 5 4 23 3 4 2 2* 5th 150
  Bryan Herta 8 12 23 3 22 13 23 25 6 6 15 15 20 9 21 8 24 1* 5 4 14 12th 84
2000 MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SRF FON
Reynard 2Ki Ford XF V8t F   Max Papis 7 1 20 16 8 22 7 2 25 18 8 9 24 4 7 8 16 6 24 16 12 14th 88
  Kenny Bräck 8 18 17 10 5 3 4 24 6 2 10 22 4 5 3 9 5 11 15 2 13* 4th 135
  Casey Mears (R) 91 4 23rd 12
2001 MTY LBH TXS NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FON
Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t F   Max Papis 7 12 17 C1 24 6 8 11 1* 18 8 16* 13 24 16 22 2 11 9 1 9 2* 6th 107
  Kenny Bräck 8 5 25 C1 2* 1 1* 9 11 6 20 17 1 20 14 8 1* 2 7 25 5 26 2nd 163
2002 MTY LBH MOT MIL LAG POR CHI TOR CLE VAN MDO ROA MTL DEN ROC MIA SFR FON MEX
Lola B02/00 Ford XF V8t B   Jimmy Vasser 8 20 2 20 9 8 16 17 6 6 17 8 5 5 10 7 3 12 1* 11 7th 114
  Michel Jourdain Jr. 9 4 4 5 5 9 6 10 12 9 4 11 9 6 9 11 6 10 13 13 10th 105
2003 STP MTY LBH BRH LAU MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MEX SFR
Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t B   Michel Jourdain Jr. 9 2 2 15* 6 3 1* 4 12 7 2 4 16 4 1 6 7 4 4 3rd 195

IndyCar Series results

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(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
Team Rahal
2002 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXS
Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8   Jimmy Vasser 19 9 30 40th 23
2003 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXS
Dallara IR-03 Honda HI3R V8   Kenny Bräck 15 11 5 2 16 4 7 7 5 6 18 19 19 5 21 20 16 9th 342
  Jimmy Vasser 19 26 36th 4
Rahal Letterman Racing
2004 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR NAZ CHI FON TXS
G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8   Buddy Rice 15 7 9 6 1* 15 6 1* 6 2 1 2 22 4 14 5 20 3rd 485
  Roger Yasukawa 16 11 10 26th 39
  Vítor Meira 17 17 6 6 2 2 12* 5 5 7 7 10 5 21 4 8th 376
2005 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON
Panoz GF09C Honda HI5R V8   Buddy Rice 15 19 22 7 3 21 11 10 18 17 22 14 11 2 13 19 12 15th 295
  Kenny Bräck 26 34th 10
  Danica Patrick (R) 16 15 15 12 4 4 13 10 9 7 19 20 16 8 20 6 16 18 12th 325
  Vítor Meira 17 4 11 5 15 2 9 20 3 16 9 14 2 5 9 7 18 3 7th 422
2006 HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHI
Panoz GF09C
Dallara IR-05 		Honda HI6R V8   Buddy Rice 15 DNS 13 5 26 4 18 13 17 16 11 13 15 15 13 15th 234
  Danica Patrick 16 DNS 6 8 8 8 12 15 11 4 4 17 8 8 12 9th 302
  Paul Dana (R) 17 DNS† 40th 6
  Jeff Simmons (R) 18 23 19 15 19 10 7 9 10 14 7 8 16th 217
2007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MCH KTY SNM DET CHI
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8   Scott Sharp 8 12 11 6 13 6 6 7 3 8 14 7 11 3 6 14 11 5 8th 412
  Jeff Simmons 17 17 14 8 10 11 10 6 17 18 10 14 18th 201
  Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) 7 6 15 18 18 7 19th 119
2008 HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI8R V8   Alex Lloyd (R) 16 25 38th 10
  Ryan Hunter-Reay 17 7 17 7 18 6 15 20 8 16 1 19 10 8 9 18 6 9 3 8th 360
2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI9R V8   Oriol Servià 17 26 21st 115
2010 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI10R V8   Graham Rahal 30 12 20th 235
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI11R V8   Jay Howard 15 C3 40th 27
  Bertrand Baguette 30 7 39th 30
  Pippa Mann (R) DNS 22 C3 38th 32
2012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
Dallara DW12 Honda HI12RT V6t   Takuma Sato 15 22 24 8 3 17 20 22 20 12 9 2 13 27 21 7 14th 281
  Michel Jourdain Jr. 30 19 32nd 16
2013 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU FON
Dallara DW12 Honda HI13RT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 13 21 2 22 25 9 9 21 16 5 18 20 13 18 11 17 7 18 15 18th 319
  James Jakes 16 15 23 12 17 20 10 2 12 18 18 12 12 23 13 25 23 6 17 22 19th 294
  Mike Conway 17 25 23rd 185
  Michel Jourdain Jr. DNQ NC —
2014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW TOR MDO MIL SNM FON
Dallara DW12 Honda HI14TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 14 13 17 21 33 2 21 12 11 16 19 7 6 20 5 14 20 18 19th 345
  Oriol Servià 16 7 20 12 11 24th 88
  Luca Filippi 21 15 22 16 28th 46
2015 STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM
Dallara DW12 Honda HI15TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 11 8 11 2 2 5 23 3 15 9 1 3 4 1* 20 18 4th 490
  Oriol Servià 32 29 32nd 46
2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TXS WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Honda HI16TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 16 5 15 2 4 14 4 11 3 16 13 4 11 1 21 2 5th 484
  Spencer Pigot (R) 16 14 11 25 21st 165
2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Honda HI17TT V6t   Zachary Claman DeMelo (R) 13 17 31st 26
  Graham Rahal 15 17 10 13 21 6 12 1* 1* 4 8 5 9 3 9 12 5 6 6th 522
  Oriol Servià 16 21 20 19 27th 61
2018 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT POR SNM
Dallara DW12 Honda HI18TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 2 9 5 7 9 10 23 5 6 6 7 21 9 14 10 23 23 8th 392
  Takuma Sato 30 12 11 21 8 10 32 5 17 7 4 3 22 17 21 9 1 25 12th 351
  Oriol Servià4 64 17 35th 27
2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 12 4 23 4 9 27 7 7 3 4 9 8 9 9 18 23 12 10th 389
  Takuma Sato 30 19 7 1* 7 14 3 3 13 15 10 22 20 19 21 1 15 21 9th 415
  Jordan King (R) 42 24 36th 12
2020 TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY GAT MDO IMS STP
Dallara DW12 Honda HI20TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 17 2 7 23 12 3 3 18 20 4 4 7 7 9 6th 377
  Takuma Sato 30 DNS 10 9 8 10 21 1 2 9* 17 18 18 14 10 7th 348
  Spencer Pigot 45 24 25 32nd 17
2021 ALA STP TXS IMS INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IMS GAT POR LAG LBH
Dallara DW12 Honda HI21TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 7 15 5 3 5 32 5 5 11 6 5 7 23 10 4 16 7th 389
  Takuma Sato 30 13 6 9 14 16 14 4 12 8 10 25 10 6 12 27 9 11th 324
  Santino Ferrucci 45 6 6 10 9 11 24th 146
  Christian Lundgaard (R) 12 37th 19
  Oliver Askew 24 9 22 29th 61
2022 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IMS NSH GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Honda HI22TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 7 22 7 8 16 14 26 8 12 4 9 14 7 23 10 5 18 11th 345
  Christian Lundgaard (R) 30 11 19 18 15 9 18 14 10 11 8 10 26 2 8 19 21 5 14th 323
  Jack Harvey 45 13 DNS 15 18 13 24 15 13 20 19 18 20 20 10 24 15 20 22nd 209
  Santino Ferrucci 9 28th 71
2023 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW NSH IMS GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Honda HI23TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 6 24 12 17 10 DNQ 25 11 7 9 28 20 15 2* 20 12 27 15th 276*
  Jack Harvey 30 22 18 13 24 20 18 17 26 18 24 18 19 25 14 24th 146
  Conor Daly 16 25th 134
  Jüri Vips (R) 18 24 33rd 18
  Katherine Legge 44 33 37th 5
  Christian Lundgaard 45 9 19 14 6 4 19 16 7 4 1* 20 13 9 4 17 11 6 8th 390
2024 STP THE2 LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GAT POR MIL NSH
Dallara DW12 Honda HI24TT V6t   Graham Rahal 15 14 11 17 11 9 15 15 10 23 18 16 8 10 23 9 20 23 23 18th 197
  Pietro Fittipaldi 30 13 12 24 27 14 32 13 16 14 24 19 20 19 14 25 18 21 21 19th 186
  Christian Lundgaard 45 18 9 23 6 3 13 11 11 15 7 22 17 7 15 13 9 12 19 11th 312
  Takuma Sato 75 14 37th 19
  Jüri Vips (R) 19 39th 11

* Season still in progress

  1. ^ Paul Dana was killed during the final practice session of the 2006 Toyota Indy 300.
  2. ^ Non-points paying, exhinition race.
  3. ^ The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.
  4. ^ Run in conjunction with Scuderia Corsa.

IndyCar wins

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IndyCar wins
# Season Date Sanction Track / Race No. Winning Driver Chassis Engine Tire Grid Laps Led
1 1992 April 5 CART Phoenix International Raceway (O) 12   Bobby Rahal Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t Goodyear 2 200
2 June 7 CART Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (S) 12   Bobby Rahal (2) Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t Goodyear 2 21
3 July 5 CART New Hampshire Motor Speedway (O) 12   Bobby Rahal (3) Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t Goodyear Pole 136
4 October 4 CART Nazareth Speedway (O) 12   Bobby Rahal (4) Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t Goodyear 3 44
5 1998 September 13 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 8   Bryan Herta Reynard 98i Ford XD V8t Firestone Pole 81
6 1999 September 12 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 8   Bryan Herta (2) Reynard 99i Ford XD V8t Firestone Pole 83
7 2000 March 26 CART Homestead–Miami Speedway (O) 7   Max Papis Reynard 2Ki Ford XF V8t Firestone 13 10
8 2001 May 18 CART Twin Ring Motegi (O) 8   Kenny Bräck Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone 6 75
9 June 3 CART Milwaukee Mile (O) 8   Kenny Bräck (2) Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone Pole 130
10 June 24 CART Portland International Raceway (R) 7   Max Papis (2) Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone Pole 69
11 July 29 CART Chicago Motor Speedway (O) 8   Kenny Bräck (3) Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone 8 59
12 September 15 CART EuroSpeedway Lausitz (O) 8   Kenny Bräck (4) Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone 2 82
13 October 14 CART Laguna Seca Raceway (R) 7   Max Papis (3) Lola B01/00 Ford XF V8t Firestone 25 16
14 2002 November 3 CART Auto Club Speedway (O) 8   Jimmy Vasser Lola B02/00 Ford XF V8t Bridgestone 6 148
15 2003 May 31 CART Milwaukee Mile (O) 9   Michel Jourdain Jr. Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t Bridgestone 2 234
16 August 24 CART Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (R) 9   Michel Jourdain Jr. (2) Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t Bridgestone 4 15
17 2004 May 30 IRL Indianapolis 500 (O) 15   Buddy Rice G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8 Firestone Pole 91
18 July 4 IRL Kansas Speedway (O) 15   Buddy Rice (2) G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8 Firestone Pole 83
19 August 1 IRL Michigan International Speedway (O) 15   Buddy Rice (3) G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8 Firestone 6 13
20 2008 July 6 IRL Watkins Glen International (R) 17   Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR-05 Honda HI8R V8 Firestone 3 9
21 2015 June 27 IndyCar Auto Club Speedway (O) 15   Graham Rahal Dallara DW12 Honda HI15TT V6t Firestone 19 15
22 August 2 IndyCar Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (R) 15   Graham Rahal (2) Dallara DW12 Honda HI15TT V6t Firestone 13 23
23 2016 August 27 IndyCar Texas Motor Speedway (O) 15   Graham Rahal (3) Dallara DW12 Honda HI16TT V6t Firestone 13 1
24 2017 June 3 IndyCar Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race 1 (S) 15   Graham Rahal (4) Dallara DW12 Honda HI16TT V6t Firestone Pole 55
25 June 4 IndyCar Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race 2 (S) 15   Graham Rahal (5) Dallara DW12 Honda HI17TT V6t Firestone 3 41
26 2018 September 2 IndyCar Portland International Raceway (R) 30   Takuma Sato Dallara DW12 Honda HI18TT V6t Firestone 20 25
27 2019 April 7 IndyCar Barber Motorsports Park (R) 30   Takuma Sato (2) Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6t Firestone Pole 74
28 August 24 IndyCar Gateway Raceway (O) 30   Takuma Sato (3) Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6t Firestone 5 61
29 2020 August 23 IndyCar Indianapolis 500 (O) 30   Takuma Sato (4) Dallara DW12 Honda HI20TT V6t Firestone 3 27
30 2023 July 16 IndyCar Grand Prix of Toronto (S) 45   Christian Lundgaard Dallara DW12 Honda HI23R V6t Firestone Pole 54

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

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Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
2017 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Ford Fiesta ST 14   Austin Dyne MEM
 LOU
6 		THO1
5 		THO2
7 		OTT1
5 		OTT2
6 		INDY
5 		AC1
7 		AC2
8 		SEA1
6 		SEA2
6 		LA
8 		9th 562

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

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Year Car Class Tyres No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points D.C.
2018–19 Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P M ADR MEX HKG SYX RME PAR MCO BER NYC
3   Katherine Legge 65 11 22 55 44 105 Ret 66 44 33 86 5th
6   Bryan Sellers 33 22 11 DSQ 22 11 33 44 DNS 55 107 3rd
Notes

* – Season still in progress.

References

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