Team Pelfrey

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United States Team Pelfrey
BaseIndianapolis, Indiana[1]
Team principal(s)Dale Pelfrey[2][3]
Current seriesF1600 Championship Series[4]
Former seriesIndyCar Series[3]
Indy Lights[5]
Pro Mazda Championship[6]
U.S. F2000 National Championship[6][7]
Drivers'
Championships		3: Pro Mazda Championship[8][9][10]

Team Pelfrey is an American racing team in the F1600 Championship Series.[4] The team is owned by Dale Pelfrey.[2][3]

Indy Racing League (1998–2000)[]

John Paul Jr. replaced Danny Ongais as driver for the 1998 Indianapolis 500 due to Ongais crashing and suffering a concussion.[11] Paul Jr. finished seventh and led the race.[12] Robby Unser drove for Pelfrey in 1999.[13] Lyn St. James failed to qualify for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 due to rain on the final qualifying day and a backup car accident.[14] The team was put up for auction on eBay in June 1999. The high bid was $1,500,300 and did not meet the reserve of $3 million.[2][15] Sarah Fisher raced for the team at Texas Motor Speedway in 1999.[16][17] Billy Boat drove for Pelfrey after being unable to fund his own team for the 2000 Indy Racing League season.[18] Boat wrecked his Pelfrey primary car for the 2000 Indianapolis 500, but would qualify driving for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.[19][20][21]

Road to Indy (2011–present)[]

USF2000 and Pro Mazda[]

The team returned to racing in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship with driver Nick Andries.[3] Jack Hawksworth won the 2012 Star Mazda Championship.[8] Pelfrey would join the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2015.[8] Santiago Urrutia won the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship.[9] Both series teams underwent a leadership change in May 2016, with Dale Pelfrey taking over operations from Nigel Tuckey.[22] Aaron Telitz won the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship over teammate Patricio O'Ward.[10][23] Team Pelfrey's USF2000 and Pro Mazda teams moved from Pompano Beach, Florida to Indianapolis, Indiana in late 2016. The team was located at TKM Inc. under Thomas Knapp.[1] Pelfrey shut down its USF2000 after the 2018 season.[7]

Indy Lights[]

2016[]

Team Pelfrey purchased 8 Star Motorsports and entered two cars in the 2016 Indy Lights series.[6][24] Felix Rosenqvist tested with the team at Palm Beach International Raceway, but would later sign with Belardi Auto Racing.[24][25][26] Juan Piedrahita became the team's full-time driver, with Scott Hargrove running several races.[27][28] Garett Grist moved up from Pro Mazda for the road course races starting at Road America, replacing Hargrove.[29] Piedrahita left the team after Toronto and Sean Rayhall joined for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.[30][31]

2017[]

Juan Piedrahita rejoined Team Pelfrey for the 2017 Indy Lights season.[32] Patricio O'Ward joined the team for St. Petersburg and finished third in race two.[33][34][35] Piedrahita won the pole at Gateway and finished 2nd.[36][37]

2018[]

Neil Alberico and Shelby Blackstock joined the team for St. Petersburg.[7][38] Davey Hamilton Jr. joined for the Freedom 100.[7][39] The team moved its operations from Florida to Indianapolis before the 2019 season.[7]

2019[]

Toby Sowery joined the team for St. Petersburg.[5] Sowery won for HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey at the Sunday Portland race.[40][41]

Driver history[]

Indy Racing League[]

Road to Indy[]

Indy Lights (2016–present)[]

Pro Mazda Championship (2011–present)[]

U.S. F2000 National Championship (2015–present)[]

  • Norway Ayla Ågren (2015, 2017–present)
  • United Kingdom Jordan Cane (2016)
  • United States Phillippe Denes (2016–present)
  • United States Kaylen Frederick (2016–present)
  • Australia Luke Gabin (2015)
  • Russia Nikita Lastochkin (2015)
  • United States Jacob Loomis (2017–present)
  • United States Robert Megennis (2016-present)
  • New Zealand James Munro (2016)
  • United States Garth Rickards (2015)

Complete racing results[]

Indy Racing League[]

(key)

Indy Racing League results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Pos Pos
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 United States Danny Ongais 81 DNQ NC —
United States John Paul Jr. 8 11th 216
United States Tyce Carlson 12 27th 73
United States Lyn St. James 90 DNQ NC —
1999 WDW PHX CLT INDY TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPIR LSV TXS
Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 United States Sarah Fisher (R) 48 17 46th 5
United States Robby Unser 81 15 26 C1 8 6 6 2 12 9 16 14 10th 209
United States Lyn St. James 90 DNQ NC —
2000 WDW PHX LSV INDY TXS PPIR ATL KTY TXS
Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 United States Billy Boat 81 9 6 7 23 18 8 18 3 10th 181
United States Memo Gidley 82 DNQ NC —
  1. ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

Indy Lights[]

(key)

Indy Lights results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Position
2016 STP PHX ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO WGL LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 Colombia Juan Piedrahita 2 9 8 12 7 16 15 11 8 12 7 7 14 12 135 135 13th 6th
United States Sean Rayhall 4 8 32 19th
Canada Scott Hargrove (R) 3 2 14 13 13 12 14 9 5 93 16th
Canada Garett Grist (R) 7 10 7 7 10 12 8 11 15 102 15th
2017 STP ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO GAT LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 Colombia Juan Piedrahita 2 14 10 11 11 DNS 5 8 5 10 10 6 4 10 11 2* 9 208 162 9th 5th
Mexico Patricio O'Ward (R) 3 5 3 8 15 58 15th
2018 STP ALA IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MDO GAT POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Dallara IL-15 Mazda-AER MZR-R 2.0 Turbo I4 United States Neil Alberico 2 7 5 31* 46* 9th* 4th*
United States Shelby Blackstock 3 5 2 42* 8th*

Star Mazda/Pro Mazda Championship[]

key)

Pro Mazda Championship results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points Position
2011 STP ALA IRP MIL IOW MOS TRO SNM BAL LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis United States Connor De Phillippi 11 1 10 1 6 11 2 5 1 2 10 1 401 293 2nd 1st
United States Nick Andries (R) 81 17 2 2 3 7 4 3 2 3 9 2 385 3rd
2012 STP ALA IRP IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL LAG ATL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Finland Petri Suvanto (R) 81 5 3 6 6 5 4 6 8 19 4 14 4 4 4 5 5 6 271 451 5th 1st
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth (R) 82 2 1 1 2 7 15 1 1 7 1 1 12 1 2 1 2 397 1st
United States Ryan Tveter (R) 14 91 18th
United States Gustavo Menezes 83 13 10 7 16 6 13 8 6 13 5 7 6 7 16 6 8 7 208 9th
2013 COTA STP IRP MIL TOR MOS MDO TRO HOU D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Canada Dalton Kellett (R) 80 10 8 — 377 NC 2nd
United States Spencer Pigot (R) 81 2 16 4 4 2 3 9 11 1* 4* 4 5 5 5 2 5 297 4th
Finland Petri Suvanto 82 5 5 11 8 57 10th
Norway Anders Krohn 4 4 — NC
Brazil Nicolas Costa (R) 3 6 5 10 15 3 3 2 — NC
Canada Stefan Rzadzinski 83 8 12 — NC
2014 STP ALA IMS IRP HOU MDO MIL SNM D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Canada Dalton Kellett 80 9 11 10 11 4 19 DNS 3 7 8 8 11 7 10 160 259 10th 3rd
Brazil Pipo Derani (R) 81 4 3 6 4 9 18 88 14th
Norway Anders Krohn 5 17 25th
United Kingdom Jack Aitken (R) 9 4 31 20th
United States Brandon Newey (R) 10 13 63 17th
82 16 18 16 12 5 14
Brazil Nicolas Costa 2 5 1* 2 5 4 2 224 5th
99 4
2015 STP NOLA ALA IMS IRP TOR IOW MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis United Kingdom Raoul Owens (R) 80 11 18 11 12 14 8 6 12 13 13 7 16 166 387 12th 2nd
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia (R) 81 2 4 1* C 3 2 4 3 1* 15 7 4 5 1* 3 2 2 355 1st
Mexico Patricio O'Ward (R) 84 4 14 4 C 5 7 6 10 5 7 2 3 3 7 6 18 6 250 6th
2016 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Mexico Patricio O'Ward 80 1* 2 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 4 4 9 2 7 4 1* 10 6 393 553 2nd 1st
Malaysia Weiron Tan 81 5 3 4 10 69 11th
United States (R) 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 11 7 137 7th
United States Aaron Telitz (R) 82 2 1* 2* 2 7 2 5 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 3 2 5 1* 421 1st
2017 STP IMS ROA MDO GAT WGL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Star Race Cars Mazda Renesis Russia Nikita Lastochkin (R) 80 5 5 6 5 3 3 5 5 6 6 13 4 203 381 5th 1st
Brazil Carlos Cunha (R) 81 4 12 4 3 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 237 3rd
United States 82 3 3 3 2 15 12 3 4 4 4 10 5 224 4th
United States Robert Megennis (R) 84 12 DNS 21 13th
2018 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO GAT POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus PM-18 Mazda MZR-R PM18At Brazil (R) 80 16 9 6 8 45* 61* 11th* 3rd*
Mexico (R) 81 14 8 4 7 53* 8th*
United States Sting Ray Robb 82 6 4 9 10 58* 6th*

U.S. F2000 National Championship[]

key)

U.S. F2000 National Championship results
Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points Position
2015 STP NOLA ALA IMS IRP TOR MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Élan DP08 Mazda MZR Norway Ayla Ågren (R) 81 9 10 9 11 9 10 6 14 11 7 9 10 6 11 11 7 186 188 10th 4th
Australia (R) 82 17 9 8 14 15 14 5 4 8 4 3 7 7 6 15 15 194 6th
United States Garth Rickards (R) 83 7 15 11 8 6 11 7 17 9 5 6 18 5 8 9 10 186 9th
Russia Nikita Lastochkin (R) 84 10 8 10 12 10 8 8 7 12 8 8 11 10 10 7 5 193 8th
2016 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO LAG D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Élan DP08 Mazda MZR United States Robert Megennis (R) 80 3 8 12 3 8 10 6 7 11 5 5 19 4 7 8 8 224 180 6th 5th
United Kingdom Jordan Cane (R) 81 25 3 6 19 10 21 121 13th
United States Kaylen Frederick (R) 13 13 16 24th
United States (R) 82 22 9 13 10 9 9 58 19th
United States (R) 7 11 24 22nd
New Zealand James Munro (R) 83 18 21 11 23 20 23rd
2017 STP ALA IMS ROA IOW TOR MDO WGL D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus USF-17 Mazda MZR United States Robert Megennis 80 1* 19 4 6 DSQ 7 7 15 5 13 5 17 7 10 173 258 6th 3rd
United States 81 4 5 2 2 DSQ 3 6 4 6 17 3 7 3 4 240 4th
Norway Ayla Ågren 82 21 12 8 8 7 12 8 72 17th
United States (R) 11 19 13 32nd
United States 18 18 13 15 30th
2018 STP IMS IRP ROA TOR MDO POR D.C. T.C. D.C. T.C.
Tatuus USF-17 Mazda MZR South Africa 80 5 11
United States (R) 81 9 15
Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 82 7 14

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