Hemelgarn Racing
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| Founded | 1985 |
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| Folded | 2010 |
| Team principal(s) | Ron Hemelgarn Lee Kunzman |
| Former series | CART, IRL |
| Noted drivers |
Arie Luyendyk Stan Fox Buddy Lazier |
| Drivers' Championships |
2000 |
Hemelgarn Racing was a racing team in the CART series and the Indy Racing League owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 Indy Racing League Championship with driver Buddy Lazier.
The team had a best finish of 7th in the CART standings. Along with Lazier's Indy 500 win in 1996, the team also had two second place finishes at the Indy 500 in 1998 and 2000.
Along with A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Hemelgarn was unique in having competed in at least one race in every season of the Indy Racing League's existence from 1996 through 2008.
The team was founded in 1985 and participated part-time in the CART series with largely outdated equipment and three different drivers. In 1986 the team bought new March chassis and participated full-time with Jacques Villeneuve and part-time with Scott Brayton, putting both in the field of the team's first Indianapolis 500.
Arie Luyendyk replaced Villeneuve for 1987 and finished 7th in points. In 1988 Scott Brayton raced full-time for the team while three other drivers fielded part-time entries. For 1989, seven different drivers took turns behind the wheel, as the team struggled to find consistency. Buddy Lazier first joined the team in 1990 and competed in his first six CART races with the team. Lazier was bumped from the field and failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, while Billy Vukovich III did qualify his Hemelgarn machine for the 1990 Indy 500, finishing finishing 24th in a two-year-old Lola-Buick.
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