Newman-Haas Racing
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| Owner(s) |
Paul Newman Carl Haas Mike Lanigan |
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| Base | Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States |
| Series | CART, IndyCar |
| Career | |
| Debut | 1983 Kraco Dixie 200 |
| Latest race | 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championships |
| Drivers' Championships | 8 |
| Race victories | 107 |
| Pole positions | 109 |
Newman/Haas Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the CART series and the IndyCar Series from 1983 to 2011. The team operations were based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Newman/Haas Racing was formed as a partnership between actor, automotive enthusiast, and semi-professional racer Paul Newman and long-time auto racing impresario Carl Haas. The duo were competitors in sports car racing during the 1970s and early 1980s, and in 1983, joined forces to enter the ranks of Indy car racing.
Newman/Haas was one of the most-successful teams in Indy car racing during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The team won 105 CART/Champ Car races and eight season championships. During the 1980s, and for the better part of the 1990s, the team was closely aligned with the Andretti family. In 1983, Mario Andretti signed as primary driver, an arrangement that would carry Andretti through the remainder of his career, until his retirement in 1994. Michael Andretti joined the team from 1989–1992 and again from 1995-2000. Both Mario and Michael won a CART championship driving for the team. Newman/Haas is also notable as the team for which Nigel Mansell competed in CART, winning the 1993 title.
Despite their many years of tremendous success in Indy car racing, and its status as an elite team in the sport, the team notably never achieved victory of any sort at the Indianapolis 500. Reflecting on the perceived Andretti curse, the team's best finish was only a second place by Mario Andretti (1985) and by Michael Andretti in (1991).
From 2007 to 2010 Mike Lanigan became a partner in the company, and the team became known during that time as Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. After the 2011 season, Carl Haas announced that the team would not run in the IndyCar Series in 2012 due to the economic climate. The team closed its doors, sold off its equipment, and Haas died in 2016.
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