Sam Schmidt Motorsports
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| Base | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Team principal(s) |
Sam Schmidt Ric Peterson Davey Hamilton |
| Current series |
IndyCar Series Indy Lights |
| Current drivers |
IndyCar Series James Hinchcliffe Mikhail Aleshin Indy Lights Scott Anderson RC Enerson Jack Harvey Ethan Ringel Santiago Urrutia |
| Drivers' Championships |
Indy Lights: 2004: Thiago Medeiros 2006: Jay Howard 2007: Alex Lloyd 2010: Jean-Karl Vernay 2011: Josef Newgarden 2012: Tristan Vautier 2013: Sage Karam |
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, also doing business as Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports, is an auto racing team in the Verizon IndyCar Series]. The team, formerly Sam Schmidt Motorsports, is owned by quadriplegic former driver Sam Schmidt. Ex-driver Davey Hamilton late joined with Schmidt in 2011 to form Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. For 2013, Oculus Transport CEO Ric Peterson joined Hamilton and Schmidt, renaming it Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
On January 6, 2000, Sam Schmidt was in Orlando, Florida practicing at the Walt Disney World Speedway. As his car exited turn two, it hit the wall with a tremendous impact. Schmidt was airlifted to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition. He was diagnosed as a quadriplegic, the result of a severe injury to his spinal cord at the C-3/C-4 levels and was on a respirator for 5 months. In 2001, just 14 months after his accident and at the urging of his wife and parents, Schmidt announced the formation of Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Undeterred by his injury, Schmidt travels more than 120 days a year on behalf of the team.
For 2011, SSM purchased the assets of FAZZT Race Team, retaining some the personnel and all sponsors, including Alex Tagliani. Townsend Bell, Jay Howard, and Wade Cunningham also drove for SSM in the 2011 IndyCar Series season.
Davey Hamilton began 2001 in the car and drove 5 races, including the team's first Indianapolis 500, ending with an injury at Texas Motor Speedway. He was replaced by Jaques Lazier who drove four races and 3 other drivers who drove a few races each. Richie Hearn made 9 starts for the team in 2002 as he switched between the team's 2 cars, the No. 99 and No. 20. Anthony Lazzaro drove in the first three races of the year in the No. 99, but handed over Indy 500 driving duties to Mark Dismore, who made his only start for the team in that year's '500'.
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