Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
| Owner(s) |
The O'Gara Family (Andrew and Sarah) Willis E. Hartman |
|---|---|
| Base | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Series | Verizon IndyCar Series |
| Race drivers | 67. Josef Newgarden |
| Manufacturer |
Engine: Honda Chassis: Dallara |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2008 Indianapolis 500 |
| Latest race | 2014 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships |
| Race victories | 1 |
Engine: Honda
Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing (CFR) is an auto racing team founded in January 2008 which competed in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The team is jointly owned by former driver Ed Carpenter and Sarah Fisher, Sarah's husband Andrew O'Gara, and businessman Willis "Wink" E. Hartman. They currently run the #67 for 2011 Indy Lights champion Josef Newgarden, their number 20 car shared between oval driver Ed Carpenter, and Luca Filippi.
SFR was founded in late 1999 as a platform to handle Sarah Fisher's endorsements and business ventures. Fisher announced on February 27, 2008, that she would begin fielding her own race team in the IndyCar Series in 2008. Fisher, along with her husband Andy O'Gara, his father, John O'Gara and Fisher's then-agent/manager Klint Briney all left Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to start SFR.
The team announced a partial schedule for the 2008 IndyCar Series season that will include the Indianapolis 500. The team's primary sponsor for the Indianapolis 500 was set to be Gravity Entertainment who claimed to represent and have rights to RESQ energy drink, set for a new product launch in May, but when May arrived Gravity Entertainment (who in fact, did not have the rights to represent RESQ as it turned out) failed to deliver any money and put the team's plans of competing at the Indy 500 along with Kentucky and Chicago in jeopardy.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 for the 2008 Indy 500 and Fisher's team continued to move forward without primary sponsorship. The team became front and center when then-presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton paid the team a visit on Indiana's primary election day creating a media frenzy.
As the month went on, SFR continued to pick up associate sponsors, which included Hartman Oil, ProLiance Energy, AAA, Direct Supply, Indianapolis college, IUPUI, as well donations from fans at $51,000 dollars. Fisher solidly placed the car in the field in 22nd position and picked up Text4Cars.com as the primary sponsor on the Friday before the Indy 500-mile (800 km) race. The race started on a bad note for the team when the car stalled at the green flag but the team was able to get it going again. Fisher spun on the first caution but made no contact on Lap 12 in Turn 4. She was not as lucky on Lap 106 when a crash by Tony Kanaan collected her car landing her in a disappointing 30th, after running as high as third in the race. After the race, Fisher told ESPN's Jamie Little she was unsure if the team would be able to make it to Kentucky and Chicago because of the crash.
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