Founded | 1972 |
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Founder(s) | Bill Abel |
Base | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Team principal(s) | Bill Abel John Brunner |
Current series | IndyCar Series Indy NXT |
Former series | U.S. F2000 National Championship Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Regional Americas Championship Indy Pro 2000 Championship |
Current drivers | Jacob Abel Yuven Sundaramoorthy Josh Mason Jordan Missig Taylor Ferns |
Website | https://abelmotorsports.com/ |
Abel Motorsports is an American auto racing team in the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT series. [1] The team is owned by Bill Abel.
They have competed at numerous levels of the Road to Indy. [2] [3] In April 2024, at Barber Motorsports Park, the team recorded its first victory in the Indy NXT series. [4]
After competing in the 2023 Indianapolis 500, the team announced an attempt to make the race in 2024. [5] [6] [7] In early May, 2024, the team announced they had withdrawn their entry in the race, after driver R. C. Enerson failed to locate funding for the effort. [8]
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2022 | Dallara IL-15 | Jacob Abel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 355 | 8th | 4th |
Antonio Serravalle† | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 13th | |||
Ryan Phinny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 14th | |||
Flinn Lazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15th | |||
2023 | Dallara IL-15 | Jacob Abel | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 397 | 5th | 3rd |
Colin Kaminsky | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 17th | |||
Yuven Sundaramoorthy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 22nd | |||
Francesco Pizzi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 22nd | |||
2024 | Dallara IL-15 | Jacob Abel | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 517 | 2nd | 3rd |
Yuven Sundaramoorthy | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 309 | 8th | |||
Jordan Missig | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 22nd | |||
Taylor Ferns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 24th | |||
Josh Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25th |
† Serravalle competed for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing from round 3 onwards.
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
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2023 | Dallara DW12 | R. C. Enerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36th |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2015 | Élan DP08 | Bill Abel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22nd | 10th |
2018 | Tatuus USF-17 | Jacob Abel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 23rd | 12th |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2017 | Ligier JS F4 | Jacob Abel | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24th | 14th |
John Andrew Entwistle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
2018 | Ligier JS F4 | Jacob Loomis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13th | 6th |
Jacob Abel | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15th |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2018 | Ligier JS F3 | Kyle Kirkwood | 17 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 405 | 1st | 1st |
Jacob Abel | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 4th | |||
2019 | Ligier JS F3 | Jacob Abel | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 155 | 4th | 3rd |
Danny van Dongen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
2020 | Ligier JS F3 | Jacob Abel | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 5th | 4th |
Blake Upton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14th |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2019 | Tatuus PM-18 | Parker Thompson | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 344 | 3rd | 3rd |
Jacob Abel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 9th | |||
2020 | Tatuus PM-18 | Jacob Abel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 14th | N/A |
2021 | Tatuus PM-18 | Jacob Abel | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 292 | 6th | 5th |
Current series | |
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Indy NXT | 2022–present |
IndyCar Series | 2023–present |
Former series | |
U.S. F2000 National Championship | 2015, 2018 |
Formula 4 United States Championship | 2017–2018 |
Formula Regional Americas Championship | 2018–2020 |
Indy Pro 2000 Championship | 2019–2021 |
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