Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport

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Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
Harding Steinbrenner Racing Logo.png
Owner(s) Andretti Autosport
Mike Harding
George Michael Steinbrenner IV
Principal(s) Brian Barnhart (President)
Base Speedway, Indiana
Series IndyCar Series
Opened2017
Closed2020
Career
Debut 2017 Indianapolis 500
Latest race 2020 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Drivers' Championships 0
Indy 500 victories 0
Race victories3
Pole positions 3
Harding Racing logo prior to partnership Harding Racing Logo.png
Harding Racing logo prior to partnership

Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport was an auto racing team that competed in the IndyCar Series. Founded as Harding Racing in 2017 by businessman Mike Harding, the team would form partnerships in 2019 with Steinbrenner Racing and in 2020 with Andretti Autosport, the latter resulting in team equipment and personnel moving into Andretti's race shop. Harding's involvement would end after the 2020 season.

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History

The team was founded as Harding Racing in 2017 by Mike Harding, with Gabby Chaves as driver for the Indy 500, Texas and Pocono, moving to full-time in 2018. Indy Lights driver Santiago Urrutia was signed on a handshake deal to join Chaves at the team in 2018, but the team backflipped on the deal before the season started. [1] In 2019, he would partner with Steinbrenner Racing, led by George Michael Steinbrenner IV, the son of the late New York Yankees co-owner and co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner and a grandson of George Steinbrenner III. [2] Steinbrenner IV had previously run an Indy Lights program with childhood friend Colton Herta as driver, in a partnership with Andretti Autosport. With the addition of Steinbrenner IV came Herta [3] and a technical alliance with Andretti, that would see Andretti Technologies engineers be assigned to the No. 88. [4] A planned second entry was intended for Herta's Lights teammate and rival Pato O'Ward, however due to a lack of funding (despite O'Ward carrying a 3-race scholarship for winning the Lights championship), the No. 8 Honda that O'Ward was slated to drive was never entered, and O'Ward would be released from his contract before the first race of 2019. [5]

Herta would win the second race of 2019, at Circuit of the Americas, but that did little to solve the team's continued budget issues. Herta had a contract with Andretti which superseded his contract with Harding, but with the requirement that Herta have a IndyCar Series race ride. [6] Rather than lose the young driver to the newly formed Arrow McLaren SP, [7] Andretti agreed to a deal that would see the HSR No. 88 entry absorbed into Andretti's shop after the 2019 season, with team equipment and some personnel being moved under the Andretti banner, [7] but not before Herta would win again in the season finale at Laguna Seca. [8]

Larry Curry acted as the team manager and competition director. [9] [10] In November 2017 Brian Barnhart was named the team's president as the team prepared to join the series full time. [11] Barnhart would be credited with securing the partnership with Steinbrenner/Andretti and eventual merger with Andretti amidst the teams budget issues. [7]

At 22-years old, Steinbrenner became the youngest car owner in IndyCar history. [12]

Racing results

Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.1234567891011121314151617PosPts
Harding Racing
2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves 88951523rd98
2018 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT POR SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6 t Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward (R)8931st44
Flag of Colombia.svg Gabby Chaves 881415191717141819151921181320th187
Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 13221529th58
Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (R)2037th20
Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TEX ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6 t Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (R)8881242323331212188718816941*7th420
Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
2020 TEX IMS ROA IOW INDY GTW MDO IMS STP
Dallara DW12 Honda HI20TT V6t Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta 887455191984691*42113rd421

* Season still in progress

IndyCar wins

#SeasonDateSanctionTrack / RaceNo.Winning DriverChassisEngineTireGridLaps Led
1 2019 March 24 IndyCar Circuit of the Americas (R)88 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (R) Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6 t Firestone 415
2September 22 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (R)88 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (R) (2) Dallara DW12 Honda HI19TT V6 t Firestone Pole83
3 2020 September 13 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course II (R)88 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (3) Dallara DW12 Honda HI20TT V6 t Firestone Pole57

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