Hemelgarn Racing

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Founded1985
Team principal(s)Ron Hemelgarn
Lee Kunzman
Current series USAC Silver Crown Series
Former series CART, IndyCar
Noted drivers Arie Luyendyk
Stan Fox
Buddy Lazier
Drivers'
Championships
2000 IRL
2020 USAC Silver Crown [1]

Hemelgarn Racing was an American auto racing team owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team debuted in 1985, and competed in the CART and Indy Racing League ranks until the team originally shut down in 2010. The team returned to competition in 2015, and currently competes full-time in the USAC Silver Crown Series with driver Justin Grant. Grant won the 2020 championship for the team. [2]

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The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 Indy Racing League Championship with driver Buddy Lazier.

The team had a best finish of 7th in the CART standings. Along with Lazier's Indy 500 win in 1996, the team also had two second-place finishes at the Indy 500 in 1998 and 2000.

Along with A. J. Foyt Enterprises, Hemelgarn was unique in having competed in at least one race in every season of the Indy Racing League's existence from 1996 through 2008.

CART series history

Early years

The team was founded in 1985 and participated part-time in the CART series with largely outdated equipment and three different drivers. In 1986 the team bought new March chassis and participated full-time with Jacques Villeneuve and part-time with Scott Brayton, putting both in the field of the team's first Indianapolis 500.

Arie Luyendyk replaced Villeneuve for 1987 and finished 7th in points. In 1988 Scott Brayton raced full-time for the team while three other drivers fielded part-time entries. For 1989, seven different drivers took turns behind the wheel, as the team struggled to find consistency. Buddy Lazier first joined the team in 1990 and competed in his first six CART races with the team. Lazier was bumped from the field and failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, while Billy Vukovich III did qualify his Hemelgarn machine for the 1990 Indy 500, finishing 24th in a two-year-old Lola-Buick.

1991

Hemelgarn teamed up with Dale Coyne Racing to field a car at Road America and Toronto for Lazier in 1991. The team fielded three cars at the 1991 Indianapolis 500. Indy legend Gordon Johncock, veteran Stan Fox, and Buddy Lazier, who made the race for the first time. Lazier was involved in a spin on the first lap and finished last. Johncock, however, charged from 33rd starting position, and battling an illness, came home in a surprising 6th place. Fox in 8th place gave the team two cars in the top ten.

1992-1995

In 1992 the team only participated at Indianapolis as costs to run the series full-time increased rapidly. In 1993 the team fielded a car for pay driver Brian Bonner in a pair of road races.

For 1994 and 1995, Hemelgarn ran Indianapolis only, with veteran Stan Fox as the primary driver. Jeff Andretti (1994) and Jim Crawford (1995), respectively, were entered as second drivers, but neither were able to qualify. Fox was running in the top ten late in the race in 1994, but spun out and crashed in turn one with four laps to go. In 1995 Fox qualified 11th, but was involved in a terrible crash at the start. He was critically injured, suffering a closed-head injury, which ended his driving career.

Indy Racing League success

1996-2001

With the founding of the Indy Racing League in 1996, the team was eager to return to full-time racing and re-signed former Hemelgarn stalwart Buddy Lazier to pilot their full-time entry and fielded additional cars for Brad Murphey and Stéphan Grégoire in the Indy 500.

Buddy Lazier scored the team's first pole position at the 1996 IRL season opener at Walt Disney World Speedway.

Lazier scored the first win of his Indy car career and Hemelgarn's first as a team in a gutsy drive while recovering from a back injury in the 1996 Indianapolis 500. This win cemented Lazier and sponsor Delta Faucet with the team for years to come. Lazier was one of the top drivers in the league, consistently scoring top-tens and finishing in the top-ten in points every year.

In 2000, Lazier and Hemelgarn captured the Indy Racing League championship and finished second in the Indy 500 behind the dominant "500" rookie Juan Pablo Montoya. The team nearly repeated their championship ways in 2001, with Lazier capturing four wins and finishing second in points, albeit well back from champion Sam Hornish Jr.

With Lazier behind the wheel, Hemelgarn posted eight wins, and 18 top three finishes over six seasons.

Struggles and closure

2002-2005

As 2002 came, the team began to struggle. The influx of former CART teams had begun and Lazier only managed an 8th-place finish in points and only registered a pair of top five finishes. 2003 was even worse as the team struggled with under-powered Chevrolet engines compared to the new Honda and Toyota powerplants and Lazier finished a dismal 19th in series points, prompting Delta Faucets to leave the team.

In 2004 the team was only able to field a car for Lazier in the Indy 500. In 2005 the team returned to full-time competition with new ethanol sponsorship brought by driver Paul Dana who was injured after three races and replaced by Jimmy Kite.

2006

Hemelgarn's 2008 Indy 500 entry for Buddy Lazier 2008Indy91.jpg
Hemelgarn's 2008 Indy 500 entry for Buddy Lazier

The team hit rock bottom in 2006. The team was able to broker a deal with driver P. J. Chesson, with financial backing from NBA star Carmelo Anthony. Jeff Bucknum joined the team as a second team car, and under the moniker "Car-Melo", the two cars qualified for the 2006 Indianapolis 500. On the second lap, however, the two cars tangled in turn two and crashed out together, finishing 32nd and 33rd (last and second-to-last). Following the devastating result, Ron Hemelgarn let his crew go and suspended the team's operations, leaving Chesson without a ride for the rest of the year.

2007-2009

It was unknown if and when Hemelgarn Racing would return to the track until the team filed an entry for the 2007 Indianapolis 500. Little was heard of the entry until a deal was put together on the Friday before the final weekend of qualifying with Racing Professionals to jointly field a former Hemelgarn chassis (bought by RP) for Richie Hearn. Hearn solidly put the car in the field after only 26 laps of practice on Bump Day and finished the race in the 23rd position.

In 2008 Buddy Lazier returned to the team for the Indianapolis 500 and made a last minute run on Bump Day to put the car into the field. With little practice, Lazier struggled with the handling of the car and finished 17th five laps down. The team attempted to repeat 2008's relative success in 2009, but despite running lap times similar to what they had run the previous year, Lazier was not able to wring enough speed from the car to make the field.

In April 2010, SPEED TV's Robin Miller reported that Hemelgarn Racing had ceased operations. [3] Ron Hemelgarn was inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame (www.mmshof.org) in 2013.

Return (2015-present)

The team reopened at the start of 2015, and began competing full-time in the USAC Silver Crown Series. Austin Nemire raced for the team in 2015 and 2016. Nemire had two top 5s (Iowa - 2015 and Gateway - 2016), and finished 8th in points standings during both seasons.

Hemelgarn joined forces with Chris Carli Motorsports & driver Justin Grant for the 2017 season. The combination had success as they finished 4th in the points standings & won the Bettenhausen 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds. [4]

Grant returned to the team for the 2018 season and won at Terre Haute Action Track. [5] Grant won the 2020 championship without winning a race that season.

List of Hemelgarn drivers

CART

IndyCar / Indy Racing League

USAC Silver Crown Series


Complete Racing Results

Complete PPG CART Indycar World Series results

(key)

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.1234567891011121314151617Pts PosPos
Longhorn Racing
1979 PHX ATL INDY TRTMCHWGLTRTONTMCHATLPHX
Penske PC-6/7 Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Tom Bagley 11887984666732598th1,208
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Krisiloff 712319th279
1980 ONT INDY MILPOCMDOMCHWGLMILONTMCHMXCPHX
Longhorn LR-01 Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser 5162720241371913453158th1,153
1981 PHXMILATLMCHRIVMILMCHWGLMXCPHX
Longhorn LR-02 Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser 8175671114531422210th90
1982 PHXATLMILCLEMCHMILPOCRIVROAMCHPHX
Longhorn LR-03/B Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser 102181734DNQ23172187th125
Primus Motor Sports
1983 ATL INDY MILCLEMCHROAPOCRIVMDOMCHCPLLAGPHX
Longhorn LR-03 Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kneifel (R)7212279268221324891517th19
1984 LBHPHX INDY MILPORMEACLEMCHROAPOCMDOSANMCHPHXLAGCPL
Primus 84 Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kneifel 72DNQ915238DNQ15DNS2529th9
Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Jr. 1717th28
Hemelgarn Racing
1985 LBH INDY MILPORMEACLEMCHROAPOCMDOSANMCHLAGPHXMIA
Lola T900 Cosworth DFX Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Roe (R)7121DNQ782627th11
Flag of the United States.svg Spike Gehlhausen 141842nd0
Flag of Argentina.svg Enrique Mansilla 9101231st8
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 2618DNQ22nd15
1986 PHXLBH INDY MILPORMEACLETORMCHPOCMDOSANMCHROALAGPHXMIA
March 86C Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 712413271939th0
Buick 3300 V6 tc 30
Cosworth DFX Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 8155519241119101916615th38
8120
1987 LBHPHX INDY MILPORMEACLETORMCHPOCROAMDONAZLAGMIA
March 87C Cosworth DFX Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arie Luyendyk 711431841661975441146117th98
Flag of the United States.svg Rich Vogler 812043rd0
March 86C Buick 330 V6 tc DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Parsons DNQNC
March 87C Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 9112510222522nd14
1988 PHXLBH INDY MILPORCLETORMEAMCHPOCMDOROANAZLAGMIA
Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ludwig Heimrath 71142523261912728th7
Judd AV1921
Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Ken Johnson (R)1236th1
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sneva 2245th0
Judd AV8127
Cosworth DFX Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Johncock 71621st16
856
Judd AV Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 91152310916141126102423rd12
Cosworth DFX 18
Buick 3300 V6 tc 31
1989 PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHPOCMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T89/00 Judd AV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ludwig Heimrath 7124DNSDNQ17DNQ26th4
Lola T88/00913222517
Flag of Finland.svg Tero Palmroth 2743rd0
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Vukovich III 811234th1
Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Johncock 9131400
Lola T89/00 Judd AV2115
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys 91221st9
Lola T88/002026
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Goodyear 2348th0
Lola T89/0023
1990 PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T88/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Billy Vukovich III 812434th0
Cosworth DFS 13
Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier (R)91DNQ30th1
Judd AVDNQ
Buick 3300 V6 tc DNQDNQ1324DNS26DNQ1223DNS14
1991 SFR LBHPHX INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T90/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 713322nd6
Lola T88/00 Flag of the United States.svg Davey Hamilton 81DNQNC
Lola T91/00 Flag of the United States.svg Stan Fox 91824th5
Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Johncock 92620th8
1992 SFR PHXLBH INDY DETPORMILNHA TOR MCHCLEROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T91/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Pancho Carter 81DNQ31st2
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Fox 912759th0
Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Johncock 922961st0
1993 SFR PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLETORMCHNHAROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T91/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Stan Fox 913154th0
Lola T92/00 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys 922242nd0
1994 SFR PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLETORMCHMDONHAVANROANAZLAG
Reynard 94i Ford XB V8 t Flag of the United States.svg Stan Fox 911337th0
Lola T92/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 94DNQ36th0
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Andretti DNQ44th0
1995 MIA SFR PHXLBHNAZ INDY MILDETPORROATORCLEMCHMDONHAVANLAG
Reynard 95i Ford XB V8 t Flag of the United States.svg Stan Fox 913046th0
Reynard 94i Flag of the United States.svg Davey Hamilton 95DNQNC
Lola T92/00 Buick 3300 V6 tc Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Crawford 96DNQNC

IRL/IndyCar Series

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.12345678910111213141516171819Pts PosPos
1996 WDW PHX INDY
Reynard T95i Ford XB V8 t Flag of France.svg Stéphan Grégoire 91672713th165
Reynard T94i Flag of the United States.svg Brad Murphey 102334th12
Reynard T95i Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 9117Wth114th159
1996–97 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV
Reynard T94i Ford XB V8 t Flag of the United States.svg Brad Murphey 9182738th25
Dallara IR7 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Unser 181924th107
Flag of the United States.svg Lyn St. James 901342nd22
Reynard T95i Ford XB V8 t Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 9119248th209
Dallara IR7 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 521
Oldsmobile Aurora V8 417811231
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Unser 92540th5
Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 9115282117213717635th262
1999 WDWPHXCLT INDY TXSPPIRATLDOVPPIRLSVTXS
Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 911018C 1 7145212411106th224
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Unser 92C 1 321513132327th57
2000 WDWPHXLSV INDY TXSPPIRATLKTYTXS
Riley & Scott Mk VII Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 912122DNQ1st290
Dallara IR-002726214
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Wattles 922343rd7
2001 PHXHMSATL INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 91320618411*5111311172nd398
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Wattles 9216261232nd36
94DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Menninga (R)9219161933rd36
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Knapp 93DNQNC
2002 HMSPHXFONNAZ INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 91227723158151871213315378th305
2003 HMSPHXMOT INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHGATKTYNAZCHIFONTXS
Dallara IR-03 Chevrolet Indy V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 911119211310201314121116131619th201
Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn 211828th39
2004 HMSPHXMOT INDY TXSRIRKANNSHMILMCHKTYPPIRNAZCHIFONTXS
Dallara IR-04 Chevrolet Indy V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 912333rd12
2005 HMSPHXSTPMOT INDY TXSRIRKANNSHMILMCHKTYPPIRSNMCHIWGLFON
Dallara IR-05 Toyota Indy V8 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Dana (R)9110212027th44
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Kite 322213191314131017181322nd163
2006 HMS STP MOT INDY WGLTXSRIRKANNSHMILMCHKTYSNMCHI
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI6R V8 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Chesson (R)911217173322nd54
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Bucknum 923220th97
2007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MCH KTY SNM DET CHI
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn 9123 2 31st12
2008 HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 911737th13
2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 91DNQNC
  1. ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.
  2. ^ In conjunction with Racing Professionals.

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