Newman Wachs Racing

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Newman Wachs Racing (also referred to as NWR) is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR was based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a driver development race team. They formed a Champ Car Atlantic team for the 2006 season to meet their objectives.

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In 2009, John Edwards won the Atlantic Championship, beating teammate Jonathan Summerton in a tiebreaker.

For 2010, the team entered a SpeedSource-prepared Mazda RX-8 in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class for Edwards and Adam Christodoulou. [1]

In 2016, the team announced a return to open wheel racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. [2]

Drivers

Atlantic Championship

Rolex Sports Car Series

Results

Complete Atlantic Championship results

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

YearCarDriversNo.123456789101112D.C.Points
2006 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA
Flag of the United States.svg Joe D'Agostino 3411129249777221816712th123
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt 3520DNS158222124th22
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Ott 1212120231819th48
Flag of the United States.svg J. R. Hildebrand 361943rd2
2007 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA
Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets 341729th4
Flag of the United States.svg J. R. Hildebrand 36133076929192151597th140
2008 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LBH LAG MTT EDM ROA TRR NJ UTA ATL
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro 341109819918411548th167
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Summerton 36461261*191232143rd224
2009 Swift-Mazda Cosworth SEB UTA NJM LIM ACC ACC2 MDO MOS TRR ATL LAG
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Niemelä 21129446th98
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Summerton 3344211131122nd182
Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards 361256211922311st182
1 Ott also competed in 4 races for Jensen MotorSport.
2 Niemelä also competed in 8 races for Jensen MotorSport.
3 Summerton also competed in 4 races for Genoa Racing.

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References

  1. "AUTO-RACING - GRAND-AM: Mazda Adds to Rolex GT Ladder - SPEEDtv.com". Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  2. "Legendary Newman Name Returning to Open-Wheel Racing".