Zober R | |
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Born | Newtown, Pennsylvania | February 22, 1966
Atlantic Championship career | |
Debut season | 2004 |
Current team | Comprent Motorsports |
Car number | 66 |
Former teams | Polestar Racing Group (2008, 2009) |
Starts | 12 |
Best finish | 8th in 2012 |
Previous series | |
2012 2011 2010 2008–2009 2006–2008 2004–2005 2002–2003 2000–2001 | Atlantic Championship SCCA Formula Atlantic IMSA Lites L1 Atlantic Championship Star Mazda Atlantic Championship SCCA Formula Atlantic USF2000 |
Richard "Rich" Zober (born 22 February 1966) is a racing driver who competed in various formula racing series.
Zober started auto racing in 1995 in the SCCA Formula Continental class. The American driver finished eighteenth in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. He made his debut in the USF2000 championship in 2000. He competed in four races at Road America and Watkins Glen International. He competed in the American Continental Class for older F2000 cars. Zober scored a total of 23 points which placed him ninth in the championship. [1] He returned the following season for two races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. This time he competed in a new Van Diemen in the National Championship class. During the first race Zober spun after which he retired. [2] He managed to finish the second race as the last car running. [3] The following year the American driver switched to the SCCA Formula Atlantic class driving a Swift 008.a. After two years in the amateur series he made his debut in the pro Atlantic Championship. Zober participated at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the C2 class for older Formula Atlantic cars in a Swift 008.a. He finished twelfth overall, second in class. Comprent Motorsports entered Zober the following season in the Atlantics support races at the Grand Prix of Cleveland. Again in the C2 class he achieved his first top-ten finish finishing eighth in the first race. In 2008 and 2009 Zober drove for Polestar Racing Group in the championship class. His best finish was an eleventh place at Lime Rock Park in 2009. Zober drove his first full season in the Atlantic Championship in 2012. After the downfall of Champ Car the series was revived by SCCA Pro Racing for 2012. The driver from Newtown, Pennsylvania achieved four top-ten finishes and was placed eighth in the championship.
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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1994 | Mid-Ohio | Swift DB6 | Ford | Formula Continental | 18 | 25 | Running |
2002 | Mid-Ohio | Swift 008.a | Toyota 4AGE | Formula Atlantic | 10 | 6 | Running |
2003 | Mid-Ohio | Swift 008.a | Toyota 4AGE | Formula Atlantic | 22 | 14 | DNF |
2011 | Road America | Swift 016.a | Mazda-Cosworth MZR | Formula Atlantic | 10 | 11 | Running |
2012 | Road America | Swift 016.a | Mazda-Cosworth MZR | Formula Atlantic | 6 | 7 | Running |
2013 | Road America | Swift 016.a | Mazda-Cosworth MZR | Formula Atlantic | DNS | 17 | DNS |
2014 | Laguna Seca | Swift 016.a | Mazda-Cosworth MZR | Formula Atlantic | 12 | 3 | DNF |
2020 | Road America | Swift 016.a | Mazda-Cosworth MZR | Formula Atlantic | 3 | 6 | Running |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
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1999 | Richard Zober | PIR | CHA1 | CHA2 | MOS | MOS | MDO | ATL | ROA1 18 | ROA2 19 | CTR | MDO | PPI | SEB1 | SEB2 | N.C. | N.C. |
2000 | Richard Zober | PIR | MOS1 | MOS2 | IRP1 | ROA1 24 | ROA1 30 | TRR | MOS3 | WGI1 16 | WGI2 25 | IRP2 | ATL1 | ATL1 | N.C. | N.C. | |
2001 | Richard Zober | HMS1 | HMS2 | HMS3 | WGI1 | WGI2 | IRP | MDO1 24 | MDO2 18 | ROA1 | ROA2 | MDO3 | SEB1 | SEB2 | 26th | 4 | |
2005 | Richard Zober | ROA1 21 | ROA2 28 | MDO1 DNS | MDO2 DNS | CLE1 21 | CLE2 25 | ROA3 | ROA4 | MDO3 | MDO4 | VIR1 12 | VIR2 13 | 25th | 21 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2006 | Comprent Motorsports | SEB | HOU | MDO | MIL | MON | MMP 23 | POR | TRR | RAM 21 | MOS | RAT 17 | LAG | N.C. | N.C. |
2007 | Comprent Motorsports | SEB | HOU | VIR 14 | MMP 14 | POR | CLE 10 | TOR | RAM 11 | TRR | MOS | RAT 12 | LAG | 27th | 119 |
2008 | Comprent Motorsports | SEB | UTA 22 | WGI 16 | POR | POR | ROA 17 | TRR | MOS | NJ1 22 | NJ2 17 | ATL | LAG | 22nd | 99 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points |
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2004 | Comprent Motorsports | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR1 | POR2 | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL 12 | LS | N.C. | 0 | |||
2005 | Comprent Motorsports | LBH | MTY | POR1 | POR2 | CLE1 8 | CLE2 13 | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | ROA | MTL | N.C. | 0 | |||
2008 | Polestar Racing Group | LBH | LS | MTT | EDM1 | EDM2 | ROA1 | ROA2 | TRR | NJ 17 | UTA | ATL | 27th | 4 | ||||
2009 | Polestar Racing Group | SEB | UTA | NJ1 12 | NJ2 12 | LIM 11 | ACC1 | ACC2 | MDO | TRR | MOS | ATL | LS | 18th | 7 | |||
2012 | Comprent Motorsports | ATL1 DNF | ATL2 DNS | NJ1 9 | NJ2 8 | SUM1 7 | SUM2 9 | 8th | 99 | |||||||||
2014 | Comprent Motorsports | ATL1 8 | ATL2 15 | WGI1 9 | WGI2 8 | VIR1 6 | VIR2 9 | MDO1 9 | MDO2 15 | TOM1 | TOM2 | 10th | 160 | |||||
2015 | Comprent Motorsports | PBI | ATL 3 | ATL 9 | WGL 9 | WGL 5 | VIR 5 | VIR 13 | MDO DNS | MDO 6 | PIT 4 | PIT 7 | NJMP 4 | NJMP 11 | PIT 5 | PIT 6 | 7th | 303 |
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