Scott Pruett

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Scott Pruett
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Pruett in 2008
BornScott Donald Pruett
(1960-03-24) March 24, 1960 (age 64)
Roseville, California, U.S.
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Championship titles
IMSA GTO (1986, 1988)
SCCA Trans-Am Series (1987, 2003)
Grand-Am Daytona Prototype (2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Major victories
24 Hours of Daytona (1994, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013)
Michigan 500 (1995)
12 Hours of Sebring (2014)
Champ Car career
145 races run over 10 years
Best finish6th (1998)
First race 1988 Long Beach Grand Prix (Long Beach)
Last race 1999 Marlboro 500 (Fontana)
First win 1995 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Last win 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival (Surfers Paradise)
WinsPodiums Poles
2155
NASCAR Cup Series career
40 races run over 8 years
Best finish37th (2000)
First race 2000 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
WinsTop tens Poles
060
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
11 races run over 6 years
Best finish76th (2000)
First race 2000 NAPA Auto Parts 300 (Daytona)
Last race 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
WinsTop tens Poles
040
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2001
Teams Corvette
Best finish8th (2001)
Class wins1 (2001)

Scott Donald Pruett (born March 24, 1960) is an American retired racing driver who has competed in numerous disciplines of the sport. In the 1980s, Pruett established himself as a top sports car racer, winning two IMSA GTO, and three Trans-Am championships. Later in his career, he won five Grand-Am championships. In the 1990s, Pruett competed in CART Championship cars. After a brief stint in NASCAR, he returned to sports cars.

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Career

Pruett at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona ScottPruett2008Rolex24HoursOfDaytona.jpg
Pruett at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona

1980s

Pruett began racing in karts at age eight, [1] eventually winning 10 karting championships. In 1984, he moved to sedan racing. His first victory took place in 1986, when he won the IMSA GTO Championship, which he would again win in 1988. [2] In 1987, Pruett won the SCCA Trans-Am championship. [2] At the Indianapolis 500, he was the co-rookie of the year in 1989, recording his best finish in four starts in the race, 10th, driving for Truesports.

1990s

While driving for the Truesports racing team, on March 16, 1990, during pre-season testing for the 1990 season, Pruett suffered leg and back injuries in a crash at the West Palm Beach Fairgrounds temporary circuit. [3] Pruett spent the 1990 season recovering and on certain occasions calling ESPN IndyCar telecasts as color commentator with Paul Page doing the play by play.

Pruett won the opening round of the 1991 IROC series season at Daytona. [1] In 1994, Pruett joined Patrick Racing as a test driver for Firestone tires. The same year, he also won the IMSA 24 Hours at Daytona, and also won a second Trans-Am Series championship. [2]

For the next 4 years, Pruett continued driving Indy Cars for Patrick Racing and usually made the top ten in the series championship. In 1995 he was in contention for the Indianapolis 500 until crashing late, with 18 to go. He won his first CART race at the Michigan 500 after a late race duel with Al Unser Jr., beating Unser Jr. by .56 seconds. [1] His best championship finish with Patrick was in 1998, finishing sixth in points with three podium finishes and one pole position.

In 1999, Pruett changed to Arciero-Wells and participated in the Toyota engine-program development. He also earned Toyota's first pole on an oval (California Speedway) and earned Toyota's best qualifying effort on a road course at the current time (third at the Australian Grand Prix).

2000s

In 2000, Pruett raced the No. 32 Tide-sponsored Ford for Cal Wells in the Winston Cup Series. Replaced by Ricky Craven after the season, he briefly retired from NASCAR, [1] but returned in 2001 to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTS Class in a factory Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. [1] The following year, he won the GTS class in the 24 Hours at Daytona and also joined Speed as a reporter. For them he covered the 2002 FedEx Championship Series as well as the Champ Car World Series in 2003. This year, Pruett also won the Trans-Am Championships in the Motorock Trans-Am Series for Rocketsports Racing. [2]

In 2001, Scott Pruett made a number of NASCAR starts as a "road-course ringer," both in the Winston Cup Series and the Busch Series. For the Cup Series, he drove at Sonoma for Andy Petree and then at Watkins Glen for Chip Ganassi. For the Busch Series, Pruett drove one single race in place of Kevin Lepage at Watkins Glen in what Pruett felt was "likely his best chance to win, perhaps in his career." With Lepage's car, Pruett won the pole position and dominated early on before falling back to finish eighth. Fellow ringer Ron Fellows took the win. [4]

In 2002, at Watkins Glen, Pruett replaced Jimmy Spencer in the No. 41 car for a one-race deal. Pruett started 19th and spent most of the race in the top 10. He finished sixth after getting an opportunity to steal a win from winner Tony Stewart. The next year in 2003 Pruett drove the No. 39 Ganassi car for Sonoma and Watkins Glen. At the Glen, Pruett finished second, his career-best finish. Pruett had almost pulled off the victory by taking advantage of cautions to climb through the field, leading 9 laps in the process. However, that was the year that Robby Gordon swept the road courses and, as a result, Pruett never mounted a significant challenge against Gordon for the win.

In 2004, Pruett was scheduled to run three races driving the No. 39 Target-sponsored Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing and the No. 09 for James Finch. At Sonoma, Pruett spent all his time in the top ten, leading one lap and nearly winning, but finishing in 3rd spot behind his teammate Jamie McMurray. Pruett was the only road ringer to lead laps in that race. At Indianapolis, Pruett found his No. 09 Dodge losing an engine and his race finishing in an abrupt end. At Watkins Glen, Pruett did not qualify after qualifying was rained out. At Sonoma in 2005, Pruett ran some of the race in the top ten but crashed late in the race. At Watkins Glen later that year, Pruett originally didn't qualify the No. 39 car due to rain. However, he ran the 2005 Sirius at the Glen in the No. 40 Coors car for Ganassi after Sterling Marlin left the race to attend his father's funeral. Starting 43rd due to the driver change, Pruett charged through the field to finish 4th after briefly contending for the win.

In 2006, Pruett returned to the Busch series in the No. 1 car for James Finch. Pruett had a promising race at Watkins Glen during the Zippo 200, starting second and finishing 10th. He drove the No. 40 car for the road-course races in Cup as well. Pruett managed to take advantage of a last-lap crash to charge from 12th place to finish sixth during the final lap of the AMD at the Glen.

In 2007, he won the overall race and Daytona Prototype in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Salvador Durán in the No. 01 Telmex, Target, Lexus Riley for Chip Ganassi Racing. [1] Later that same year he nearly won his first Nationwide Series victory at the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the Mexico City road course only to lose it in the closing laps when his Chip Ganassi teammate the aforementioned Juan Pablo Montoya spun him out and Montoya would win his first NASCAR race. Pruett would recover to a 5th-place finish, his best Nationwide finish at that time. After the race however Pruett was none too pleased with his teammate stating, "that was...nasty, dirty driving". [5]

Later at Montreal in 2007, Pruett had a promising run and was in third spot on a restart with 3 laps left. In the first turn a hard-charging Kevin Harvick slammed into the back of Pruett who spun and collected Ron Fellows, Ron Hornaday Jr., Jeff Burton, Brad Coleman, and Scott Wimmer. Pruett recovered from the spin and was running 4th on the final lap but ran out of gas, finishing 14th after leading 9 laps. To add insult to injury, Harvick won the race.

The next week at Watkins Glen, Pruett was running 3rd with less than 30 laps to go and got a speeding penalty on pit road. After slipping to 33rd after the penalty, Pruett spent the rest of the race charging back towards the lead. Pruett was running 11th on the final lap but got spun out by fellow road racer Ron Fellows, throwing both of them into the final-turn gravel trap. Pruett recovered for an 18th-place finish while Fellows finished 24th.

The year 2008 was very successful for Pruett. He drove the No. 40 Fastenal-sponsored Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi again in the NNS series sharing the ride with close friend Dario Franchitti who was trying out the NASCAR series. Pruett dominated the Mexico City Nationwide series event, but lost the lead with 8 laps to go during a battle with Kyle Busch. Pruett finished 3rd - his career-best finish in the Nationwide series. In qualifying the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal, Pruett claimed the pole. [6] The 2008 NAPA 200 in Montreal is his last career start in the NASCAR Xfinity series.

He won the overall race and in the Daytona Prototype Class at the 2008 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park and also the Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype season championship. In the Daytona Prototype Class at the Mexico City 250 he made the second place overall. Moreover, Pruett won the closest finish in the history of Grand-Am at the time, beating Alex Gurney in the finish to the 2008 Brumos Porsche 250 held at Daytona International Speedway by 0.081 seconds, after 145 minutes of racing.

2010s

Pruett / Memo Rojas' 2011 Daytona Prototype DP01 Scott Pruett Memo Rojas 2011 Road America.jpg
Pruett / Memo Rojas' 2011 Daytona Prototype

Pruett was racing for Chip Ganassi in the Grand-Am Series during the 2010 season. In July, Hendrick Motorsports chose him as a standby driver should Jeff Gordon have to miss Watkins Glen due to the birth of his son. [7] Gordon wound up driving the race. Pruett, combined with Memo Rojas, won 9 of 12 races to win another Grand-Am Rolex Championship. The nine victories was a series record.

In 2011, Pruett won the 24 Hours of Daytona, his fourth overall victory in the event. [8] In 2012, Pruett was one of the commentators for Speed Channel's coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Pruett once again led Ganassi Racing to their 3rd Rolex Series Championship in-a-row with Co-driver Memo Rojas. The team put the No. 01 Telmex BMW Riley on the podium for 9 out of 14 races, top five for 10 out of 14 races with only 2 wins on the season, besting 2nd place Ryan Dalziel by 12 points. This year's results mark Ganassi's 4th title in 5 years, and Pruett's 5th Rolex title.

In 2013 Pruett opened on a strong note, winning the 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona with co-drivers Memo Rojas, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Charlie Kimball. 2013 marks his fifth win at the annual endurance race, tying the legendary Hurley Haywood for most victories in the grueling twice around the clock race. Despite some serious set-backs during the 2013 season, including accruing 0 points at Detroit, the Championship came down to the last race, with the 01 Ganassi Team taking the Team Title, but Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli taking the Driver's Title under Wayne Taylor Racing/Velocity Worldwide, with Pruett and Rojas taking 2nd place in the Driver's Standings.

In 2014, Pruett competed in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship for a full season with longtime co-driver Memo Rojas in the Prototype Class.

In 2015 Joey Hand joined Pruett in the 01 for the full season. The team saw some very disappointing results early in the year due to the aging Riley chassis being outclassed by the Corvette Daytona Prototype. However, despite not having won a race until late in the season, the 01 had remained consistent enough to be in the championship battle by the last race of the season Petit Le Mans. By the end of the rain-shortened race only 8 points separated the top 4 teams with CGR taking the top spot.

Pruett departed CGR in 2016 and joined with Paul Gentilozzi, who fielded a Lexus RC F GT3 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team was not ready for competition until sometime after the 12 Hours of Sebring. He later announced that he would be driving for Action Express Racing part-time for the season.

On January 5, 2018, Pruett announced his retirement after 50 years in racing, following the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona. [9]

Personal life

Pruett worked for several years as a commentator for Champ Car races on Speed Channel. He is well known for his trackside interviews, frequently interjecting the greeting "Hi to my family at home" mid-sentence when answering a question. On January 26, 2017, he was named to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. [10]

Scott and his wife have also opened Pruett Vineyards [11] in Northern California. In November 2012 their Lucky Lauren Red was given a score of 93 points from Wine Spectator. [12]

In 2021, he returned to Chip Ganassi Racing as the strategist for IndyCar rookie and seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. [13]

Motorsports career results

12 Hours of Sebring results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Meyer/Daffy Flag of the United States.svg Paul Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Varde
Mazda RX-7 GTU117DNFDNF
1986 Flag of the United States.svg Roush Racing Flag of the United States.svg Caitlyn Jenner Ford Mustang GTO2654th1st
1987 Flag of the United States.svg Roush Racing Flag of the United States.svg Pete Halsmer Ford Mustang GTX SpecialGTP17939th7th
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Roush Racing Flag of the United States.svg Pete Halsmer Merkur XR4Ti GTO27511th4th
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Flag of the United States.svg Darin Brassfield Oldsmobile Cutlass GTS21310th4th
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Brix Racing Flag of the United States.svg Price Cobb
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Riggins
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme GTS190DNFDNF
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Riley Mk.XXVI-Ford P2911st1st
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Chip Ganassi Racing Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon
Riley Mk.XXVI-Ford P3404th4th
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Curran
Coyote Corvette DP P2382nd2nd
2017 Flag of the United States.svg 3GT Racing Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian James
Lexus RC F GT3 GTD26935th18th

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920Pos.PtsRef
1988 Dick Simon Racing Lola T8800 Cosworth DFX V8 t PHX LBH
18
INDY MIL POR CLE TOR 38th0 [14]
Machinists Union Racing March 88C MEA
16
MCH POC
March 87C MDO
20
ROA NAZ LAG MIA
1989 TrueSports Lola T8900 Judd AV V8 t PHX
11
LBH
DNS
INDY
10
MIL
5
DET
2
POR
5
CLE
6
MEA
3
TOR
6
MCH
17
POC
8
MDO
19
ROA
8
NAZ
6
LAG
4
8th101 [15]
1991 TrueSports TrueSport 91C Judd AV V8 t SRF
5
LBH
24
PHX
12
INDY
12
MIL
13
DET
17
POR
8
CLE
23
MEA
17
TOR
4
MCH
13
DEN
5
VAN
5
MDO
4
ROA
17
NAZ
18
LAG
7
10th67 [16]
1992 TrueSports TrueSport 92C Chevrolet 265A V8 t SRF
18
PHX
7
LBH
9
INDY
30
DET
19
POR
10
MIL
11
NHA
6
TOR
25
MCH
5
CLE
7
ROA
9
VAN
4
MDO
9
NAZ
10
LAG
14
11th62 [17]
1993 ProFormance Motorsports Lola T9100 Chevrolet 265A V8 t SRF PHX
7
LBH
7
INDY
DNQ
MIL DET
25
POR CLE TOR
26
MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO
15
NAZ LAG
25
19th12 [18]
1995 Patrick Racing Lola T9500 Ford XB V8 t MIA
4
SRF
3
PHX
9
LBH
2
NAZ
8
INDY
19
MIL
12
DET
3
POR
13
ROA
7
TOR
25
CLE
16
MCH
1
MDO
11
NHA
24
VAN
6
LAG
5
7th112 [19]
1996 Patrick Racing Lola T9600 Ford XD V8 t MIA
4
RIO
3
SRF
2
LBH
11
NAZ
8
500
26
MIL
12
DET
10
POR
23
CLE
8
TOR
10
MCH
13
MDO
21
ROA
7
VAN
20
LAG
3
10th82 [20]
1997 Patrick Racing Reynard 97i Ford XB V8 t MIA
5
SRF
1
LBH
3
NAZ
10
RIO
3
GAT
19
MIL
9
DET
24
POR
17
CLE
8
TOR
5
MCH
14
MDO
9
ROA
5
VAN
18
LAG
16
FON
7
9th102 [21]
1998 Patrick Racing Reynard 98i Ford XB V8 t MIA
5
MOT
21
RIO
18
GAT
5
DET
9
POR
2
MCH
4
MDO
2
6th121 [22]
Reynard 97i LBH
12
NAZ
22
MIL
10
CLE
4
TOR
6
ROA
20
VAN
3
LAG
18
HOU
11
SRF
4
FON
20
1999 Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 99i Toyota RV8D V8 t MIA
22
MOT
21
LBH
15
NAZ
10
RIO
24
GAT
14
MIL
17
POR
24
CLE
17
ROA
25
TOR
7
MCH
14
DET
8
MDO
17
CHI
20
VAN
13
LAG
7
HOU
10
SRF
9
FON
22
19th28 [23]

Indianapolis 500

YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
1989 Lola T89/00 Judd 1710 TrueSports
1991 Truesports 91C Judd 2712 TrueSports
1992 Truesports 92C Chevrolet 1730 TrueSports
1993 Lola T91/00 Chevrolet DNQ ProFormance Motorsports
1995 Lola T95/00 Ford 819 Patrick Racing

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NSCCPtsRef
2000 PPI Motorsports 32 Ford DAY
19
CAR
DNQ
LVS
42
ATL
41
DAR
DNQ
BRI
DNQ
TEX
27
MAR
32
TAL
20
CAL
34
RCH
27
CLT
41
DOV
38
MCH
19
POC
31
SON
39
DAY
40
NHA
30
POC
36
IND
10
GLN
DNQ
MCH
17
BRI
38
DAR
24
RCH
16
NHA
41
DOV
42
MAR
DNQ
CLT
DNQ
TAL
39
CAR
30
PHO
34
HOM
43
ATL
32
37th1929 [24]
2001 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON
12
DAY CHI NHA POC IND 51st262 [25]
Chip Ganassi Racing 01 Dodge GLN
11
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA
2002 41 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
6
MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 61st150 [26]
2003 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
34
DAY CHI NHA POC IND 53rd236 [27]
Chip Ganassi Racing 39 Dodge GLN
2
MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM
2004 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
3
DAY CHI NHA POC GLN
DNQ
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 64th207 [28]
Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge IND
42
2005 Chip Ganassi Racing 39 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
31
DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
DNQ
58th230 [29]
40 GLN
4
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2006 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
30
DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
6
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 55th223 [30]
2008 Chip Ganassi Racing 41 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
38
NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 68th49 [31]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
2000 PPI Motorsports Ford 1519


Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
2000 PPI Motorsports 97 Ford DAY
15
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV
43
SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR
18
RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 76th261 [32]
2001 Matrix Motorsports 71 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN
8
CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 92nd147 [33]
2005 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN
14
MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 121st103 [34]
2006 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN
10
MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 104th134 [35]
2007 Chip Ganassi Racing 41 Dodge DAY CAL MXC
5
LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
14
GLN
18
MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 81st395 [36]
2008 40 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC
3
TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
22
GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 79th277 [37]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS2788th1st
Source: [38]

Supercars Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627Pos.Pts
2010 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1
YMC
R2
BHR
R3
BHR
R4
ADE
R5
ADE
R6
HAM
R7
HAM
R8
QLD
R9
QLD
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HDV
R13
HDV
R14
TOW
R15
TOW
R16
PHI
Q
PHI
R17
BAT
R18
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

Ret
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SAN
R23
SAN
R24
SYD
R25
SYD
R26
NC0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112RankPoints
2014 Chip Ganassi Racing P Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY
11
SEB
1
LBH
1
LGA
3
DET
11
WGL
8
MOS
9
IMS
2
ELK
7
COA
1
PET
3
4th317
2015 Chip Ganassi Racing P Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY
6
SIR
4
LBH
2
LS
7
BEL
4
WGL
2
MSP
6
ELK
3
AUS
1
PET
2
4th301
2016 Action Express Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
4
SEB
2
LBH LGA BEL WGL
MOS ELK AUS PET
21st62
2017 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.4 L V8 DAY
27
SEB
18
LBH
6
AUS
9
DET
6
WGL
6
MOS
5
LIM
12
ELK
10
VIR
13
LGA
13
PET
8
16th240
2018 3GT Racing GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.4 L V8 DAY
9
SEB
MOH
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
55th22

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie McMurray</span> American racing driver (born 1976)

James Christopher McMurray, nicknamed "Jamie Mac", is an American former professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for Fox NASCAR. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis from 2003 to 2018 before shifting to a Daytona 500-only schedule in 2019 and 2021.

Chip Ganassi Racing, LLC (CGR), also sometimes branded as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, is an American auto racing organization with teams competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship. They have formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, Global Rallycross Championship, Extreme E and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It was founded in 1990 by businessman and former racecar driver Chip Ganassi from the assets of Patrick Racing to compete in the CART IndyCar World Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A. J. Allmendinger</span> American racing driver (born 1981)

Anthony James Allmendinger, nicknamed "The Dinger,” is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the Nos. 16 and 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s for Kaulig Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ron Fellows</span> Canadian racecar driver

Ronald Charles Fellows CM is a Canadian retired auto racing driver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wally Dallenbach Jr.</span> American racing driver (born 1963)

Wallace Paul Dallenbach is an American former racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, and is known for his prowess as a road racer. In addition to NASCAR, Dallenbach has raced in SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA Camel GT, CART, and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick Carpentier</span> Canadian racing driver

Patrick Carpentier is a retired Canadian professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, and moved on to Grand Am Road Racing in 2007. After a few NASCAR races in 2007, he moved full-time into the series in 2008. Since 2009, he has only had part-time drives, so became a contractor and renovator in Montreal, trading in real estate in Las Vegas, as well as being a color commentator for television coverage of various racing series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing. Carpentier is now the president of a home construction firm in Quebec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Manning</span> British racing driver (born 1975)

Darren Manning is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Scott Lagasse Sr. is a former race car driver. He has competed in multiple series, most notably the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Memo Rojas</span> Mexican racing driver

Guillermo "Memo" Rojas Jr. is a Mexican former race car driver. Successful in American sports car racing, Rojas is a four-time series champion in the Rolex Sports Car Series, a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, and a two-time European Le Mans Series champion. He is the first Mexican driver to win a major American racing championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Lally</span> American racing driver (born 1975)

Andrew Joseph Lally is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Audi R8 for Magnus Racing and part-time in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, driving the Hyundai Elantra TCR Touring Car for StarCom Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">João Barbosa</span> Portuguese racing driver

João Ricardo da Silva Coelho Barbosa is a Portuguese auto racing driver. He currently competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Sean Creech Motorsport in the LMP2 class.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sage Karam</span> American racing driver (born 1995)

Sage Rennie Karam is an American professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing, the No. 32 Chevrolet Camaro for Jordan Anderson Racing, and the No. 35 Toyota Supra for Joey Gase Motorsports. He previously competed full-time and part-time in the IndyCar Series. He is the 2013 champion in what is now the Indy NXT Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joey Hand</span> American racing driver

Joseph Alan Hand is an American professional racing driver who competes in sports car racing as a Ford factory driver. A former champion of the Star Mazda Series, Hand is the co-winner of the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring GT class for BMW Team Rahal, and the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro class for Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA driving the Ford GT. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ricky Taylor</span> American racing driver (born 1989)

Ricky Scott Taylor is an American professional racing driver, most notably in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. His career highlights include an IMSA Series Championship in 2017, as well as marquee wins at the Daytona 24, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Billy Johnson (racing driver)</span> American racing driver

William Ryan Johnson is an American professional sports car and stock car racing driver. He is the 2016 IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS champion. He currently competes part-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing UK in the No. 66 Ford GT.

The NASCAR operation of Chip Ganassi Racing was established in 1989 by Cuban-American businessman Felix Sabates. The team was known as SABCO Racing, formed after Sabates purchased an R&D team from Hendrick Motorsports. The team was renamed Team SABCO in 1996. In 2001, Ganassi bought 80% of the ownership interest in the then-two-car team to form Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates; the same year the team switched from Chevrolet to full-works Dodge and received a same partnership treatment as Penske Racing, Evernham Motorsports, Bill Davis Racing, Melling Racing and Petty Enterprises teams. In 2009, Ganassi partnered with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt to merge their NASCAR operations into Ganassi's shop and entered under the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates banner, while returning to Chevrolet equipment. The NASCAR team dropped the Earnhardt name in 2014, and Ganassi revealed that Teresa was never truly involved with the team. Rob Kauffman, chairman of the Race Team Alliance, purchased a stake in the team in 2015. The NASCAR program has fielded full-time entries for notable drivers including Kyle Petty, Joe Nemechek, Sterling Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson, Kurt Busch, and Ross Chastain. After already having his name removed from the team previously, at the end of the 2019 season, Sabates announced his retirement as a co-owner from the team, taking effect after the 2020 season.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Champion
2004
with Max Papis
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Champion
2008
with Memo Rojas
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand-Am Daytona Prototype Champion
2010, 2011, 2012
with Memo Rojas
Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
1989
with Bernard Jourdain
Succeeded by