Stefan Rzadzinski

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Stefan Rzadzinski (born January 5, 1993) is a Canadian racing driver from Edmonton, Alberta.

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Rzadzinski won several regional karting titles and placed highly in many major American national karting championships from 2002 to 2008. In 2009 and 2010 he raced in the Ontario Formula Ford 1600 championship and placed second both years. [1] He signed on with Davey Hamilton Racing to take a significant step up and make his Firestone Indy Lights debut in the series' 2011 double-header in Rzadzinski's hometown of Edmonton. [2] Rzadzinski finished 10th and 13th in the two races, good enough for 37 points and 24th in the championship. He also participated in the 2011 Skip Barber Summer Series where he finished fifth with two wins in 16 races. [1] In 2012 he signed with JDC MotorSports to race in the Star Mazda Championship. [3] He competed in ten of the 17 races and finished 16th in points with a best finish of sixth in his home race in Edmonton.

In 2014 he ran 4 races in NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with a best finish of 9th.

Rzadzinski's nickname in the paddock is "Razzle Dazzle". [2]

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2011 Davey Hamilton Racing STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM
10
EDM
13
TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 24th37

Star Mazda Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2012 JDC MotorSports STP
10
STP
8
BAR
10
BAR
8
IND
IOW
TOR
11
TOR
12
EDM
17
EDM
6
TRO
TRO
BAL
9
BAL
11
LAG
LAG
ATL
16th108

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2013 JDC MotorSports SEB
5
SEB
9
STP
3
STP
11
LOR
10
TOR
9
TOR
27
MDO
14
MDO
13
MDO
11
LAG
LAG
HOU
HOU
14th110

NASCAR

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

Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011NCTSCPts
2014 Tagliani AutoSport 18 Dodge MSP
13
ACD ICAR RIS
14
MSP BAR KWA 23rd129
22 Racing 24 Dodge EIR
9
SAS
11
ASE CTR

IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada

YearTeam12RankPoints
2018Speedstar Motorsport SEB SEB 8th48
59

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References

  1. 1 2 Stefan Rzadzinski - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-12-14
  2. 1 2 Ireland, Joanne. Edmonton Indy will have some local Razzle Dazzle Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Edmonton Journal, July 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-15
  3. Lees, Nick. Local teen hopes to one day become a big wheel in Indy racing, Edmonton Journal, March 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-22