Team Moore Racing

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Team Moore Racing
Owner(s)Mark Moore
Tom Wood
Base Pittsboro, Indiana
Series Firestone Indy Lights
Career
Debut 2007 Indy Pro Series season Miami 100
Latest race 2014 Indy Lights season Sonoma race 2
Races competed0
Race victories6
Pole positions 6

Team Moore Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It was owned by former racer Tom Wood and Mark Moore [1] and is based in Pittsboro, Indiana.

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The team was formed in 2007 with Wood driving. However, after the first race of the season Wood retired and Jonathan Klein took over driving duties for the rest of the season (with Travis Gregg filing in for Klein due to injury for one race). Klein finished 12th in points, driving in 14 of the 16 races. In 2008 the team returned initially with IndyCar veteran Jeff Simmons in its primary car. The team expanded to a second car for a few races, primarily with driver Pablo Donoso who drove for several different teams that season. Donoso captured the team's first win at Infineon Raceway in August. [2] Simmons left the team late in the season and was replaced by a returning Jonathan Klein. In 2009 the team fielded a single car for Andrew Prendeville for all 15 races. Prendeville finished 9th in points with a best finish of 3rd at Infineon Raceway. In 2010 the team expanded to two full-time cars for Canadian James Hinchcliffe and Spaniard Adrian Campos, Jr. Hinchcliffe won 3 races and 2 poles and finished runner-up in the championship to rookie Jean-Karl Vernay. Campos had a poor start to the season but improved to 6th in points by season's end on a string of six straight top-10 finishes, winning the "Most Improved Driver" award. [3]

For the 2011 season they signed third-year driver Gustavo Yacamán to drive their #2 car and Spanish rookie Víctor García to drive the #22. García won the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park but left the series after the Toronto race due to funding issues involving his backers in Spain. García sat fourth in the championship at the time and was replaced for the Edmonton race by Canadian Daniel Morad. [4] Québécois driver Mikaël Grenier drove the #22 car at Circuit Trois-Rivières and Tõnis Kasemets drove in Baltimore. Brandon Wagner drove the #22 car in association with his regular team, Davey Hamilton Racing, in the three remaining oval events. The best finish the #22 achieved after García's departure was a fourth place at Kentucky Speedway by Wagner. Gustavo Yacamán captured his first series win in Baltimore, and had three other podium finishes. He finished fourth in points, his best points result. García finished 11th in points, competing in seven of the fourteen races.

2012 saw the return of Yacamán in the #2 car for TMR. Joining the Colombian was second year Firestone Indy Lights driver David Ostella. [5] Yacamán improved one spot over his 2011 result to finish third in points with two wins and Ostella finished in eighth with a best finish of second in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway.

In 2013 the team has signed veteran Mexican driver Juan Pablo García for the #2 car. Garcia left the team after ten races and went to Belardi Auto Racing. Peter Dempsey replaced García in Houston and the team did not participate in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. Five different drivers competed in five races in the #22 car. Conor Daly drove the #22 to a season-best finish of third place at Houston for the team. García finished eighth in points, last among full-time drivers, with a best finish of fourth in the season-opener in St. Pete.

In 2014 Canadian Zack Meyer drove in twelve of the fourteen races in the #2 car. He had a best finish of fourth on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and finished ninth in the championship. Italian Vittorio Ghirelli began the season in the #22 but left the series after four races with a best finish of fourth in the season opener at St. Pete. American Jimmy Simpson drove the #22 in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course double-header.

Team Moore announced that they had signed Mexican driver Picho Toledano to a part-time schedule for the 2015 season. [6] However, the entry never materialized and Team Moore shut down in the mid-summer of 2015. [7]

Complete Racing Results

Infiniti Pro Series/Indy Pro Series/Indy Lights

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Indy Lights results
YearChassisEngineDriversNo.12345678910111213141516PointsPosition
2007 HMS STP INDY MIL IMS IOW WGL NSH MDO KTY SNM CHI D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tom Wood 21713—38th—
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Klein 31410319718119419961530412th
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Gregg 10163432nd
2008 HMS STP KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL NAS MDO KTY SNM CHI D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Simmons 24197826361562123285—13th—
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Klein 161068627th
228
Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Donoso (R)19755510103813588th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dillon Battistini (R)233856th
2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI HMS D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Prendeville 2171516915811131075713310313—9th—
2010 STP ALA LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY HMS D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe 21551*352*101*73122471—2nd—
Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Campos Jr. (R)221613151047138678443076th
2011 STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO NHA BAL KTY LSV D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Yacamán 21412415523516241115401—4th—
Flag of Spain.svg Víctor García (R)22151*123104719911th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Morad (R)15113426th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier (R)1112116th
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Wagner 94613415th
Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets (R)82427th
2012 STP ALA LBH INDY DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Yacamán 2641041821*72211394—3rd—
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Ostella 2215981813457106422988th
2013 STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MDO BAL HOU FON D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Pablo García 2486956656DNS312—8th—
Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Dempsey 93605th
Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ringel (R)2292218th
Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Carbone 72614th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier 72615th
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson (R)72616th
Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 33513th
2014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY POC TOR MDO MIL SNM D.C.T.C.D.C.T.C.
Dallara Nissan VRH Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zack Meyer (R)2810984101010710982741119th5th
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Ghirelli (R)224128119013th
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Simpson 1184215th

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References

  1. ↑ JAMES HINCHCLIFFE AND TEAM MOORE RACING INK DEAL FOR 2010 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , Team Moore Racing, February 18, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-06
  2. ↑ Loomis, Katie Maiden Win at California's Infineon Raceway Lifts Team to New Heights, Team Moore Racing, August 25, 2008, Retrieved 2010-10-06
  3. ↑ IndyCar doles out season awards, Racer, October 4, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-06
  4. ↑ Morad Joins Team Moore Racing in Edmonton for Indy Lights Series Doubleheader Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today , eKartingNews.ca, July 22, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-22
  5. ↑ Release, Media (January 3, 2012). "INDY LIGHTS: Ostella Joins Team Moore". SpeedTV. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ Team Moore Racing Signs Picho Toledano for 2015, Indy Lights, April 15, 2015, Retrieved 2015-09-18
  7. ↑ DiZinno, Tony. Team Moore Racing announces it will shut its doors, NBC Sports, July 9, 2015, Retrieved 2015-09-18
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