Rich Zober

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Zober R
Born (1966-02-22) February 22, 1966 (age 57)
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Atlantic Championship career
Debut season 2004
Current team Comprent Motorsports
Car number66
Former teams Polestar Racing Group (2008, 2009)
Starts12
Best finish8th in 2012
Previous series
2012
2011
2010
20082009
20062008
20042005
2002–2003
20002001
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.

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Racing career

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.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1994 Mid-Ohio Swift DB6 Ford Formula Continental 1825Running
2002 Mid-Ohio Swift 008.a Toyota 4AGE Formula Atlantic 106Running
2003 Mid-Ohio Swift 008.a Toyota 4AGE Formula Atlantic 2214DNF
2011 Road America Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth MZR Formula Atlantic 1011Running
2012 Road America Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth MZR Formula Atlantic 67Running
2013 Road America Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth MZR Formula Atlantic DNS17DNS
2014 Laguna Seca Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth MZR Formula Atlantic 123DNF
2020 Road America Swift 016.a Mazda-Cosworth MZR Formula Atlantic 36Running

[4]

American open–wheel racing results

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

Complete USF2000 National Championship results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
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 26th4
2005 Richard Zober ROA1
21
ROA2
28
MDO1
DNS
MDO2
DNS
CLE1
21
CLE2
25
ROA3 ROA4 MDO3 MDO4 VIR1
12
VIR2
13
25th21

Star Mazda Championship

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
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 27th119
2008 Comprent Motorsports SEB UTA
22
WGI
16
POR POR ROA
17
TRR MOS NJ1
22
NJ2
17
ATL LAG 22nd99

Atlantic Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415RankPoints
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 27th4
2009 Polestar Racing Group SEB UTA NJ1
12
NJ2
12
LIM
11
ACC1 ACC2 MDO TRR MOS ATL LS 18th7
2012 Comprent Motorsports ATL1
DNF
ATL2
DNS
NJ1
9
NJ2
8
SUM1
7
SUM2
9
8th99
2014 Comprent Motorsports ATL1
8
ATL2
15
WGI1
9
WGI2
8
VIR1
6
VIR2
9
MDO1
9
MDO2
15
TOM1 TOM2 10th160
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
7th303

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