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{{Short description|Automotive racing team}}
{{Infobox motor racing team
{{Infobox motor racing team
| name = {{flagicon|USA}} FAZZT Race Team
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==Team history==
==Team history==


The team's history can be traced to Freudenberg and [[Jason Priestley]]'s '''Rubicon Race Team''' fielding an entry into the [[2008 Indianapolis 500|2008]] [[Indianapolis 500]] with veteran driver [[Max Papis]] on March 4 of that year.<ref>RACER Staff, [http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-papis-to-drive-for-rubicon-at-indy/ Papis to Drive for Rubicon at Indy], ''Racer Magazine''/SpeedTV.com, March 4, 2008</ref> The car was prepared by the [[Sam Schmidt Motorsports]] crew. However, Papis crashed the car during the morning warm up of the third day of qualifying and while the car was repaired for the final day of qualifying, the team failed to find speed and struggled with gearbox problems during Bump Day and failed to make the field.
The team's history can be traced to Freudenberg and [[Jason Priestley]]'s '''Rubicon Race Team''' fielding an entry into the [[2008 Indianapolis 500|2008]] [[Indianapolis 500]] with veteran driver [[Max Papis]] on March 4 of that year.<ref>RACER Staff, [http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-papis-to-drive-for-rubicon-at-indy/ Papis to Drive for Rubicon at Indy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305193748/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-papis-to-drive-for-rubicon-at-indy/ |date=2008-03-05 }}, ''Racer Magazine''/SpeedTV.com, March 4, 2008</ref> The car was prepared by the [[Sam Schmidt Motorsports]] crew. However, Papis crashed the car during the morning warm up of the third day of qualifying and while the car was repaired for the final day of qualifying, the team failed to find speed and struggled with gearbox problems during Bump Day and failed to make the field.


For the 2009 season, after a failed attempt to field a car with [[Pacific Coast Motorsports]] the group was renamed '''Rubicon Sports Agency''' and partnered with [[Conquest Racing]] to field driver [[Alex Tagliani]] for a partial schedule. Both Rubicon and Tagliani left Conquest after the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy.
For the 2009 season, after a failed attempt to field a car with [[Pacific Coast Motorsports]] the group was renamed '''Rubicon Sports Agency''' and partnered with [[Conquest Racing]] to field driver [[Alex Tagliani]] for a partial schedule. Both Rubicon and Tagliani left Conquest after the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy.


It was announced on August 28, 2009 that Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Rubicon Sports Agency would be fielding a full-time [[IndyCar Series]] team beginning in 2010. The combined group purchased all the equipment of [[Roth Racing]] including four Dallara chassis and has signed driver [[Alex Tagliani]] to a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year. [[Walker Racing]] veteran Rob Edwards was signed as team manager with Andre Azzi as CEO and Jim Freudenberg as COO. The team's race shop is in Indianapolis with a proposed additional R&D facility and offices located in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news
It was announced on August 28, 2009, that Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Rubicon Sports Agency would be fielding a full-time [[IndyCar Series]] team beginning in 2010. The combined group purchased all the equipment of [[Roth Racing]] including four Dallara chassis and has signed driver [[Alex Tagliani]] to a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year. [[Walker Racing]] veteran Rob Edwards was signed as team manager with Andre Azzi as CEO and Jim Freudenberg as COO. The team's race shop is in Indianapolis with a proposed additional R&D facility and offices located in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.racer.com/Alex-Taglianis-new-IndyCar-team-revealed/article/147496/
|url=http://www.racer.com/Alex-Taglianis-new-IndyCar-team-revealed/article/147496/
|title=Alex Tagliani's new IndyCar team revealed
|title=Alex Tagliani's new IndyCar team revealed
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|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]
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|url=http://www.racer.com/Tagliani-to-set-up-new-IndyCar-team/article/146506/
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|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]
|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]
|date=2009-08-14
|date=2009-08-14
|accessdate=2009-08-14}}</ref> The team has started a development program for Canadian drivers.<ref>Lewandowski, Dave. [http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=15012 Newest entrant], IndyCar.com, August 28, 2009, retrieved 2009-08-28</ref> In 2010 [[Maryeve Dufault]] was announced as the first driver signed to the team's development program.<ref>[http://www.fazztraceteam.com/news/team-news/237-fazzt-race-team-begins-development-program-signs-canadian-maryeve-dufault-.html Sam Schmidt Motorsports] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129213017/http://www.fazztraceteam.com/news/team-news/237-fazzt-race-team-begins-development-program-signs-canadian-maryeve-dufault-.html |date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref>
|access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref> The team has started a development program for Canadian drivers.<ref>Lewandowski, Dave. [http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=15012 Newest entrant], IndyCar.com, August 28, 2009, retrieved 2009-08-28</ref> In 2010 [[Maryeve Dufault]] was announced as the first driver signed to the team's development program.<ref>[http://www.fazztraceteam.com/news/team-news/237-fazzt-race-team-begins-development-program-signs-canadian-maryeve-dufault-.html Sam Schmidt Motorsports] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129213017/http://www.fazztraceteam.com/news/team-news/237-fazzt-race-team-begins-development-program-signs-canadian-maryeve-dufault-.html |date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref>


In June 2010, General Manager Rob Edwards took over the role of COO when Freundberg left the team and ownership group.<ref>{{cite news
In June 2010, General Manager Rob Edwards took over the role of COO when Freudenberg left the team and ownership group to pursue another business venture.
|url=http://www.racer.com/rob-edwards-takes-control-at-fazzt/article/171716/
|title=Rob Edwards takes control at FAZZT
|work=racer.com
|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]
|date=2010-06-04
|accessdate=2010-06-04}}</ref>


The team completed the entire 2010 season with Tagliani in the number 77 car with sponsorship from [[Bowers & Wilkins]]. Tagliani finished 13th in points with a best finish of fourth at the [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]], where he also led the most laps. [[Bruno Junqueira]] drove a second car for the team in the [[2010 Indianapolis 500]] and was the fastest second-day qualifier, but he crashed early in the race and was credited with 32nd. Tagliani qualified for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 on the second row in fifth spot and finished 10th.
The team completed the entire 2010 season with Tagliani in the number 77 car with sponsorship from [[Bowers & Wilkins]]. Tagliani finished 13th in points with a best finish of fourth at the [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]], where he also led the most laps. [[Bruno Junqueira]] drove a second car for the team in the [[2010 Indianapolis 500]] and was the fastest second-day qualifier, but he crashed early in the race and was credited with 32nd. Tagliani qualified for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 on the second row in fifth spot and finished 10th.
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===Complete IndyCar Series results===
===Complete IndyCar Series results===
([[:Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]])
([[:Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
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! Year
! Chassis
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! 16
! 17
! 17
! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points Position For The Entire Season, even though the driver might have driven for another team during the course of the season; Will be noted if applicable}}
! {{Tooltip|Pos|Points scored for the season}}
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"| [[2010 IndyCar Series season|2010]]
!rowspan="3"| [[2010 IndyCar Series season|2010]]
!colspan=4|
⚫
|rowspan="3"| [[Dallara]] IR5
⚫
| [[2010 São Paulo Indy 300|SAO]]
⚫
|rowspan="3"| [[Honda]] [[Honda Indy V8#3rd Generation .282007-2011.29|HI10R]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]
|
| [[2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama|ALA]]
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| [[São Paulo Indy 300|SAO]]
| [[2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]
| [[2010 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300|KAN]]
| [[Indy Grand Prix of Alabama|ALA]]
| [[2010 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]
| [[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[2010 Firestone 550|TXS]]
| [[RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300|KAN]]
| [[2010 Iowa Corn Indy 250|IOW]]
| [[2010 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]
| [[2010 Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen|WGL]]
| [[Firestone 550|TXS]]
| [[2010 Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]
| [[Iowa Corn Indy 250|IOW]]
| [[2010 Honda Indy Edmonton|EDM]]
| [[Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen|WGL]]
| [[2010 Honda Indy 200|MDO]]
| [[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]
| [[2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma|SNM]]
| [[Edmonton Indy|EDM]]
| [[2010 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300|CHI]]
| [[Honda 200|MDO]]
| [[2010 Kentucky Indy 300|KTY]]
| [[Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix|SNM]]
| [[2010 Indy Japan 300|MOT]]
| [[Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300|CHI]]
| [[2010 Cafés do Brasil Indy 300|HMS]]
!colspan=2|
| [[Kentucky Indy 300|KTY]]
| [[Indy Japan 300|MOT]]
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| [[Cafés do Brasil Indy 300|HMS]]
|-
|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[Dallara]] IR5
⚫
|rowspan="2"| [[Honda]] [[Honda Indy V8#3rd Generation .282007-2011.29|HI10R]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Junqueira]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Junqueira]]
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Alex Tagliani]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.fazztraceteam.com/ FAZZT Race Team official website]
*[http://www.fazztraceteam.com/ FAZZT Race Team official website]

{{IndyCar Series teams}}


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[[Category:Auto racing teams disestablished in 2011]]

Latest revision as of 15:33, 29 June 2024

United States FAZZT Race Team
FoundedAugust 28, 2009 (2009-08-28)
Folded2011 (2011)
Team principal(s)Andre Azzi
Alex Tagliani
Jim Freudenberg
Current seriesIndyCar Series
Noted drivers33. Bruno Junqueira
77. Alex Tagliani

FAZZT Race Team was an auto racing team started by Montreal entrepreneur Andre Azzi, race car driver Alex Tagliani, and former Kelley Racing co-owner Jim Freudenberg (thus Freudenberg, Azzi, Tagliani).

Team history

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The team's history can be traced to Freudenberg and Jason Priestley's Rubicon Race Team fielding an entry into the 2008 Indianapolis 500 with veteran driver Max Papis on March 4 of that year.[1] The car was prepared by the Sam Schmidt Motorsports crew. However, Papis crashed the car during the morning warm up of the third day of qualifying and while the car was repaired for the final day of qualifying, the team failed to find speed and struggled with gearbox problems during Bump Day and failed to make the field.

For the 2009 season, after a failed attempt to field a car with Pacific Coast Motorsports the group was renamed Rubicon Sports Agency and partnered with Conquest Racing to field driver Alex Tagliani for a partial schedule. Both Rubicon and Tagliani left Conquest after the 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy.

It was announced on August 28, 2009, that Azzi Race Division, ATG, and Rubicon Sports Agency would be fielding a full-time IndyCar Series team beginning in 2010. The combined group purchased all the equipment of Roth Racing including four Dallara chassis and has signed driver Alex Tagliani to a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year. Walker Racing veteran Rob Edwards was signed as team manager with Andre Azzi as CEO and Jim Freudenberg as COO. The team's race shop is in Indianapolis with a proposed additional R&D facility and offices located in Montreal.[2][3] The team has started a development program for Canadian drivers.[4] In 2010 Maryeve Dufault was announced as the first driver signed to the team's development program.[5]

In June 2010, General Manager Rob Edwards took over the role of COO when Freudenberg left the team and ownership group to pursue another business venture.

The team completed the entire 2010 season with Tagliani in the number 77 car with sponsorship from Bowers & Wilkins. Tagliani finished 13th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where he also led the most laps. Bruno Junqueira drove a second car for the team in the 2010 Indianapolis 500 and was the fastest second-day qualifier, but he crashed early in the race and was credited with 32nd. Tagliani qualified for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 on the second row in fifth spot and finished 10th.

For 2011, Sam Schmidt Motorsports bought the assets of FAZZT and retained all of the personnel including Tagliani. The team effectively did not run for 2011.

Racing Results

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Complete IndyCar Series results

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(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Pos
2010 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS
Dallara IR5 Honda HI10R V8 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 33 32 39th 13
Canada Alex Tagliani 77 19 6 10 21 8 10 18 12 17 17 23 4* 14 25 15 13 14 13th 302

References

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  1. ^ RACER Staff, Papis to Drive for Rubicon at Indy Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Racer Magazine/SpeedTV.com, March 4, 2008
  2. ^ "Alex Tagliani's new IndyCar team revealed". racer.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-08-28. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  3. ^ "Tagliani to set up new IndyCar team". racer.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  4. ^ Lewandowski, Dave. Newest entrant, IndyCar.com, August 28, 2009, retrieved 2009-08-28
  5. ^ Sam Schmidt Motorsports Archived January 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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