Team Pelfrey

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BaseIndianapolis, Indiana[1]
Team principal(s)Dale Pelfrey[2][3]
Current seriesF1600 Championship Series[4]
F2000 Championship Series
Former seriesIndyCar Series[3]
Indy Lights[5]
Pro Mazda Championship[6]
U.S. F2000 National Championship[6][7]
United States Team Pelfrey
BaseIndianapolis, Indiana[1]
Team principal(s)Dale Pelfrey[2][3]
Current seriesF1600 Championship Series[4]
F2000 Championship Series
Former seriesIndyCar Series[3]
Indy Lights[5]
Pro Mazda Championship[6]
U.S. F2000 National Championship[6][7]
Drivers'
Championships		3: Pro Mazda Championship[8][9][10]
2: F1600 Championship Series
A Team Pelfrey Star Mazda car driven by Petri Suvanto in 2012

Team Pelfrey is an American racing team in the F1600 Championship Series and F2000 Championship Series.[4] The team is owned by Dale Pelfrey.[2][3]

John Paul Jr. replaced Danny Ongais as driver for the 1998 Indianapolis 500 due to Ongais crashing and suffering a concussion.[11] Paul Jr. finished seventh and led the race.[12] Robby Unser drove for Pelfrey in 1999.[13] Lyn St. James failed to qualify for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 due to rain on the final qualifying day and a backup car accident.[14] The team was put up for auction on eBay in June 1999. The high bid was $1,500,300 and did not meet the reserve of $3 million.[2][15] Sarah Fisher raced for the team at Texas Motor Speedway in 1999.[16][17] Billy Boat drove for Pelfrey after being unable to fund his own team for the 2000 Indy Racing League season.[18] Boat wrecked his Pelfrey primary car for the 2000 Indianapolis 500, but would qualify driving for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.[19][20][21]

Road to Indy (2011–present)

USF2000 and Pro Mazda

The team returned to racing in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship with driver Nick Andries.[3] Jack Hawksworth won the 2012 Star Mazda Championship.[8] Pelfrey would join the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2015.[8] Santiago Urrutia won the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship.[9] Both series teams underwent a leadership change in May 2016, with Dale Pelfrey taking over operations from Nigel Tuckey.[22] Aaron Telitz won the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship over teammate Patricio O'Ward.[10][23] Team Pelfrey's USF2000 and Pro Mazda teams moved from Pompano Beach, Florida to Indianapolis, Indiana in late 2016. The team was located at TKM Inc. under Thomas Knapp.[1] Pelfrey shut down its USF2000 after the 2018 season.[7]

Indy Lights

2016

Team Pelfrey purchased 8 Star Motorsports and entered two cars in the 2016 Indy Lights series.[6][24] Felix Rosenqvist tested with the team at Palm Beach International Raceway, but would later sign with Belardi Auto Racing.[24][25][26] Juan Piedrahita became the team's full-time driver, with Scott Hargrove running several races.[27][28] Garett Grist moved up from Pro Mazda for the road course races starting at Road America, replacing Hargrove.[29] Piedrahita left the team after Toronto and Sean Rayhall joined for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.[30][31]

2017

Juan Piedrahita rejoined Team Pelfrey for the 2017 Indy Lights season.[32] Patricio O'Ward joined the team for St. Petersburg and finished third in race two.[33][34][35] Piedrahita won the pole at Gateway and finished 2nd.[36][37]

2018

Neil Alberico and Shelby Blackstock joined the team for St. Petersburg.[7][38] Davey Hamilton Jr. joined for the Freedom 100.[7][39] The team moved its operations from Florida to Indianapolis before the 2019 season.[7]

2019

Toby Sowery joined the team for St. Petersburg.[5] Sowery won for HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey at the Sunday Portland race.[40][41]

Driver history

Indy Racing League

Road to Indy

Indy Lights (2016–present)

Pro Mazda Championship (2011–present)

U.S. F2000 National Championship (2015–present)

Complete racing results

References

External links

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