Bobby Rahal

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Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal 2004
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: US Grand Prix East 1978
Last start: 1978 Canadian Grand Prix
Constructors
1978  Walter Wolf Racing
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
2 - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal (born June 10, 1953 in Medina , Ohio , USA ) is a former American automobile racing driver , now co-owner of a team in the IndyCar Series and entrepreneur .

Career as a racing driver and racing team owner

Rahal in the 1986 Indianapolis 500

Rahal was three times the overall winner of the American cart series in his racing career , won a total of 24 races there and in 1978 competed in two races in Formula 1 for Walter Wolf Racing . In 1986, he won on a March - Cosworth , the 500-mile Indianapolis . When he won the overall cart series in 1992, he was the first driver to be co-owner of the team using the vehicle. Rahal was Formula 1 team boss at Jaguar Racing in the early 2000s . He is currently co-owner of the Rahal Letterman Racing team, which last competed in the IndyCar Series in 2008 .

Entrepreneur

Rahal now also operates the Rahal Automotive Group motor vehicle distributor . His son, Graham Rahal , is also a racing driver.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1980 United StatesUnited States Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935K3 United StatesUnited States Bob Garretson AustraliaAustralia Allan Moffat failure Valve damage
1982 United StatesUnited States Garretson Developments March 82G United StatesUnited States Skeeter McKitterick United StatesUnited States Jim Trueman failure Leak in the gas tank

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1976 United StatesUnited States Red Roof Inns Jim Trueman Chevrolet Monza United StatesUnited States Jim Trueman failure suspension
1980 United StatesUnited States Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935K3 CanadaCanada Kees Nierop United StatesUnited States Bob Garretson Rank 7
1981 United StatesUnited States Cooke Woods Racing Garretson Enterprises Porsche 935K3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Redman United StatesUnited States Bob Garretson Rank 17
1982 United StatesUnited States Garretson Development March 82G United StatesUnited States Jim Trueman ColombiaColombia Mauricio de Narváez Rank 2
1987 United StatesUnited States Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 GermanyGermany Jochen Mass Overall victory

Web links

Commons : Bobby Rahal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Robert W. Rahal. www.ohiohistorycentral.org, accessed February 15, 2009 .
  2. ^ Bobby Rahal Career Stats. www.indy500.com, accessed February 15, 2009 .
  3. ↑ McLaren loses chief designer to Jaguar. Stern , June 1, 2001, accessed February 15, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Bobby Rahal: "We do not give up". www.motorsport-total.com, accessed on May 15, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Rahal, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rahal, Robert Woodward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Medina , Ohio , USA