Team Pelfrey

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]

Team Pelfrey

Base	Indianapolis, Indiana[1]
Team principal(s)	Dale Pelfrey[2][3]
Current series	F1600 Championship Series[4] F2000 Championship Series
Former series	IndyCar 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

Indy Racing League (1998–2000)

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

• Billy Boat (2000)
• Tyce Carlson (1998)
• Memo Gidley (2000)
• Lyn St. James (1998–1999)
• Sarah Fisher (1999)
• Danny Ongais (1998)
• John Paul Jr. (1998)
• Robby Unser (1999)

Road to Indy

Indy Lights (2016–present)

• Garett Grist (2016)
• Scott Hargrove (2016)
• Patricio O'Ward (2017)
• Juan Piedrahita (2016)
• Sean Rayhall (2016)
• Davey Hamilton Jr. (2018)
• Shelby Blackstock (2018)

Pro Mazda Championship (2011–present)

• Jack Aitken (2014)
• Nick Andries (2011)
• Nicolas Costa (2013–2014)
• Carlos Cunha Filho (2017–present)
• Connor De Phillippi (2011)
• Pipo Derani (2014)
• TJ Fischer (2016–present)
• Jack Hawksworth (2012 series champion)
• Dalton Kellett (2013–2014)
• Anders Krohn (2013–2014)
• Nikita Lastochkin (2017–present)
• Gustavo Menezes (2012)
• Brandon Newey (2014)
• Patricio O'Ward (2015–2016)
• Raoul Owens (2015)
• Spencer Pigot (2013)
• Stefan Rzadzinski (2013)
• Petri Suvanto (2012–2013)
• Weiron Tan (2016)
• Aaron Telitz (2016 series champion)
• Ryan Tveter (2012)
• Santiago Urrutia (2015 series champion)

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

• Ayla Ågren (2015, 2017–present)
• Jordan Cane (2016)
• Phillippe Denes (2016–present)
• Kaylen Frederick (2016–present)
• Luke Gabin (2015)
• Nikita Lastochkin (2015)
• Jacob Loomis (2017–present)
• Robert Megennis (2016–present)
• James Munro (2016)
• Garth Rickards (2015)

Complete racing results

Indy Racing League

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Indy Racing League results
Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts Pos	Pos
1998					WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHA	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TXS	LSV
	Dallara IR7	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	Danny Ongais	81			Wth									NC	—
			John Paul Jr.				8									11th	216
			Tyce Carlson					12								27th	73
			Brian Tyler						14	12	16	16	21	13	6	18th	140
			Lyn St. James	90			DNQ									NC	—
1999					WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LSV	TXS
	Dallara IR7	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	Sarah Fisher (R)	48											17	46th	5
			Robby Unser	81	15	26	C1	8	6	6	2	12	9	16	14	10th	209
			Lyn St. James	90				DNQ								NC	—
2000					WDW	PHX	LSV	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TXS
	Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	Billy Boat	81	9	6	7	Wth	23	18	8	18	3			10th	181
			Memo Gidley	82				DNQ								NC	—

1. ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

Indy Lights

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Indy Lights results
Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points		Position
2016					STP		PHX	ALA		IMS		INDY	ROA		IOW	TOR		MOH		WGL	LAG		D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Dallara IL-15	Mazda-AER P63 2.0 Turbo I4	Juan Piedrahita	2	9	8	12	7	16	15	11	8	12	7	7	14	12						135	135	13th	6th
			Sean Rayhall																		4	8	32		19th
			Scott Hargrove (R)	3	2	14	13	13	12	14	9	5											93		16th
			Garett Grist (R)										7	10		7	7	10	12	8	11	15	102		15th
2017					STP		ALA		IMS		INDY	ROA		IOW	TOR		MOH		GAT	LAG			D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Dallara IL-15	Mazda-AER P63 2.0 Turbo I4	Juan Piedrahita	2	14	10	11	11	DNS	5	8	5	10	10	6	4	10	11	2*	9			208	162	9th	5th
			Patricio O'Ward (R)	3	5	3	8	15															58		15th
2018					STP		ALA		IMS		INDY	ROA		IOW	TOR		MOH		GAT	POR			D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Dallara IL-15	Mazda-AER P63 2.0 Turbo I4	Neil Alberico	2	7	5																	31	59	9th	4th
			Davey Hamilton Jr.								7												21		12th
			Shelby Blackstock	3	5	2																	42		8th
2019					STP		COTA		IMS		INDY	ROA		TOR		MOH		GAT	POR		LAG		D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Dallara IL-15	Mazda-AER P63 2.0 Turbo I4	Toby Sowery	2	2	3	5	6	7	5	4	4	8	5	2	9	2	8	4	1*	2	3	367		3rd

Star Mazda/Pro Mazda Championship

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Pro Mazda Championship results
Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points		Position
2011					STP	ALA	IRP	MIL	IOW	MOS	TRO		SNM	BAL	LAG							D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Connor De Phillippi	11	1	10	1	6	11	2	5	1	2	10	1							401	293	2nd	1st
			Nick Andries (R)	81	17	2	2	3	7	4	3	2	3	9	2							385		3rd
2012					STP		ALA		IRP	IOW	TOR		EDM		TRO		BAL		LAG		ATL	D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Petri Suvanto (R)	81	5	3	6	6	5	4	6	8	19	4	14	4	4	4	5	5	6	271	451	5th	1st
			Jack Hawksworth (R)	82	2	1	1	2	7	15	1	1	7	1	1	12	1	2	1	2		397		1st
			Ryan Tveter (R)																		14	91		18th
			Gustavo Menezes	83	13	10	7	16	6	13	8	6	13	5	7	6	7	16	6	8	7	208		9th
2013					COTA		STP		IRP	MIL	TOR		MOS		MOH		TRO		HOU			D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Dalton Kellett (R)	80									10	8								—	377	NC	2nd
			Spencer Pigot (R)	81	2	16	4	4	2	3	9	11	1*	4*	4	5	5	5	2	5		297		4th
			Petri Suvanto	82	5	5	11	8														57		10th
			Anders Krohn						4	4												—		NC
			Nicolas Costa (R)								3	6	5	10	15	3			3	2		—		NC
			Stefan Rzadzinski	83													8	12				—		NC
2014					STP		ALA		IMS		IRP	HOU		MOH		MIL	SNM					D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Dalton Kellett	80	9	11	10	11	4	19	DNS	3	7	8	8	11	7	10				160	259	10th	3rd
			Pipo Derani (R)	81	4	3	6	4	9	18												88		14th
			Anders Krohn								5											17		25th
			Jack Aitken (R)														9	4				31		20th
			Brandon Newey (R)											10	13							63		17th
				82	16	18	16	12	5	14
			Nicolas Costa									2	5	1*	2	5	4	2				224		5th
				99							4
2015					STP		NOLA		ALA		IMS			IRP	TOR		IOW	MOH		LAG		D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Raoul Owens (R)	80						11	18	11	12	14	8	6	12	13	13	7	16	166	387	12th	2nd
			Santiago Urrutia (R)	81	2	4	1*	C	3	2	4	3	1*	15	7	4	5	1*	3	2	2	355		1st
			Patricio O'Ward (R)	84	4	14	4	C	5	7	6	10	5	7	2	3	3	7	6	18	6	250		6th
2016					STP		ALA		IMS		IRP	ROA		TOR		MOH		LAG				D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Patricio O'Ward	80	1*	2	1	1*	1*	1*	1*	4	4	9	2	7	4	1*	10	6		393	553	2nd	1st
			Weiron Tan	81	5	3	4	10														69		11th
			TJ Fischer (R)									5	6	6	6	6	5	6	11	7		137		7th
			Aaron Telitz (R)	82	2	1*	2*	2	7	2	5	1*	1*	1*	1*	2	3	2	5	1*		421		1st
2017					STP		IMS		ROA		MOH			GAT	WGL							D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Star Race Cars	Mazda Renesis	Nikita Lastochkin (R)	80	5	5	6	5	3	3	5	5	6	6	13	4						203	381	5th	1st
			Carlos Cunha (R)	81	4	12	4	3	9	4	4	3	3	3	3	2						237		3rd
			TJ Fischer	82	3	3	3	2	15	12	3	4	4	4	10	5						224		4th
			Robert Megennis (R)	84											12	DNS						21		13th
2018					STP		ALA		IMS		IRP	ROA		TOR		MOH		GAT	POR			D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Tatuus PM-18	Mazda MZR-R PM18At	Rafael Martins (R)	80	16	9	6	8														45	167	19th	6th
			Andrés Gutiérrez (R)	81	14	8	4	7	12	5		10	7	10	12	12	DNS					137		11th
			Sting Ray Robb	82	6	4	9	10	13	3	5	11	9	11	7	9	4	9	6	6		231		7th

U.S. F2000 National Championship

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U.S. F2000 National Championship results
Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points		Position
2015					STP		NOLA		ALA		IMS		IRP	TOR		MOH			LAG		D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Élan DP08	Mazda MZR	Ayla Ågren (R)	81	9	10	9	11	9	10	6	14	11	7	9	10	6	11	11	7	186	188	10th	4th
			Luke Gabin (R)	82	17	9	8	14	15	14	5	4	8	4	3	7	7	6	15	15	194		6th
			Garth Rickards (R)	83	7	15	11	8	6	11	7	17	9	5	6	18	5	8	9	10	186		9th
			Nikita Lastochkin (R)	84	10	8	10	12	10	8	8	7	12	8	8	11	10	10	7	5	193		8th
2016					STP		ALA		IMS		IRP	ROA		TOR		MOH			LAG		D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Élan DP08	Mazda MZR	Robert Megennis (R)	80	3	8	12	3	8	10	6	7	11	5	5	19	4	7	8	8	224	180	6th	5th
			Jordan Cane (R)	81	25	3	6	19	10	21											121		13th
			Kaylen Frederick (R)																13	13	16		24th
			TJ Fischer (R)	82	22	9	13	10	9	9											58		19th
			Phillippe Denes (R)																7	11	24		22nd
			James Munro (R)	83	18	21	11	23													20		23rd
2017					STP		ALA		IMS		ROA		IOW	TOR		MOH		WGL			D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Tatuus USF-17	Mazda MZR	Robert Megennis	80	1*	19	4	6	DSQ	7	7	15	5	13	5	17	7	10			173	258	6th	3rd
			Kaylen Frederick	81	4	5	2	2	DSQ	3	6	4	6	17	3	7	3	4			240		4th
			Ayla Ågren	82	21	12	8	8	7	12			8								72		17th
			Jacob Loomis (R)								11	19									13		32nd
			Phillippe Denes													18	18	13			15		30th
2018					STP		IMS		IRP	ROA		TOR		MOH			POR				D.C.	T.C.	D.C.	T.C.
	Tatuus USF-17	Mazda MZR	Julian van der Watt	80	5	11	7	8	19	24	17	10	5	5	8	14	9	3			162	101	7th	8th
			Kyle Dupell (R)	81	9	15	16	23	17	13	21	15	9	15	14	13	10	10			100		15th
			Bruna Tomaselli	82	7	14	19	22	14	17	11	13	13	20	13	16	18	16			87		16th

F1600 Championship Series

F1600 Championship Series results
Year	Car	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2021				CMP			MO			BAR			PITT			RA			SP			ABCC			PITT
	Mygale	81	Nicholas d'Orlando	13	1	1	3	2	2	DNF	1	1	1	26	1	3	5	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	DNF	1st	901
		80	Hugh Esterson	3	12	7	7	4	10	2	9	8	2	16	3	6	11	6	DNF	7	4	6	9	2	3	3	3	5th	642
		84	David Adorno				21	18	15	8	11	14	16	8	10	11	12	8	18	17	8	11	11	14	11	11	6	10th	358
2022				CMP			MO			BAR			PITT			ABCC			SP			PITT
	Mygale	80	Hugh Esterson	DNF	3	14	4	6	2	1	3	3	1	2	16	4	9	3	4	1	18	2	2	3				3rd	678
		81	Nolan Allaer	2	19	4	22	9	6	3	4	7	3	4	1	6	4	5	1	3	12	3	3	2				4th	647
		82	Ayrton Houk	1	2	2	3	1	13	4	1	5	10	1	3	7	3	16	17	2	1	9	4	4				2nd	704
		84	David Adorno							12	14	8	DNS	20	DNF	8	10	8	7	9	5	21	11	22				14th	247
2023				RAT			MO			LRP			PITT			RA			NJMP			SP
	Mygale	80	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	2	7	19	7	6	8	9	11	5	4	3	1	4	2	4	4	5	5	3	20	3				4th	597
		81	Dillion Defonce	7	8	8	11	7	8	12	3	14																13th	219
		82	Karsten Defonce	11	23	16	25	9	15	11	8	13																20th	170
		83	Ken Bouquillion	18	16	24				13	4	11	10	7	6													10th	291
		84	David Adorno	10	13	13	20	11	14	23	23	22	9	6	10													11th	255
		88	Dexter Czuba							10	9	7																38th	71
			Hugh Esterson										6	DNF	DNF													48th	31

F2000 Championship Series

F2000 Championship Series results
Year	Car	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2021				CMP		MO		BAR		PITT		RA		SP		ABCC		PITT
	Elan	56	Mac Clark			1	1													9th	110
		89	Dexter Czuba			8	3	4	4	3	3	3	2							4th	283
2022				CMP		MO		BAR		PITT		ABCC		SP		PITT
	Van Diemen	84	David Adorno	3	3	9	9													12th	114