Conquest Racing
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Conquest Racing is an auto racing team that competed in the
History
It is owned by former series competitor
The team ran
While Philippe left for 2006, the team retained Ranger dependent on his Canadian sponsorship and signed 2005 Champ Car Atlantic champion
The team branched into the Atlantic ranks in 2006 with drivers
After the
In late December 2007 the team announced the signing of new marketing partner, Opes Prime Group Ltd, an Australian-based financial services provider. Following the unification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, Conquest was the first Champ Car team to confirm their participation in the IRL IndyCar Series, with driver Franck Perera named to drive one of the team's two cars.[2] The other driver entry has been confirmed as Enrique Bernoldi will be driving for Conquest Racing during the 2008 IRL Championship.
However, on the eve of the opening race of the 2008 IndyCar Season, on 28 March 2008, Opes Prime was placed in receivership, and left the team shortly after. Sangari stepped up to sponsor both cars after Ares also left the team.
Tagliani ran for the team part-time in 2009, including the Toronto Grand Prix that saw Tagliani lead a majority of the race before being eliminated in a late race crash. Conquest Racing entered a second car for the 2009 Indianapolis 500 with Bruno Junqueira the driver of the number 36. Junqueira qualified for the 500, while Tagliani did not, which resulted in Tagliani taking over the 36 car for the 500.
Nelson Philippe returned to the team late in 2009 after Tagliani and Conquest parted ways. The season was cut short for Phillipe and Conquest after a horrifying accident with Will Power at Infineon Raceway.
Mario Romancini was announced as the driver of the Conquest Racing number 34 for the entire IndyCar Series 2010 schedule. Bertrand Baguette began running for the team in a second car at Barber, bringing Belgian sponsorship. The team placed both cars in the Indianapolis 500 where Romancini finished 13th and Baguette ended up in 22nd after losing a mirror early in the race. Conquest Racing planned to continue running both drivers for the remainder of the season but replaced Romancini with Francesco Dracone at Mid-Ohio and Infineon due to Romancini's lack of sponsorship.
For 2011, the team ran only one car, the 34, with Colombian driver Sebastián Saavedra.
In 2012, the team decided to leave the IndyCar series and enter the American Le Mans Series with a Morgan-Nissan LMP2 prototype. The team took its first victory at the 2012 Grand Prix of Mosport.
No more actively involved in motorsport since 2013 season, Conquest Racing comes back in IMSA Prototype Challenge for the 2019 season in LMP3 category.[4]
Racing record
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. |
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Indy Racing League Results | ||||||||
2002
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Dallara-Infiniti | ![]() |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 12th |
CART/Champ Car World Series Results | ||||||||
2003
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Reynard-Cosworth | Mario Haberfeld
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18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 12th |
2004 | Lola/Reynard-Cosworth | ![]() |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 11th |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19th | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 16th | ||
2005 | Lola-Cosworth | ![]() |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 10th |
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13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 13th | ||
2006 | Lola-Cosworth | ![]() |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 10th |
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14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 13th | ||
2007 | Panoz-Cosworth | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21st |
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 16th | ||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19th | ||
IndyCar Series Results | ||||||||
2008
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Dallara-Honda Panoz-Cosworth2 |
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31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 29th |
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 22nd | ||
Dallara-Honda | ![]() |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 23rd | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 32nd | ||
2009
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Dallara-Honda | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 22nd |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | ||
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01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35th | ||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36th | ||
2010
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Dallara-Honda | ![]() |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 24th |
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 22nd | ||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 37th | ||
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21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 29th | ||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40th | ||
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 33rd | ||
2011
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Dallara-Honda | ![]() |
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 25th |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 44th | ||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 46th | ||
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 38th |
1Driver competed for Conquest in addition to another team that season.
2Only used for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Complete IRL IndyCar Series results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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2002
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HMS | PHX | FON | NAZ | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | MCH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | ||||||||
Dallara IR-02 | VRH35ADE V8
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Laurent Redon
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34 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 10 | |||||
2008
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HMS | STP | MOT | LBH1 | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF2 | ||||
Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | ![]() |
34 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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14 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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21 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||
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36 | 22 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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18 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 21 | |||||||||
Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009
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STP | LBH | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | TOR | EDM | KTY | MDO | SNM | CHI | MOT | HMS | ||||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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34 | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||
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17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 | 10 | DNQ | 14 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
36 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010
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SAO | STP | ALA | LBH | KAN | INDY | TXS | IOW | WGL | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | CHI | KTY | MOT | HMS | ||||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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34 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 24 | |||||||||
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22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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34 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
36 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||||||
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28 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011
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STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | NHA | SNM | BAL | MOT | KTY | LSV | ||||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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34 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 11 | DNQ | 28 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 13 | C3 | ||||
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26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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36 | 20 |
- Champ Carspecifications.
- ^ Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
- ^ The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.
Complete CART / Champ Car World Series results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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2003 | STP | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA
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MXC | SFR | ||||
Reynard 02i | Ford XFE V8t | Mario Haberfeld
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34 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |
2004 | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LAG | LSV | SFR | MXC | ||||||||
Reynard 02i | Ford XFE V8t | ![]() |
14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lola B02/00
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17 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
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34 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||
Reynard 02i | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | LSV | SRF | MXC | |||||||||
Lola B02/00
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Ford XFE V8t | ![]() |
27 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
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34 | 18 | 12* | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 7 | ||||||||
2006 | LBH | HOU | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | SRF | MXC | ||||||||
Lola B02/00
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Ford XFE V8t | ![]() |
27 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||||
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34 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |||||||
2007 | LSV
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LBH | HOU | POR | CLE
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MTT
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TOR | EDM | SJO | ROA | ZOL | ASN
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SFR | MXC | ||||||||
Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | ![]() |
34 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
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6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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42 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
References
- ^ New Sponsor for Conquest Racing? Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, PaddockTalk.com, February 6, 2007
- ^ Lewandowski, Dave. Conquest Racing the first to make move; Perera named Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, February 25, 2008
- ^ Lyndal McFarland and Andrew Harrison. 'Irregularities' At Opes Prime Trigger Probe, Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2008
- ^ Marie-Lyse Tremblay (January 2, 2019). "L'équipe Conquest Racing inscrite en IMSA LMP3 pour la saison 2019, avec le Canadien Aaron Povoledo". poleposition.ca (in French). Retrieved June 18, 2019.