Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Indianapolis, Indiana | |
Series | USF2000 Championship |
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Career | |
Debut | 2008 Indianapolis 500 |
Latest race | 2014 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships |
Race victories | 1 |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, currently competing as the Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development, is an auto racing team founded in January 2008 which competed in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The team is jointly owned by former driver Sarah Fisher, Fisher's husband Andrew O'Gara, and businessman Willis "Wink" E. Hartman. The team competed in the IndyCar Series until 2014, after which it merged with Ed Carpenter Racing to form CFH Racing for the 2015 season. The team ceased operations after the 2015 season, but returned as a development series team in 2020 as Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development.
History
2008 season
SFR was founded in late 1999 as a platform to handle Sarah Fisher's endorsements and business ventures. Fisher announced on February 27, 2008, that she would begin fielding her own race team in the IndyCar Series in 2008.[1] Fisher, along with her husband Andy O'Gara, his father, John O'Gara and Fisher's then-agent/manager Klint Briney all left Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to start SFR.
The team announced a partial schedule for the
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, for the 2008 Indy 500 and Fisher's team continued to move forward without primary sponsorship.[3] The team became front and center when then-presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton paid the team a visit on Indiana's primary election day creating a media frenzy.[4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/SFRIndy2008.jpg/220px-SFRIndy2008.jpg)
As the month went on, SFR continued to pick up associate sponsors, which included Hartman Oil, ProLiance Energy,
The team announced on July 16, 2008, that
2009 season
The team returned in 2009 with Sarah Fisher as driver for six (6) races and
It was announced at the end of 2009 that the team would be expanded to two cars for the 2010 season. Fisher would drive the #67 in seven races with Dollar General (all the ovals with the exception of Japan), and newly hired Jay Howard would drive the #66 Service Central machine in Kansas, Indy, Texas, Mid-Ohio, and Chicagoland. SFR put Howard quickly to work to build his brand name joining forces with
2010 season
The 2010 season began with Fisher's longtime agent/manager Klint Briney resigning his position with her team, leaving to start the talent agency, BRANDed.[11] Fisher was slated to open the season at St. Pete but Graham Rahal replaced Fisher for two road course events in 2010 (St. Pete and Barber Motorsports Park) and the team later added Long Beach to Rahal's schedule.[12] The team continued to struggle in 2010 with just one top-10 finish (ninth at St. Pete with Rahal) and the balance of the team's results were 15th place or worse. The team pulled Howard's 2010 Indy 500 qualifying time on Bump Day on a gamble to duplicate his already qualified time, leaving the No. 66 Service Central machine without a spot in the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500.[13]
At
2011 season
Fisher announced her retirement on Monday, November 29, 2010, after 25 years of racing[16] while also announcing that Ed Carpenter would be the team's new driver beginning in 2011. The team would celebrate its first win at the 2011 Kentucky Indy 300 on October 2, 2011, Carpenter beating defending series champion Dario Franchitti to the line by .0098 seconds. At the end of the season, Dollar General ended their sponsorship of SFR, and Ed Carpenter left to start his own racing team.[17]
2013 season
Century 21 Real Estate announced at their annual convention that they would be the team's official IndyCar sponsor for the Indianapolis 500. The car's number was changed to #21 for the race.[18] Lucas Luhr partnered Newgarden at Sonoma.
2015 season
For the 2015 season, the team merged with Ed Carpenter Racing, becoming CFH Racing.[19]
Post-Indycar
After the end of their IndyCar program, Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing continued to run
Racing results
Complete IndyCar Series results
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Driver | no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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2008
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HMS | STP | MOT | LBH | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF1 | ||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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67 | 30 | 15 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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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67 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
2010
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SAO | STP | ALA | LBH | KAN | INDY | TXS
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IOW | WGL
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TOR | EDM | MDO
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SNM | CHI | KTY | MOT | HMS | ||||||
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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66 | 25 | DNQ | 26 | 24 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
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20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 9 | 17 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
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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57 | C2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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67 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 1 | C2 | |||||||||||
2012
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STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | BAL | FON
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Dallara DW12 | Honda HI12TT V6t | ![]() |
39 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
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67 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 16 | ||||||||
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19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013
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STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | FON | |||||||
Dallara DW12 | Honda HI13TT V6t | ![]() |
21 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
67 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||||
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97 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014
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STP | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | HOU | POC | IOW | TOR | MDO | MIL | SNM | FON | ||||||||
Dallara DW12 | Honda HI14TT V6t | ![]() |
67 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||
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68 | 13 |
- ^ Non-points-paying exhibition race.
- Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldondied from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.
IndyCar win
# | Season | Date | Track / Race | No. | Winning Driver | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Grid | Laps Led |
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1 | 2011 | October 2 | Kentucky Speedway (O) | 67 | ![]() |
Dallara IR-05 | HI7R V8
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Firestone | 4 | 8 |
- Note: this does not include two wins achieved in 2015 as CFH Racing
References
- ^ Sarah Fisher Plans Own Indycar Team, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, February 28, 2008
- ^ Sarah Fisher Plans Own Indycar Team Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Auto Racing Daily, February 28, 2008
- ^ Fisher Still Fighting Uphill Money Race, USA Today, May 8, 2008
- ^ Hillary Clinton visits Sarah Fisher at Indy Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, NBC Sports, May 22, 2008
- ^ Sarah Fisher has Indy 500 Sponsor, Motorsports Forum, May 6, 2008
- ^ Sarah Fisher's Frustration Boils Over, Indianapolis Star, May 26, 2008
- ^ Indycar.com Press Release
- ^ Indianapolis Star article [permanent dead link]
- ^ "2009 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid :: Official site of the Indianapolis 500". Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Racer Hits TV Circuit to Attract Sponsors - WSJ". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ^ Zahren, Bill. Klint Briney Forms His Own (PR) Team, Pressdog, January 29, 2010, Retrieved 2010-08-15
- ^ Ryan, Nate. Graham Rahal to drive two IndyCar races for Sarah Fisher, USA Today, March 10, 2010, Retrieved 2010-08-15
- ^ Bromberg, Nick Bump Day at Indy: Kanaan finally qualifies, Tracy misses out, From the Marbles (Yahoo Sports), May 23, 2010, Retrieved 2010-08-15
- ^ Ryan, Nate (2010-08-31). "Graham Rahal teams up with Sarah Fisher for Kentucky race". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "@marshallpruett" on Twitter
- ^ Associated Press. Sarah Fisher Retiring From Racing Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, WTHR, November 29, 2010, Retrieved 2010-11-29
- ^ 16thandGeorgetown.com. Ed Carpenter Racing Full-time in 2012, November 2, 2011, Retrieved 2012-03-30
- ^ Inman.com. Century 21 sponsoring IndyCar, Mar 15, 2013
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (August 16, 2014). "UPDATED: Carpenter, SFHR IndyCar squads to merge, become CFH Racing". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ Wood, Ida (February 13, 2020). "Ex-IndyCar outfit Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to enter US F4". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (February 7, 2023). "Ex-IndyCar outfit Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to USF2000 with Cox". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved February 7, 2023.