Bobby Rahal

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Robert Woodward "Bobby" Rahal (born January 10, 1953) is an American former auto racing driver and team owner.

As a driver he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500.

He also won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as a team owner for the winning driver, Buddy Rice. After retiring as a driver, Rahal held managerial positions with the Jaguar Formula 1 team and also was an interim president of the CART series.

Rahal was also a sports car driver during the 1980s, and made one NASCAR start for the Wood Brothers.

Personal life

Rahal formerly lived in New Albany, Ohio. Rahal is a graduate of Denison University. He now lives in Lincoln Park, near the lakefront of Chicago. He is the son of sports car racer Mike Rahal and the father of Graham Rahal, who now races in the IndyCar Series.

Rahal owns a 1975 Lola T360 which he occasionally races at vintage racing events.

Rahal also grew up in the Chicago suburbs and attended Glenbard West High School as class of 1971.

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Racing career

Rahal began his career in SCCA feeder categories, eventually finishing second to Gilles Villeneuve in the 1977 Formula Atlantic championship. He continued racing in 1978 New Zealand Grand Prix with Fred Opert Racing (Formula Pacific) and with Wolf Racing in European Formula Three. Rahal competed for the Wolf Formula 1 team in the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix and the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix near the end of the season. Wolf's contract did not extend into the 1979 season, as Wolf signed up James Hunt for the one and only vehicle that was available. Rahal started racing in Formula Two in 1979, but later in the Can-Am series, they returned to America mid-season and competed in the Can-Am series. He competed in several sports car championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the IMSA GT Championship, over the next two seasons.

Rahal joined the Truesports crew in 1982, winning two races and finishing second in the championship behind Rick Mears. He continued racing for Truesports through the 1988 season, winning at least one race every year. Rahal dominated Kevin Cogan on a two laps to win the Indianapolis 500 in 1986, just days before his team owner, Jim Trueman, died of cancer. Rahal won his first CART championship and then defended it the following year.

Rahal claimed the Quaker State 500 at Pocono, the first victory for the Judd engine ever won.

Rahal has also won IMSA and IROC races during his CART career. Rahal had put down occasional forays into sports car racing and instead concentrated solely on CART by 1989. He joined the Kraco race team, but the Kraco race team saw only two victories in three seasons.

Rahal was in one NASCAR series in his career. He raced the 7-11 sponsored Wood Brothers #21 Ford (subscription for Buddy Baker) to a 40th-place finish in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Speedway in November 1984, only 44 laps before breaking a rear end gear.

Motorsports career results

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Awards

• International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2004)
• Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2004)
• SCCA Hall of Fame (2013)
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame (2014)
• Simeone Foundation Spirit of Competition Award (2014)