PacWest Racing

For other uses, see PacWest.

PacWest Racing was a Champ Car racing team owned by Bruce McCaw founded in 1993.

The team's first full-time season was the next year, 1994, with drivers Dominic Dobson and future Indy Racing League co-champion Scott Sharp. In 1995, the team switched to former Formula One driver Maurício Gugelmin and a fading Danny Sullivan, who would be replaced late in the season by Juan Manuel Fangio II after an injury. In 1996, Mark Blundell took over Fangio's seat.

1997 became PacWest's breakout year, with the team taking four wins - three from Blundell and Gugelmin's sole CART victory at Vancouver. The team was since considered a major team, and was figured to be in contention for the championship in 1998.

The next three years, however, turned out to be a disappointment. 2001 saw Blundell, who retired after the previous season's end, replaced with 2000 Indy Lights Champion Scott Dixon, who earned PacWest's final victory at Nazareth, in which Dixon's teammate Gugelmin withdrew after the death of his son.

2002 was PacWest's final year, in which the troubled team could only obtain associate sponsorship from NTN. The team started four races with Dixon and Oriol Servia. After the third race, Dixon left the team to join Chip Ganassi Racing, and Servia started one more race before McCaw closed the organization.

The team was purchased by Kevin Kalkhoven and Craig Pollock to form PK Racing. The team continues to operate as KV Racing Technology.

The PacWest team's two cars were the cars used by main characters Jimmy Bly (#18) and Joe Tanto (#17) in the 2001 action movie Driven.

Past drivers

Mark Blundell (1996–2000)
Scott Dixon (2001–2002)
Dominic Dobson (1993–1994)
Teo Fabi (1996)
Juan Manuel Fangio II (1995)
Maurício Gugelmin (1995–2001)
Roberto Moreno (1999)
Oriol Servia (2002)
Scott Sharp (1994)
Danny Sullivan (1995)

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1993	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet 265A V8 t Chevrolet 265C V8 t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
1993	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet 265A V8 t Chevrolet 265C V8 t	Dominic Dobson	17													14	DNQ		18
1994	Lola T94/00	Ford XB V8 t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Dominic Dobson	17	12	24	17	29	13	25	17	25	11	3	15	6	19	11	19	10
			Scott Sharp	71	11	9	28	16	12	13	18	24	16	12	11	24	12	10	15	21
1995	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8 t			MIA	SFR	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
			Danny Sullivan	17	9	5	27	10	18	9	17	12	22	25	18	5	16
			Juan Manuel Fangio II	17														7	15	28	13
			Maurício Gugelmin	18	2	4	13	5	17	6*	14	15	7	24	12	23	11	6	11	20	3
1996	Reynard 96i	Ford XB V8 t			MIA	RIO	SFR	LBH	NAZ	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	26	25	4	15	15	2	15	16	16	21	12	3	26	21	24	5
			Mark Blundell	21	17	27				5	22	5	8	11	11	6	10	20	12	24
			Teo Fabi	21				18	16	Wth
1997	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8 t			MIA	SFR	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	6	17	2	9	22	6	5	16	6*	15	6	6	7	2	1	9	4
			Mark Blundell	18	14	8	13	19	8	24	12	17	1	9	1*	2	26	16*	7	2	1
1998	Reynard 98i	Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8 t			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	10	20	10	17	9	16	21	19	7	20	12	13	4*	19	6	27	18	12	5
			Mark Blundell	18	12	10	7	20	11	10	12	22	22	10	26	17	19	7	12	25	14	11	6
1999	Reynard 99i	Mercedes-Benz IC108E V8 t			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MCH	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SRF	FON
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	11	7	14	18	22	18	8	25	21	12	14	22	24	20	19	4	11	6	26	6
			Mark Blundell	18	8	24	13	17									10	13	21	19	12	24	19	16
			Roberto Moreno	18					11	4	12	7	8	19	4	19
2000	Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes-Benz IC108F V8 t			MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SRF	FON
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	16	10	21	22	2	11	16	19	10	15	13	7	20	17	21	7	19	23	10	17
			Mark Blundell	18	13	8	7	19	17	17	11	20	12	22	19	23	14	11	25	13	23	20	11	15
2001	Reynard 01i	Toyota RV8F V8 t			MTY	LBH	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SRF	FON
			Maurício Gugelmin	17	15	22		12	10	10	20	10	7	15	22	14	23	15	16	20	20	16	24	20
			Scott Dixon	18	13	19	1	9	3	22	7	20	5	10	4	12	4	13	9	22	18	4	15	17
2002	Reynard 02i	Toyota RV8F V8 t			MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LAG	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SFR	FON	MXC
			Scott Dixon	7	6	18	9
			Oriol Servià	17	10	11	6	Wth

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