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| Owner(s) | |
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| Principal(s) |
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| Base | Zionsville, Indiana |
| Series | IndyCar Series |
| Race drivers | |
| Manufacturer | Honda |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Career | |
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (1992 CART) |
| Indy 500 victories | 2 (2004,2020) |
| Race victories | 25 |
| Pole positions | 31 |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Piers Phillips (President) Steve Dickson (General Manager) Brandon Fry (Technical/Race Operations Director) |
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| Current series | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship |
| Former series | American Le Mans Series |
| Current drivers | 24. Augusto Farfus Philipp Eng Jesse Krohn Dries Vanthoor25.  Connor De Phillippi Nick YellolyMaxime Martin Rene Rast |
| Website | http://www.rahal.com |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) is anauto racing team that has participated in theIndyCar Series and theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Headquartered inZionsville, Indiana[1] andHilliard, Ohio, it is co-owned by1986 Indianapolis 500 winnerBobby Rahal, former televisiontalk show hostDavid Letterman, and businessmanMike Lanigan. The team won the1992 CART Indy Car championship, and has won theIndianapolis 500 twice, first in2004 withBuddy Rice and2020 withTakuma Sato.
The team was established in late 1991 when driverBobby Rahal and business partnerCarl Hogan purchased the distressedPatrick Racing team fromU.E. "Pat" Patrick. Originally namedRahal-Hogan Racing, it was changed toTeam Rahal in 1996 when Hogan left to form hisown team. David Letterman purchased a minority interest in the team in 1996, and the team went by the name ofRahal Letterman Racing from May 2004 until December 2010.[2]
Throughout the team's history inIMSA with factory partnerBMW, the sports car division of the team has run under the nameBMW Team RLL.
In 2024, the team was investigated by theFederal Bureau of Investigation for unspecified reasons. The investigation is still ongoing.[3]
Following the1991 CART season,Bobby Rahal left theGalles-Kraco Racing team. Despite consistent top finishes, Rahal won only two races between 1989 and 1991. Likewise,Danny Sullivan left thePatrick Racing team, following a dismal season with theAlfa Romeo engine. The two drivers essentially swapped rides. Rahal signed withPatrick in September 1991,[4] and Sullivan took to Rahal's old seat atGalles-Kraco Racing.[5]
In late 1991, Patrick Racing found itself in financial and legal trouble. Rumors surfaced that the Patrick team had shipped one of theIlmor Chevrolet V-8 engines over to the Alfa Romeo engine developers in Italy,[6][7] who in turn, tore the engine down to examine it and allegedly stole design ideas. It was returned in pieces and infuriated Ilmor officials.[8][9][10]
By this time, Patrick's contractual obligations with Alfa Romeo had ended, so the team attempted to re-sign with Ilmor, or possibly acquire older Ilmor engines fromNewman/Haas.[6][11] The Newman/Haas team was in the process of switching to the newFord-Cosworth XB for 1992. Due to the possible fraudulent actions by Patrick against Ilmor, the team was refused an Ilmor Chevrolet engine lease, despite inking the popular Rahal.[12][13] According to Rahal, he had a clause in his contract, as didMiller, which required the team field the Ilmor-Chevrolet engine.[14] Facing a decidedly uncompetitive powerplant situation for 1992, and escalating legal problems, in December 1991, Patrick sold the team outright toBobby Rahal and his new partner Carl Hogan. Together they formedRahal-Hogan Racing. They retained nearly all of the employees and key personnel (including Jim McGee, Scott Roembke, and others), kept the sponsorship fromMiller Genuine Draft, and were able to re-secure theIlmor Chevrolet engine lease. According to Rahal, the transition was simple and smooth enough that they simply "took [the] Patrick Racing sign off the front of the building and put...Rahal-Hogan".[14]
In1992, the team won theCART championship on their first try, with owner-driver Bobby Rahal fielding a "tried and true"Lola T92/00-Chevy "A" to four victories and three poles during the season. It was Rahal's third points championship as a driver. Rahal's three oval wins included a dominating wire-to-wire victory atPhoenix, where he led all 200 laps. His other wins came atDetroit,Loudon, andNazareth. He finished 6th at theIndianapolis 500, but dropped out of theMichigan 500. He notched 12 top-ten finishes, and clinched the championship by a mere 4 points, after finishing third atLaguna Seca.[15][16]
It was the fifth consecutive (and final) championship for the Ilmor Chevy "A" engine. Rahal managed to outperform the newer engines that joined the series in 1992, theFord/Cosworth XB, as well as theIlmor Chevy "B" engine, which was used exclusively byPenske. For the third time,Michael Andretti finished runner-up to Rahal in the points. Andretti promptly left Indy car racing the following year to race in Formula One.
In late 1992, Rahal-Hogan Racing absorbed theTruesports racing team,[17][18] where Rahal had started his CART career. The team moved its headquarters from Indianapolis toHilliard, into the old Truesports facility. Along with the acquisition, they took over the two-year-old Truesports"All-American" chassis program.[19] Rahal started the 1993 season with an updated version of the Truesports chassis, now designated theR/H-001, powered by the newerIlmor Chevy "C" engine. The intention was to introduce a brand-new R/H chassis by August of that year.[20][21]
A second-place finish atLong Beach offered some promise for the chassis.[22][23] The success was short-lived, however, as the chassis proved uncompetitive on ovals and superspeedways.[20] Rahal failed to qualify atIndianapolis; he was bumped with 15 minutes left in the day.[24][25] Following Indy, the team switched Rahal to a more conventionalLola T93/00.[26] Rahal rebounded, with 11 top-tens in the final 12 races - good enough for 4th place in the final points standings.
Mike Groff joined the team as a test driver and raced a second car on a partial schedule. After the team's failure at Indy, Groff made four additional starts in the R/H-001. By season's end, the team abandoned the in-house chassis project.[21]
Rahal-Hogan Racing introduced the full-worksHonda HRX Indy V-8t engine to IndyCar racing in 1994, after performing development testing for the powerplant throughout 1993.[27][28] The team operated as a two-car outfit, promotingMike Groff to a full-time schedule for 1994. The team fielded theLola T94/00 chassis as well as received a full-factory support fromHonda.
The first generation iron block Honda powerplants, however, were still underdeveloped.[29][30] At the1994 Indianapolis 500, both Rahal and Groff were at the bottom of the speed charts, and the team was at risk of failing to qualifying at Indy for the second year in a row.[31][32] On the second weekend of time trials, both Rahal and Groff withdrew their Honda-powered machines,[33][34] and re-qualified using twoPC-22-Ilmors loaned fromPenske.[35][36] Rahal finished a strong 3rd in the race with the borrow chassis.[37]
Rahal and Groff finished out the rest of the 1994 season with the Honda, however, the results were largely disappointing. Rahal notched only one top five driving the Honda, and placed tenth in the season points standings. Unsatisfied with the lack of progress and growing pains with the Honda engine, Rahal-Hogan Racing announced they were cutting ties with Honda at the end of the season.[38][39]
For 1995, Rahal-Hogan replaced Mike Groff with veteranRaul Boesel,[40][41][42] and switched toIlmor-Mercedes Benz "D" engines.[43] Rahal finished third at the1995 Indianapolis 500, which would ultimately be his final Indy start. Rahal notched eight top-fives and 12 top-tens to finish third in points. Boesel had seven top tens. Despite switching to a more conventional chassis/engine combination, the team remained winless for the third consecutive season.
In 1996, Carl Hogan left the team and started his own racing operation,Hogan Racing.[44] As a result, the team changed its name toTeam Rahal. Rahal signed a five-year sponsorship extension withMiller, and switched to theReynard 96I chassis.[45]Raul Boesel left to joinTeam Green,[46][47] andBryan Herta replaced Boesel in the team's second car, picking up sponsorship fromShell.[48] In February of that year, comedian andtalk show hostDavid Letterman purchased a minority interest in the team.[49][50]
Due to the open wheel "Split", Team Rahal did not compete at theIndianapolis 500. Instead Rahal and Herta raced at theU.S. 500 atMichigan.[51] Herta qualified for the front row at Michigan, but was involved in the big crash at the start.[52] Herta drove a backup car to 15th place. Bobby Rahal was running as high as 6th until he brushed the wall and dropped out with suspension damage. In the season finale atLaguna Seca, Bryan Herta nearly won his first career Indy car race. Leading on the final lap,Alex Zanardi made a daring, diving pass at the famous "Corkscrew" turns, to steal the victory in shocking fashion.[53][54][55] The legendary incident became known in racing circles simply as"The Pass".[56] Rahal and Herta combined for five podiums on the season, and finished 7th and 8th in points, respectively.
In1997, Team Rahal switched to theFord-Cosworth XD engine, and Rahal's sponsorship switched to theMiller Lite brand. The team struggled throughout the year, with Rahal posting only one podium finish.[57][58] At theRio 400, Rahal was leading the race, looking for his first win since 1992. However, he ran out of fuel with one lap to go.[59][60] Herta also posted only one podium. Herta and Rahal finished 11th and 12th in points, respectively.[61] The team's lack of winning was attributed to several factors, includingGoodyear tires,[62][63] and engine choice.[29][30] After their divorce from Honda at the end of 1994, the powerplant was proving to be successful long-term, winning six consecutive CART championships (1996–2001).
Rahal announced he was going to retire from driving at the conclusion of the1998 CART season. He embarked on a year-long "Last Ride" campaign,[62] Rahal's best finish of the season was a third place atMid-Ohio.[64][65] He finished the season with ten top-10 finishes, and placed 10th in points. AtLaguna Seca, Bryan Hertaavenged his defeat from two years earlier. Herta started on the pole and led 81 of the 83 laps, posting his first Indy/Champ car victory.[66] It was Team Rahal's first race win since 1992. Herta posted nine other top-tens, and finished 8th in points.
With Bobby Rahal now retired as a driver, over the next few years the team would employBryan Herta,Max Papis,Kenny Bräck,Jimmy Vasser andMichel Jourdain Jr. Bobby Rahal assumed additional roles during this timeframe, serving as interim president ofCART in2000,[67][68] taking a managerial position withJaguar,[69] and co-owning aNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team,Gloy-Rahal Racing. Bryan Herta made it back-to-back wins atLaguna Seca,[70] but would be let go at the end of the1999 season.[71][72]
In2000, Team Rahal signed1998 IRL champion and1999 Indianapolis 500 winnerKenny Bräck.[73][74] Bräck won four races in2001, and finished second in points.Max Papis won three races over his three seasons with the team (1999–2001), with a best result of 5th in points in 1999.
The driver lineup changed for2002, as Papis and Bräck were replaced by veteranJimmy Vasser andpay driverMichel Jourdain Jr.[75][76] The results were above average, with Vasser winning one race, and finishing 7th in points. Jourdain had 14 top-tens, including a 4th place in his debut atMonterrey, en route to a 10th place ranking in points.
In2003, the team dropped down to a one-car effort in theCART/Champ Car series.Michel Jourdain Jr. won two races, notched 15 top-tens, one pole, and finished third in points. The 2003 season would be Team Rahal's final year inCART/Champ Car. For 2004, the team would switch permanently to theIRL/IndyCar Series.[77]
In2002, while maintaining their full-time CART schedule, Team Rahal entered one car at theIndianapolis 500. It was their first appearance at Indy since 1995, and first participation in theIRL.[78] They followed the trend of other major CART-based teams entering at Indy, and/or switching over to the rivalIRL.[79][80][81][82] As a tune-up in March,Jimmy Vasser drove to a 9th place finish atFontana, but dropped out and finished 30th at Indy.
For 2003, Team Rahal expanded to full-time in the IRL. They ran a full-time entry in CART (Michel Jourdain Jr.), a full-time entry in IRL (Kenny Bräck), and a second car at Indy only (Jimmy Vasser). Bräck returned to the team after a one-year stint withGanassi.[83] The 2003 season was significant for the team, as Rahal was reunited with full-works engine manufacturerHonda after their rift in 1994.[84] Bräck finished 9th in IRL points, with a best finish of 2nd atMotegi. However, at theseason finale atTexas, Bräck suffered a serious crash. His car launched into the catch fence, and he suffered critical, but non life-threatening injuries.[85] He would require a lengthy recovery, and it essentially ended his driving career.
In2004, the team formally changed its name toRahal Letterman Racing,[86] and dropped itsChamp Car program permanently.[77]Buddy Rice was hired to drive in substitute of the injuredKenny Bräck.[87]Vítor Meira was added as a second car, andRoger Yasukawa drove a third car atMotegi andIndianapolis.[87][88] Rice's role was originally temporary,[89] but when it became clear that Bräck was still unable to drive, Rice's spot turned full-time.[90]
AtIndianapolis, Rice won thepole position, thepit stop contest, led the most laps, and won the race, his first victory inchampionship-level competition. It also marked the long-anticipated first Indy 500 victory forHonda. Rice won again atKansas andMichigan, and finished 3rd in points. Meira scored two second places, and one pole, and despite missing the first two races of the season, finished 8th in points.
The driver lineup for2005 includedBuddy Rice,Vítor Meira, and rookieDanica Patrick.[89] Patrick had driven for Team Rahal inToyota Atlantics in2003–2004, moving up to Indy cars for 2005. At the2005 Indianapolis 500, Rice suffered a partially torn spinal ligament in a practice crash, and was replaced byKenny Bräck.[91][92] Patrick qualified 4th, led 19 laps, and finished 4th, the highest finish ever for afemale driver at the Indianapolis 500 to-date. Meira finished 2nd, and Patrick wonrookie of the year. Bräck, whose career had been on hiatus due to his 2003 crash, driving in substitution for Rice,[91][92] was the fastest qualifier. But he dropped out on race day with mechanical problems. It would be Bräck's final career Indy car race.
Rice was able to return to the cockpit at the next race. His season was mostly disappointing, however, notching only four top-tens and no wins. Meira finished 7th in points, but it was Patrick who garnered the most attention on the season - at times overshadowing her teammates.[93] She won three poles and posted seven top-tens. She won IndyCar rookie of the year, and finished 12th in points.[94]
Rahal Letterman Racing had high hopes for 2006.Vítor Meira left the team to joinPanther Racing. He was replaced byPaul Dana who brought sponsorship from theEthanol Promotion Council.[95] At theseason opener atHomestead, the team qualified all three cars in the top nine (Patrick 3rd, Rice 6th, and Dana 9th). During the final practice on Sunday morning,Vision Racing'sEd Carpenter crashed in turn two and the car slid down the 20-degree banking. Dana, who seemed to not receive the signal from the spotter,[citation needed] ran into the gearbox section of Carpenter's car, sending Dana's car flying on the backstretch. Dana died in the hospital later that afternoon, and the entire team, including Patrick and Rice, withdrew.
Patrick and Rice raced together atSt. Petersburg with the third car vacant out of respect for Dana. Effective atMotegi,Jeff Simmons was added as the team's third driver. In mid-2006 the team switched from thePanoz to theDallara chassis. Rice finished 15th in points, Patrick finished 9th, and Simmons finished 16th.
In2007, Rahal Letterman Racing fielded two cars, one for Simmons and one for IndyCar veteranScott Sharp. Patrick went toAndretti Green Racing, and Rice moved over toDreyer & Reinbold. However, after eleven races, the team released Simmons and picked up formerChamp Car driverRyan Hunter-Reay,[96] who earned a 7th-place finish atMid-Ohio. Consistent finishes gave Ryan and the team the Rookie of the Year award despite making only six starts.
In the2008, Rahal Letterman Racing dropped down to just one car driven byRyan Hunter-Reay. The team scored a win atWatkins Glen and Hunter-Reay finished 8th in points. At the end of the season, the team's ethanol promotion council sponsorship left and they unable to find full-time sponsorship going into 2009.[97]
RLR did not participate full-time in the2009 season due to a lack of sponsorship.[98] With the sponsorship ofDAFCA they participated in the2009 Indianapolis 500, where driverOriol Servià, after starting on the ninth row, advanced to tenth place but completed only 98 laps before being forced to quit due to mechanical problems.[99]
In 2010, the team again failed to secure sponsorship for the full season. At the2010 Indianapolis 500, the team arranged a one-race sponsorship entry forGraham Rahal.[100] Rahal ran in the top ten until a blocking penalty shuffled him back in the standings, and he finished 12th.[citation needed]
In December 2010, Mike Lanigan, former co-owner ofNewman-Haas-Lanigan Racing withCarl Haas and actorPaul Newman, became co-owner of what was renamedRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.[101]
The team signedJay Howard to drive the #88 car withService Central sponsorship for the 2011 Indy 500.Bertrand Baguette also joined the team at the 500. Howard finished 30th after losing a wheel following a pit stop on lap 61, while Baguette would lead 11 laps late in the race before needing to pit for fuel with 3 laps to go. He would finish 7th.[102]
The team returned to full-time IndyCar competition for 2012, running a single Dallara-Honda forTakuma Sato, who achieved two podium finishes at São Paulo and Edmonton.Michel Jourdain Jr. returned to the team in a second car for theIndianapolis 500, where Sato came close to victory, crashing out on the final lap while attempting to passDario Franchitti for the lead.
On April 30, 2014, the team made history with Engage Mobile Solutions when four members of the RLL team including driverGraham Rahal and three members of the pit crew woreGoogle Glass to show anIndyCar Series pit stop from the unique perspective of each person on the racing team.[103]
After rotating through a series of drivers, including Jourdain,Jay Howard, andMike Conway,Graham Rahal returned to RLL to contest the full 2013 season. Rahal struggled during the 2013 and 2014 seasons with only four top-5 finishes. However, he would have a breakout year in 2015, snapping a six-year winless streak atAuto Club Speedway and duelingJustin Wilson to win at his home track atMid-Ohio. Rahal would end the 2015 season fourth in points after consecutive bad races at Pocono and Sonoma.
For 2016, the team remained a single-car team but addedIndy Lights championSpencer Pigot to the lineup for three races. Rahal would take a win atTexas Motor Speedway by only .008 of a second.
During2017 the team would watch another two wins, with Graham Rahal taking back-to-back victories atDetroit.
In 2018, RLL would re-signTakuma Sato, who had previously won the2017 Indianapolis 500 forAndretti Autosport. Sato would score his first win for the team at the2018 Grand Prix of Portland, and would win twice more in the 2019Indycar season, atBarber Motorsports Park andWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway respectively. Sato won his secondIndianapolis 500 in 2020, his first with RLL Racing. Rahal finished in 3rd position. The team also ran a third car for the first time in a race2019 Indianapolis 500, withJordan King finishing in 24th place.
In 2021 RLL again expanded to three cars, with Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato driving two full-time entries while several drivers would drive a third car on a part-time basis.[104] The car would be backed byHy-Vee, a supermarket chain in the Midwestern United States. Initially, the third car was only scheduled to run the2021 Indianapolis 500 withSantino Ferrucci behind the wheel but after Ferucci's top ten finish in the 500 Hy-Vee gave additional sponsorship for the car to run at Detroit, Mid Ohio, andNashville with Ferucci driving four races. After the Nashville round the team announced the third car would be run at the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix and the final three races by different drivers in place of Ferrucci; DanishFormula 2 and currentAlpine F1 Academy driverChristian Lundgaard would drive the car at the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix on the IMS Road Course with the car backed by MiJack whileOliver Askew would drive the car at Portland, Laguna Seca, and Long Beach backed by Hy-Vee.[105][106] During the season Ferrucci, Askew, and Lundgaard would all test the third car in shootout style tests to determine who would get the full time drive in the third car in 2022.
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For 2022 Takuma Sato would depart the team. The #45 Hy-Vee car would be driven byJack Harvey, who was signed fromMeyer Shank Racing. The team announced on October 20, 2021, that Christian Lundgaard had won the opportunity to drive the #30 car full time and would sign a multi-year deal to compete with RLL full time from 2022 onward.[107] In 2024Pietro Fittipaldi replaced Harvey as a full-time entry and Takuma Sato returned to the team as a fourth driver in the Indy 500.[108][109] In July 2024 Lundgaard announced that it would be his final year with the team and that he would be moving toArrow McLaren in 2025.[110]
In 2007, Rahal Letterman Racing fielded aPorsche 911 GT3 RSR for nine of the twelve races. The team's best results came as a second-place finish at Road America and a third-place finish atPetit Le Mans. The team finished 4th in the GT2 team championship withTommy Milner and Ralf Kelleners 6th in the driver's championship.
After one-year hiatus, the team returned to the series in 2009 with factory support from BMW and thus held dual nationality team licenses (Germany andUnited States).[111] The team fielded twoM3 GT2's, the #90 driven byJoey Hand andBill Auberlen and the #92 driven by Tommy Milner andDirk Müller. After a troubled season, the #92 car finished second at the2009 Petit Le Mans. The team finished 3rd in the team championship with Milner and Müller 4th in the driver's championship.[112][113]
In 2010, the team continued their relationship with BMW and the American Le Mans Series. Despite only winning one race at Road America, Rahal Letterman Racing won the team championship while Bill Auberlen and Tommy Milner 3rd in the driver's championship.[114][115]
2011 was an even more successful year for the team. After a one-two finish at the2011 12 Hours of Sebring the RLL Racing team would win two more races. Despite fierce competition from Corvette, Ferrari, and Porsche, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing claimed the GT Teams and Manufacturers championships, While Joey Hand and Dirk Müller won the drivers championship.[116][117][118] This was the second team championship for the team with the M3.
In 2012, the team returned to the American Le Mans Series for their 4th year with the BMW M3. After winning their second12 Hours of Sebring in a row, the team, lacking the speed to the brand new Porsches and Corvettes, would win only one more race at Road America. Despite their deficit in pace, the team finished the season 2nd in the championship with driverDirk Muller finished 4th, the highest of the BMW team drivers.[119][120]
Further developing their relationship withBMW Motorsport, the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team campaigned two brand newZ4 GTE cars, replacing the BMW M3 GT2's. Despite being their first season with the car, the team claimed several GT poles, a 1–2 victory at Long Beach, and a win at Lime Rock Park. The team finished the season 2nd in the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships behind Corvette Racing.
For2014, the team continued with itsZ4 GTE cars but under the newly formed United SportsCar Championship (which became theIMSA SportsCar Championship starting with the2016 season). The team would manage four second-place finishes atDaytona andLaguna Seca with the #55 car andLong Beach andRoad America for the #56 car.Dirk Müller and teammateJohn Edwards would finish seventh in the GTLM Drivers' Championship withBill Auberlen and teammateAndy Priaulx eighth.
For2015, the team would make several changes to its lineup, this time with ALMS championLucas Luhr replacing Müller in the No. 24, and Auberlen being teamed withDirk Werner in the No. 25. Both teams would take wins during the season, with Edwards/Luhr winning at Laguna Seca, and Auberlen/Werner taking two wins at Long Beach and Austin. Auberlen/Werner would finish second in points to Porsche factory driverPatrick Pilet for thedrivers championship. The 24 team also finished 2nd in theteams championship to the Porsche 911 team and BMW finished 2nd to Porsche inmanufacturer championship.
For2016, the team switched to the newBMW M6 GTLM, and the No. 24 team was assigned the Number 100 in celebration of BMW's 100th anniversary. The 25 team finished 7th in thedrivers championship and the 100 team in 9th, with neither team winning.
In2017, the 100 team reverted to the #24, withMartin Tomczyk replacing Luhr as Edwards' teammate, andAlexander Sims as Auberlen's new partner in the 25. The teams returned to their winning ways, with the 25 team (Auberlen/Sims) winning the6 Hours of the Glen,Petit Le Mans and theCanadian Tire Motorsports Park event and finishing 2nd in thedrivers championship. The 24 team (Edwards/Tomczyk) won atMazda Raceway Laguna Seca, but finished 7th in the championship. The four victories also elevated BMW to 2nd in the2017 GTLM Manufacturers championship, losing to Chevrolet by just 6 points.
In November 2017, Auberlen was named a BMW Brand Ambassador, and thus stepped down as a full-time driver for2018.[121] He was replaced byConnor De Phillippi as Sims' full-time partner in the 25 team. Edwards also had a partner change at the 24 team, withJesse Krohn replacing Tomczyk. RLL also updated to the newBMW M8 GTE. The 25 team (Sims/De Phillippi) won atVIR and Laguna Seca and finished 6th in the2018 drivers championship, while the 24 team (Edwards/Krohn) finished the season 8th with no race victories.
For2019, the 24 driver team will remain intact, butTom Blomqvist was announced to replace Sims as De Phillippi's full-season partner in the 25 team. However, due to delays with his U.S. Visa, Blomqvist had to miss the2019 24 Hours of Daytona.[122] He was replaced at Daytona byAugusto Farfus, who, along with co-drivers De Phillippi,Colton Herta andPhilipp Eng, won the race in the GTLM class. However, the cars scored only three additional podiums combined, so they ranked 6th and 7th in the GTLM drivers standings.
In 2020, the #24 car won the 24 Hours of Daytona and got five additional points, ending second in points. Meanwhile, the #25 car won the 6 Hours of Atlanta plus three more podiums, placing fourth in points.
BMW reduced its budget for the 2021 season, so RLL only entered the four endurance races. In a depleted GTLM field, they scored six podiums combined but no wins.
IMSA dropped the GTLM class before the 2022 season. RLL joined the new GTD Pro class with the newBMW M4 GT3. The #25 runs full-time, whereas the #24 is an endurance-only entry.
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The team was announced to join the IMSA GTP class in 2023 with twoLMDh-specBMW M Hybrid V8s. The team took their first victory in the class at the2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.
On 28 November 2017, it was announced that the team was to be the first to confirm entry to the I-PACE eTROPHY.[123] The team confirmed that they will run two cars in the series.[124]Katherine Legge andBryan Sellers are part of the current line-up.
| Year | Driver(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bobby Rahal | |
| 1993 | Bobby Rahal | Mike Groff |
| 1994 | ||
| 1995 | Raul Boesel | |
| 1996 | Bryan Herta | |
| 1997 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 |  Max Papis | |
| 2000 |  Kenny Bräck | |
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Jimmy Vasser |  Michel Jourdain Jr. |
| 2003 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | |
(key) (results inbold indicate pole position) (results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pts Pos | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahal-Hogan Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | SFR | PHX | LBH | INDY | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | TOR | MCH | CLE | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | ||||||||||||
| Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet265AV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 12 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1st | 196 | ||||||
| 1993 | SFR | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | NHA | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | ||||||||||||
| RH-001 | Chevrolet265CV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 1 | 6 | 22 | 2 | DNQ | 4th | 133 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lola T93/00 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2* | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| RH-001 | Mike Groff | DNQ | 23rd | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lola T93/00 | 18 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | SFR | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | ROA | NAZ | LAG | ||||||||||||
| Lola T94/00 | Honda HRXV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 4 | 26 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 10th | 59 | |||||||
| PenskePC-22 | Ilmor265DV8t | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lola T94/00 | Honda HRXV8t | Mike Groff | 10 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 20th | 17 | ||||||||
| PenskePC-22 | Ilmor265CV8t | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | MIA | SFR | PHX | LBH | NAZ | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | ROA | TOR | CLE | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | LAG | |||||||||||
| Lola T95/00 | Mercedes-Benz IC108BV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3rd | 128 | |||||
| Raul Boesel | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 11 | DNS | 5 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 16th | 48 | ||||||||
| Team Rahal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | MIA | RIO | SFR | LBH | NAZ | 500 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | ||||||||||||
| Reynard 96i | Mercedes-Benz IC108CV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 18 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7th | 102 | ||||||
| Bryan Herta | 28 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8th | 86 | |||||||||
| 1997 | MIA | SFR | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | FON | |||||||||||
| Reynard 97i | FordXDV8t | G | Bobby Rahal | 7 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10* | 20 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 12th | 70 | |||||
| Bryan Herta | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 11th | 72 | ||||||||
| 1998 | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | HOU | SFR | FON | |||||||||
| Reynard 98i | FordXDV8t | F | Bobby Rahal | 7 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 10th | 82 | |||
| Bryan Herta | 8 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 1* | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8th | 97 | ||||||
| 1999 | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MCH | DET | MDO | CHI | VAN | LAG | HOU | SRF | FON | ||||||||
| Reynard 99i | FordXDV8t | F | Max Papis | 7 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 7* | 26 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2* | 5th | 150 | ||
| Bryan Herta | 8 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 1* | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12th | 84 | |||||
| 2000 | MIA | LBH | RIO | MOT | NAZ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | GAT | HOU | SRF | FON | ||||||||
| Reynard 2Ki | FordXFV8t | F | Max Papis | 7 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 14th | 88 | ||
| Kenny Bräck | 8 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 13* | 4th | 135 | |||||
| Casey Mears(R) | 91 | 4 | 23rd | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | MTY | LBH | TXS | NAZ | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LAG | SRF | FON | |||||||
| Lola B01/00 | FordXFV8t | F | Max Papis | 7 | 12 | 17 | C1 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1* | 18 | 8 | 16* | 13 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2* | 6th | 107 | |
| Kenny Bräck | 8 | 5 | 25 | C1 | 2* | 1 | 1* | 9 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1* | 2 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 2nd | 163 | ||||
| 2002 | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SFR | FON | MEX | |||||||||
| Lola B02/00 | FordXFV8t | B | Jimmy Vasser | 8 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1* | 11 | 7th | 114 | |||
| Michel Jourdain Jr. | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10th | 105 | ||||||
| 2003 | STP | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA | MEX | SFR | ||||||||||
| Lola B02/00 | FordXFEV8t | B | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15* | 6 | 3 | 1* | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3rd | 195 | ||||
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* Season still in progress
| IndyCar wins | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Season | Date | Sanction | Track / Race | No. | Winning driver | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Grid | Laps Led |
| 1 | 1992 | April 5 | CART | Phoenix International Raceway(O) | 12 | Bobby Rahal | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet265AV8t | Goodyear | 2 | 200 |
| 2 | June 7 | CART | Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix(S) | 12 | Bobby Rahal (2) | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8t | Goodyear | 2 | 21 | |
| 3 | July 5 | CART | New Hampshire Motor Speedway(O) | 12 | Bobby Rahal (3) | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8t | Goodyear | Pole | 136 | |
| 4 | October 4 | CART | Nazareth Speedway(O) | 12 | Bobby Rahal (4) | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8t | Goodyear | 3 | 44 | |
| 5 | 1998 | September 13 | CART | Laguna Seca Raceway(R) | 8 | Bryan Herta | Reynard 98i | FordXD V8t | Firestone | Pole | 81 |
| 6 | 1999 | September 12 | CART | Laguna Seca Raceway(R) | 8 | Bryan Herta (2) | Reynard 99i | Ford XD V8t | Firestone | Pole | 83 |
| 7 | 2000 | March 26 | CART | Homestead–Miami Speedway(O) | 7 | Max Papis | Reynard 2Ki | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | 13 | 10 |
| 8 | 2001 | May 18 | CART | Twin Ring Motegi(O) | 8 | Kenny Bräck | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | 6 | 75 |
| 9 | June 3 | CART | Milwaukee Mile(O) | 8 | Kenny Bräck (2) | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | Pole | 130 | |
| 10 | June 24 | CART | Portland International Raceway(R) | 7 | Max Papis (2) | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | Pole | 69 | |
| 11 | July 29 | CART | Chicago Motor Speedway(O) | 8 | Kenny Bräck (3) | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | 8 | 59 | |
| 12 | September 15 | CART | EuroSpeedway Lausitz(O) | 8 | Kenny Bräck (4) | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | 2 | 82 | |
| 13 | October 14 | CART | Laguna Seca Raceway(R) | 7 | Max Papis (3) | Lola B01/00 | Ford XF V8t | Firestone | 25 | 16 | |
| 14 | 2002 | November 3 | CART | Auto Club Speedway(O) | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Lola B02/00 | Ford XF V8t | Bridgestone | 6 | 148 |
| 15 | 2003 | May 31 | CART | Milwaukee Mile(O) | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Lola B02/00 | FordXFE V8t | Bridgestone | 2 | 234 |
| 16 | August 24 | CART | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve(R) | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. (2) | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Bridgestone | 4 | 15 | |
| 17 | 2004 | May 30 | IRL | Indianapolis 500(O) | 15 | Buddy Rice | G-Force GF09B | HondaHI4RV8 | Firestone | Pole | 91 |
| 18 | July 4 | IRL | Kansas Speedway(O) | 15 | Buddy Rice (2) | G-Force GF09B | Honda HI4R V8 | Firestone | Pole | 83 | |
| 19 | August 1 | IRL | Michigan International Speedway(O) | 15 | Buddy Rice (3) | G-Force GF09B | Honda HI4R V8 | Firestone | 6 | 13 | |
| 20 | 2008 | July 6 | IRL | Watkins Glen International(R) | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Dallara IR-05 | HondaHI8R V8 | Firestone | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 2015 | June 27 | IndyCar | Auto Club Speedway(O) | 15 | Graham Rahal | DallaraDW12 | Honda HI15TTV6t | Firestone | 19 | 15 |
| 22 | August 2 | IndyCar | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course(R) | 15 | Graham Rahal (2) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI15TT V6t | Firestone | 13 | 23 | |
| 23 | 2016 | August 27 | IndyCar | Texas Motor Speedway(O) | 15 | Graham Rahal (3) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI16TT V6t | Firestone | 13 | 1 |
| 24 | 2017 | June 3 | IndyCar | Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race 1(S) | 15 | Graham Rahal (4) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI16TT V6t | Firestone | Pole | 55 |
| 25 | June 4 | IndyCar | Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race 2(S) | 15 | Graham Rahal (5) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI17TT V6t | Firestone | 3 | 41 | |
| 26 | 2018 | September 2 | IndyCar | Portland International Raceway(R) | 30 |  Takuma Sato | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI18TT V6t | Firestone | 20 | 25 |
| 27 | 2019 | April 7 | IndyCar | Barber Motorsports Park(R) | 30 | Takuma Sato (2) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI19TT V6t | Firestone | Pole | 74 |
| 28 | August 24 | IndyCar | Gateway Raceway(O) | 30 | Takuma Sato (3) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI19TT V6t | Firestone | 5 | 61 | |
| 29 | 2020 | August 23 | IndyCar | Indianapolis 500(O) | 30 | Takuma Sato (4) | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI20TT V6t | Firestone | 3 | 27 |
| 30 | 2023 | July 16 | IndyCar | Grand Prix of Toronto(S) | 45 |  Christian Lundgaard | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI23R V6t | Firestone | Pole | 54 |
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Car | No. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | GRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | 14 | Austin Dyne | MEM | LOU 6 | THO1 5 | THO2 7 | OTT1 5 | OTT2 6 | INDY 5 | AC1 7 | AC2 8 | SEA1 6 | SEA2 6 | LA 8 | 9th | 562 |
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| Year | Car | Class | Tyres | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY | P | M | ADR | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | NYC | |||||
| 3 | Katherine Legge | 65 | 11 | 22 | 55 | 44 | 105 | Ret | 66 | 44 | 33 | 86 | 5th | ||||
| 6 | Bryan Sellers | 33 | 22 | 11 | DSQ | 22 | 11 | 33 | 44 | DNS | 55 | 107 | 3rd | ||||
* – Season still in progress.
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