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American racing driver (born 1963)

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Robbie Buhl
Buhl at the 1997Indianapolis 500
Nationality	American
Born	(1963-09-02)September 2, 1963 (age 62) Detroit,Michigan, U.S.
Retired	2004
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996–2004
Teams	Beck Motorsports Team Menard Sinden Racing Tri-Star Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Starts	78
Wins	2
Poles	0
Best finish	3rd in 1996
Previous series
1993–1994 1990–1996 1989	CART World Series Indy Lights Barber Saab Pro Series
Championship titles
1992 1989	Indy Lights Barber Saab Pro Series

Robbie Buhl (born September 2, 1963) is an American former race car driver who competed in theIndy Racing League. He was a color commentator for the IndyCar races onVersus. In 2016, Robbie, along with his brother Tom Buhl, startedBuhl Sport Detroit, a motorsports marketing company, professional race team, and teen driving program based inDetroit, Michigan.

Buhl's current race team, Racing4Detroit, is the first professional race team based in Detroit, and most recently ran in the2019 Americas Rallycross Championship. He also created and acts as lead instructor ofTeen Street Skills, an advanced teen driver training program also based and operating in Detroit.

Buhl won the 1992Indy Lights championship and caught the eye ofJohn Menard'sTeam Menard in1996, running as team mate toTony Stewart for two seasons succeeding the lateScott Brayton. He scored his first win in what was once the closest finish in series history when he beat ex-MasterCard Lola F1 driverVincenzo Sospiri by 0.064 seconds at theNew Hampshire International Speedway.

Personal life

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Buhl was born inDetroit but his home isGrosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. He is a graduate of Cranbrook School (nowCranbrook Kingswood School) inBloomfield Hills. His family's wealth stems from nineteenth/early twentieth century manufacturing and real estate development and the industrialization of Detroit in the period 1850-1950. Family holdings included Buhl Stamping,Buhl Aircraft Company, development of vast real estate holdings (including the landmarkBuhl Building in downtown Detroit),Parke-Davis (now part of drug giantPfizer), Buhl Steel (now part ofU.S. Steel), Copper and Brass Sales, Inc, (by marriage) and many other holdings. Relatives include former Detroit mayorsChristian H. Buhl andFrederick Buhl. His parents reside in Grosse Pointe Farms,Harbor Springs, Michigan, andHobe Sound, Florida.

On Easter Sunday 1999, Buhl married former racerScott Brayton's widow Becky.

Buhl is a Founder and key Supporter of "Racing for Kids", a charitable foundation established to assist chronically ill children. He makes a point of visiting sick children at hospitals on each stop of the circuit, bringing a bit of cheer to their lives in the process.

In 2007, Buhl began a broadcasting career, joining the broadcast booth for theIndy Pro Series, now the Firestone Indy Lights Series, alongside veteran broadcasterBob Jenkins. He would join Jenkins andJon Beekhuis in theVersus broadcast booth for the 2009 IndyCar Series.^[1] It was announced on the Izod Indycar Series website he was let go by Versus for the network's IndyCar coverage and will be replaced by Wally Dallenbach Jr., who is also a color commentator for TNT's NASCAR coverage.^[2]

Career results

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American Open Wheel Racing results

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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position)

American Racing Series / Indy Lights

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1990	Leading Edge Motorsport	PHX 22	LBH 13	MIL 2	DET 18	POR 9	CLE 6	MEA 4	TOR 11	DEN 2	VAN 6	MDO 2	ROA 2	NAZ 2	LS 16	4th	118
1991	Leading Edge Motorsport	LBH 2	PHX 8	MIL 9	DET 4	POR 6	CLE 5	MEA 3	TOR 2	DEN 11	MDO 14	NAZ 1	LS 17			6th	110
1992	Leading Edge Motorsport	PHX 3	LBH 3	DET 2	POR 2	MIL 3	NHA 3	TOR 2	CLE 3	VAN 2	MDO 3	NAZ 1	LS 4			1st	186
1995	Dorricott Racing	MIA 4	PHX 2	LBH 2	NAZ 3	MIL 4	DET 1	POR 12	TOR 2	CLE 22	NHA 3	VAN 3	LS 21			2nd	140
1996	FRE Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	MIS	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR 11	TRO	VAN	LS			26th	2

CART

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Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1993	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A V8 t	SRF 23	PHX 19	LBH 6		MIL 17	DET 28	POR	CLE 24	TOR	MIC	NHA	ROA 19	VAN	MDO 14	NAZ 17	LS 16	21st	6	^[3]
1993	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00	Buick 3300 V6 t				INDY DNQ													21st	6	^[3]
1994	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8 t	SRF 20	PHX	LBH 16	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LS	41st	0	^[4]

IRL IndyCar Series

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Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1996	Beck Motorsports	Reynard 94i1 Lola T942	54	Ford XB V8 t	WDW 3		INDY 9														3rd	240	^[5]
1996	Zunne Group Racing	Lola T94		Ford XB V8 t		PHX 13															3rd	240	^[5]
1996-1997	Beck Motorsports	Lola T94/00		Ford XB V8 t	NHM 22	LVS 8	WDW														13th	170	^[6]
1996-1997	Team Menard	G-Force GF01	3	Oldsmobile Aurora V8				PHX 18	INDY 8	TXS 16	PPI	CLT	NH2 1	LV2 3							13th	170	^[6]
1998		G-Force GF01B			WDW 20																17th	174	^[7]
1998		Dallara IR8				PHX 12	INDY 31	TXS 6	NHM 10	DOV	CLT	PPI 2	ATL 11	TX2 7	LVS 7						17th	174	^[7]
1999	Sinden Racing	Dallara IR9	44	Infiniti VRH35ADE V8	WDW 20	PHX 3	CLT C	INDY Wth													22nd	114	^[8]
	A. J. Foyt Enterprises		84	Oldsmobile Aurora V8				INDY 6	TXS	PPI	ATL	DOV	PP2
	Tri-Star Motorsports		22											LVS 3	TX2 24
2000	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force GF05	24		WDW 1	PHX 7	LVS 5	INDY 26													8th	190	^[9]
2000		G-Force GF05		Infiniti VRH35ADE V8					TXS 18	PPI 23	ATL 6	KTY 13	TX2 18								8th	190	^[9]
2001		G-Force GF05B			PHX 11	HMS 24	ATL 20	INDY 15	TXS 21	PPI 3	RIR 9	KAN 21	NSH 13	KTY 9	STL 5	CHI 22	TX2 3				12th	237	^[10]
2002		G-Force GF05C			HMS 12	PHX 13	FON DNS	NZR	INDY 16	TXS 20	PPI 23	RIR 13	KAN 21	NSH 21	MIS 24	KTY 10	STL 6	CHI 20	TX2 18		17th	177	^[11]
2003		Dallara IR-03		Chevrolet IndyV8	HMS 19	PHX 12	MOT 10	INDY 23	TXS 22	PPI 15	RIR 15	KAN 12	NSH 21	MIS 13	STL 12	KTY 7	NZR 9	CHI 10	FON 12	TX2 11	14th	261	^[12]
2004		Dallara IR-04		Chevrolet IndyV8	HMS 10	PHX 18	MOT 21	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPI	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2	24th	44	^[13]

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	6	78	0	2	7	19	0	0

Indianapolis 500

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Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1993	Lola T92/00	Buick 3300 V6 t	Practice Crash		Dale Coyne Racing
1996	Lola T94/00	Ford-Cosworth XB V8 t	23	9	Beck Motorsports
1997	G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	4	8	Team Menard
1998	Dallara IR8	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	5	31	Team Menard
1999	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	32	6	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2000	G-Force GF05	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	9	26	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2001	G-Force GF05B	Infiniti VRH35ADE V8	9	15	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2002	G-Force GF05C	Infiniti VRH35ADE V8	2	16	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2003	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet IndyV8	22	23	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

References

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^Q&A with Robbie Buhl
^[1]^{[permanent dead link]}
^"Robbie Buhl – 1993 CART Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 15, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 1994 CART Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 15, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 1996 Indy Racing League Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 1997 Indy Racing League Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 2002 Indy Racing League Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 2003 IndyCar Series Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.
^"Robbie Buhl – 2004 IndyCar Series Results".Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. RetrievedAugust 6, 2023.

External links

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Robbie Buhl career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bruce Feldman	Barber Saab Pro Series Champion 1989	Succeeded by Rob Wilson
Preceded by Éric Bachelart	Indy Lights Champion 1992	Succeeded by Bryan Herta

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Headquarters:Carmel,Indiana

Personnel

Dennis Reinbold

IndyCar Series

(23)Ryan Hunter-Reay (part-time)
(24)Jack Harvey (part-time)

Vehicles

Dallara IR-18 (IndyCar)

Former drivers

IndyCar Series

Partnerships & affiliations

Cusick Motorsports

v t e Team Menard
Years active	1980–2004
Personnel	John Menard Jr.
Former drivers	Gary Bettenhausen Raul Boesel Geoff Brabham Scott Brayton Robbie Buhl Eddie Cheever Kevin Cogan Jim Crawford Mark Dismore Robby Gordon Richie Hearn Herm Johnson P. J. Jones Buddy Lazier Jaques Lazier Arie Luyendyk Vítor Meira Danny Ongais Nelson Piquet Greg Ray Bryan Reffner Tom Sneva David Starr Tony Stewart Al Unser

v t e Beck Motorsports
Years active	1995-2009
Personnel	Greg Beck
Former drivers	Richard Antinucci Stanton Barrett Alex Barron Billy Boat Robbie Buhl Stéphan Grégoire Johnny Herbert P. J. Jones Jaques Lazier Arie Luyendyk Jr. Hideshi Matsuda Robby McGehee Shinji Nakano Dennis Vitolo Roger Yasukawa

v t e A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Headquarters:Speedway,Indiana
Personnel	A. J. Foyt (Owner) Larry Foyt (Team Principal)
IndyCar Series	(4)David Malukas (14)Santino Ferrucci
Vehicles	Dallara IR-18
Partnerships and affiliations	Team Penske

v t e Dale Coyne Racing
Headquarters:Plainfield,Illinois
Personnel	Dale Coyne (owner)
IndyCar Series	(18)Rinus VeeKay (51)Jacob Abel
Vehicles	Dallara IR-18
Partnerships and affiliations	Abel Motorsports

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