Jump to content

Citrone/Buhl Autosport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

United States Citrone/Buhl Autosport
Founded2019
Founder(s)Robert Citrone
Nick Citrone
Robbie Buhl
Tom Buhl
Folded2020
BaseDetroit, Michigan, United States
Team principal(s)Robbie Buhl
Current seriesIndyCar Series
Noted driversUnited States Spencer Pigot

Citrone/Buhl Autosport was an American racing team, that competed in the NTT IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as technical team and Spencer Pigot as a driver.[1][2]

The team was created after a friendship of over 20 years by Robert Citrone, who is a co-founder of Discovery Capital Management[3] and minority owners at the Pittsburgh Steelers,[4] and Robbie Buhl. In 2016, Robbie, along with his brother Tom Buhl, started Buhl Sport Detroit, a motorsports marketing company, professional race team, and teen driving program based in Detroit, Michigan. Buhl's racing team, Racing4Detroit, ran in the Americas Rallycross Championship in 2018 and 2019, with Alex Keyes as the racing driver.

History

[edit]

IndyCar

[edit]

On February 27, 2020, the newly formed team announces its participation in the GMR Grand Prix and the Indy 500[5][6] in May, with American Spencer Pigot[7] as driver, Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rounds set in May were moved to June and August.

Racing results

[edit]

IndyCar Series

[edit]

(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport
2020 TEX IMS ROA ROA IOW IOW INDY GTW GTW MDO MDO IMS IMS STP
Dallara DW12 Honda HI20TT V6t United States Spencer Pigot 45 24 25 32nd 17

* Season still in progress

References

[edit]
[edit]