Buddy Lazier

Lazier only competed at Daytona, therefore finishing in 23rd place in the final Lights championship standings with 18 points.

Lazier also qualified on pole position at Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Park Speedway, led for 25 laps but ultimately finished in 9th place.

Lazier finished in third place at Pueblo Motorsports Park and fourth place at the season-ending race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Lazier finished in 26th place in the final standings with 4 points.

The car was classified 4th place in its class and in 31st place overall.

The car started in 46th place but ultimately retired after 395 laps due to an engine failure.

The car started in 58th place overall and finished in 25th overall, 7th place in its class.

Lazier finished in 4th place in the final championship standings with 62 points.

Robert Buddy Lazier (born October 31, 1967) is an American auto racing driver, best known for winning the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and the 2000 Indy Racing League season championship.

Lazier began his career in the 1980s by competing in such series as the IMSA GT Championship, the SCCA Canadian-American Challenge Cup and the American Indycar Series.

For 1986, Lazier competed in the SCCA Canadian-American Challenge Cup, driving the No. 43 car for the Texas American Racing Team, driving a Watson 82.

Lazier made his début at the second race of the season at Summit Point Motorsports Park.

In 1987, Lazier remained with the Texas American Racing Team, driving the No. 19 March 85C car.

At the season-opening race at Willow Springs International Raceway, Lazier qualified on pole position, led 22 of 48 laps and won the race.

Lazier won the American Indycar Series championship in 1988.

Lazier began to compete in the American Indycar Series in 1988 after Lazier's car owner and teammate, Bill Tempero, purchased Can-Am.

Lazier drove a March 85C for Tempero's Texas American Racing Team.

At the season-opening race at Willow Springs International Raceway, Lazier qualified on pole position and won the race.

Lazier also won the Illinois Grand Prix at St. Louis International Raceway from pole position, the race at Tioga Motorsports Park and both races at the season-ending Bud Light 100 at Willow Springs.

The only race that Lazier did not win was the AMG Eurospeed Grand Prix of Colorado at Mountain View Motorsports Park, where Lazier finished second to Robby Unser.

Lazier won the inaugural season championship with 152 points.

Lazier started his IndyCar career in 1989 by competing in the Indy Car World Series.

During the season, Lazier failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

In 1989, Lazier competed in the IMSA GT Championship, driving the No. 43 Motorsports Marketing Fabcar CL FEP/002-Porsche with John Higgens, Lorenzo Lamas and Justus Reid in the Lights class.

Lazier only drove the car at the season-opening SunBank 24 at Daytona.

For 1989, Lazier returned with the Texas American Racing Team, driving a March 85C.

At the season-opening races at I-70 Speedway, Lazier finished second to Unser in the first race and crashed out of the second race after completing 10 laps.

At the second pair of races at Memphis Motorsports Park, Lazier qualified on pole position for the second race.

Lazier won the second race at Colorado National Speedway.

Lazier eventually qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in 1991.

During his Champ Car career, Lazier often drove for teams that used older chassis and engines; his best finish in the Champ Car standings was a 19th-place finish in 1992.

In 1993, Lazier returned to the series to compete, in the Lights class, in the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona in the No. 42 Pro-Technik Racing Fabcar FEP/002-Porsche with Anthony Lazzaro, Chris Ivey, Mike Sheehan and Sam Shalala.

Lazier began to compete in the newly formed Indy Racing League in 1996.

Lazier won the Indianapolis 500 that season, and he became one of the most dominant drivers in the series for a period of time, winning eight races overall and the series championship in 2000.

Lazier began to drive only at the Indianapolis 500 in 2007 and continued to enter the Indianapolis 500 through 2009.

He did not return to the series until 2013 at the Indianapolis 500 when he competed for Lazier Partners Racing, a team started by his father Bob Lazier and various investors.

Lazier and the team repeated their efforts in 2014, 2015, 2016 and, for the final time, in 2017.

Lazier was born in Vail, Colorado.

Lazier failed to start the race and was credited with an 18th-place finish.

Lazier also competed at St. Louis International Raceway; he started fifth and finished in twelfth place due to a chassis issue.