Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in

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, which competes in the

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series. It previously competed in the

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where it won the 2008 season championship. The team was founded in 2000 by owner John C. Brooks, a former driver himself.

Atlantic Championship

2004

Ronnie Bremer raced the first five races of the season with Brooks Associates Racing, before moving to Polestar Motor Racing. He was replaced by Al Unser III for three late season races.

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made six starts for the team and finished thirteenth in points. The team's best showing was a 2nd place

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finish at the

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, by Bremer. Australian Daniel Pappas also drove in the season finale for the team.

2005

German Andreas Wirth and Al Unser III finished 6th and 7th, respectively, in the overall standings for the team, despite both drivers missing two races. Wirth captured the team's first win on the

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also drove in the season opener for the team and

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drove one race in for the team in Monterrey.

2006

The team featured an all-rookie lineup of part-time drivers

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(9 of 12 rounds), Carlos Mastretta Aguilera (6 rounds), Norbert Siedler (3 rounds), and Luis Schiavo (3 rounds).none of whom finished in the top 20 in the overall driver standings. The best performer was Mastretta, finished ranked 21st in points.

2007

The team raced two cars (#8 and #10) during the 2007 season, neither of which competed full-time. Its best result was Kevin Lacroix’s win in the second race at

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. Lacroix finished 13th in points, competing in 8 of the 12 races.

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drove in three races for the team and was the first Chinese driver to compete in the Champ Car series. Joe D'Agostino competed in two additional races for the team. Ronnie Bremer also returned to the team for a single race.

2008

The team won the Atlantic Championship in 2008 in the final race of the season. Niemelä won the final two races, at the SunRichGourmet.com 1000 at

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where he started from pole position and led every lap of the race; and the Atlanta Atlantic Challenge at

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. This was the first title win by a Finnish driver in the series. Niemelä was subsequently named Rookie of the Year. Andreas Wirth drove car #88 for the first 3 races, and was then replaced by Tom Sutherland, who finished 15th in points. At the end of the season, both cars were sold to Primetime Race Group, and Brooks Associates Racing is sat out the 2009 season.

Indy Lights

The team returned to professional competition in the Firestone Indy Lights series in 2011 when it entered a car for Ryan Phinny in the

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and the

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race.

References

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External links

Official website
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