CFH Racing was an American auto racing team that competed in the

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The team was founded in August 2014 via a merger between

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing was an auto racing team founded in January 2008 which competed in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The team was jointly owned by former driver Sarah Fisher, Fisher's husband Andrew O'Gara, and businessman Willis "Wink" E. H ...

and Ed Carpenter Racing, and debuted in 2015. CFH Racing was co-owned by Ed Carpenter, the only owner/driver in the IndyCar Series,

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, nine-time

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starter and the first woman to win a pole position for a major open-wheel event, and Kansas businessman

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. Based in

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, the team fielded the No. 20 for Carpenter on ovals and for

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on road courses. They also fielded the No. 67 for

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and the No. 6 for J. R. Hildebrand.

History

On August 16, 2014, NBCSN journalist Robin Miller reported that Ed Carpenter would merge his team with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, whom he had raced for in 2011; the two teams officially announced the merger at the

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a week later. The next day, SFHR driver Josef Newgarden was re-signed to a one-year extension to race with CFH. On August 27, the team announced they would run with Chevrolet engines, and a month later, Carpenter confirmed Fuzzy's Award Winning Vodka would follow the team to sponsor the 20. The team made its debut with Carpenter driving in testing for the

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at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from September 23–24, followed by a session at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Newgarden and

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. On January 30, 2015,

was hired by the team to contest the road and street circuits. On February 23, Newgarden acquired sponsorship from

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for the

, and his number was changed from No. 67 to No. 21 for the race. On April 7, J. R. Hildebrand was hired to race in the two Indianapolis races with the No. 6 car. On January 28, 2016, dropping oil prices forced Hartman to withdraw from IndyCar. Afterwards, Fisher withdrew as well, and the team was rebranded back to Ed Carpenter Racing after just one season.

Racing results

Complete IndyCar Series results

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IndyCar wins

References

External links

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