Fan Force United was an American racing team formerly in the

Indy Lights Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a progra ...

series. The team was owned by former driver

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, along with Tim Donahue and Chris Williams.

Indy Lights

The team purchased assets from Alliance Motorsports, who were unable to run in the

2011 Indy Lights season The 2011 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 26th season of the series and the tenth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 27, 2011 in St. Peters ...

due to

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's accident at

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, and were housed in a shop formerly used by

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. Fan Force United started the

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with driver Armaan Ebrahim but released him after Detroit. The team fielded a second entry and used various drivers for both including

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and Stefan Wilson, but did not run all the races. The team had no funding and was forced to sit out the

2013 Indy Lights season The 2013 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2013 in St. Pete ...

. Scott Anderson joined the team for the

2014 Indy Lights season The 2014 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 29th season of the Indy Lights series and the 13th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. It began March 30, 2014 in St. P ...

and its return. Tim Donahue from Automotive Management Group joined as an owner.

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was to join with the team to field an additional car for

Kyle O'Gara Kyle O'Gara (born February 23, 1995 in Beech Grove, Indiana) is an American racing driver. Career O'Gara competed in the USAC National Midget Series in 2011 and 2012. He finished fourth at the USAC Pavement Midget Series in 2013, and he claimed ...

in the 2014

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, but the entry was withdrawn due to lack of pace.

IndyCar Series

2012 Indianapolis 500

Fan Force United fielded an entry for

Jean Alesi Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi, 11 June 1964) is a French professional racing driver of Italian origin. After successes in minor categories, notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship, his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell ...

in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 with backing from Lotus and sponsorship from F. P. Journe. The

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car was a Lotus test chassis and the team hired

Buddy Lazier 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 s ...

as a driving coach. Additional team personnel that were hired included Greg Beck, Ted Bitting, and Tim Wardrop. Fines against the team totaled $65,000, $50,000 for weight issues, and $15,000 for other technical issues. The team qualified last with a speed of 210.094 miles across four laps and were over 16 mph slower than pole speed. The Lotus engine manufactured by

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was underpowered and caused Alesi to have safety concerns. Lotus was given no extra engine boost for the race, and Alesi was black flagged for running 15 mph slower than the leaders, in violation of the 105 percent limit. The team finished nine laps and was scored last in 33rd place.

Lazier Partners Racing Lazier Partners Racing was an American racing team in the IndyCar Series. The team is owned by former driver Bob Lazier, father of Buddy Lazier and Jaques Lazier, along with Corbet Krause, Chris Nielsen, Jason Peters, and others. History Initial ...

purchased the chassis to compete with in the

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2015

On June 27,

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, the team announced that it planned to compete full-time in the

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with driver Stefan Wilson. Sponsorship issues prevented the team from competing.

Racing results

Complete IndyCar results

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References

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