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. NWR was based outside of Chicago in

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. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a driver development race team. They formed a

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team for the 2006 season to meet their objectives. In 2009,

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won the Atlantic Championship, beating teammate

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in a tiebreaker. For

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, the team entered a SpeedSource-prepared

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in the

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GT class for Edwards and

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. In 2016, the team announced a return to open wheel racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship.

Drivers

Atlantic Championship

*2006:

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(#34),

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/ Steve Ott (#35), J. R. Hildebrand (#36) *2007:

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(#34), J. R. Hildebrand (#36) *2008: Simona de Silvestro (#34),

(#36) *2009:

(Champion) (#36), Markus Niemelä (#1), Jonathan Summerton (#34)

Rolex Sports Car Series

*2010: John Edwards,

Results

Complete Atlantic Championship results

(

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) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) : ''¹ Ott also competed in 4 races for Jensen MotorSport.'' : ''² Niemelä also competed in 8 races for Jensen MotorSport.'' : ''³ Summerton also competed in 4 races for Genoa Racing.''

References

External links

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