Team Moore Racing was an

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team that competed in the

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series. It was owned by former racer Tom Wood and Mark Moore and is based in

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. The team was formed in 2007 with Wood driving. However, after the first race of the season Wood retired and Jonathan Klein took over driving duties for the rest of the season (with

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filing in for Klein due to injury for one race). Klein finished 12th in points, driving in 14 of the 16 races. In 2008 the team returned initially with IndyCar veteran Jeff Simmons in its primary car. The team expanded to a second car for a few races, primarily with driver Pablo Donoso who drove for several different teams that season. Donoso captured the team's first win at

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in August. Simmons left the team late in the season and was replaced by a returning Jonathan Klein. In 2009 the team fielded a single car for

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for all 15 races. Prendeville finished 9th in points with a best finish of 3rd at

. In 2010 the team expanded to two full-time cars for Canadian

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and Spaniard Adrian Campos, Jr. Hinchcliffe won 3 races and 2 poles and finished runner-up in the championship to rookie

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. Campos had a poor start to the season but improved to 6th in points by season's end on a string of six straight top-10 finishes, winning the "Most Improved Driver" award. For the 2011 season they signed third-year driver

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to drive their #2 car and Spanish rookie Víctor García to drive the #22. García won the second race of the season at

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but left the series after the Toronto race due to funding issues involving his backers in Spain. García sat fourth in the championship at the time and was replaced for the Edmonton race by Canadian

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. Québécois driver

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drove the #22 car at

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and

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drove in

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drove the #22 car in association with his regular team,

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, in the three remaining oval events. The best finish the #22 achieved after García's departure was a fourth place at

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by Wagner. Gustavo Yacamán captured his first series win in Baltimore, and had three other podium finishes. He finished fourth in points, his best points result. García finished 11th in points, competing in seven of the fourteen races.

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saw the return of Yacamán in the #2 car for TMR. Joining the Colombian was second year Firestone Indy Lights driver

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. Yacamán improved one spot over his 2011 result to finish third in points with two wins and Ostella finished in eighth with a best finish of second in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. In

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the team has signed veteran Mexican driver

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for the #2 car. Garcia left the team after ten races and went to

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replaced García in

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and the team did not participate in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. Five different drivers competed in five races in the #22 car.

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drove the #22 to a season-best finish of third place at Houston for the team. García finished eighth in points, last among full-time drivers, with a best finish of fourth in the season-opener in St. Pete. In

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Canadian

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drove in twelve of the fourteen races in the #2 car. He had a best finish of fourth on the

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road course and finished ninth in the championship. Italian

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began the season in the #22 but left the series after four races with a best finish of fourth in the season opener at St. Pete. American Jimmy Simpson drove the #22 in the

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double-header. Team Moore announced that they had signed Mexican driver

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to a part-time schedule for the 2015 season. However, the entry never materialized and Team Moore shut down in the mid-summer of 2015.DiZinno, Tony
Team Moore Racing announces it will shut its doors
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References

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External links

Team Moore Racing official website
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