Team Stange Racing is an American racing team that competes in the ARCA Menards Series and the

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fielding the No. 79

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for

Tarso Marques Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques (born 19 January 1976) is a Brazilian racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 79 Ford Mustang for Team Stange Racing in both series. He previously p ...

. The team has also previously competed in the IndyCar Series with MotorGator as a sponsor and with

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as technical team. With

Oriol Servià Oriol Servià i Imbers (born 13 July 1974) is a Spanish racing driver who competes part-time in the IndyCar Series. He raced for Dragon Racing in the 2014–15 Formula E season, and left the series prior to the 2015 Miami ePrix to become man ...

driving, they qualified for the

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starting 19th place and finishing in 22nd place.

History

NASCAR

In March 2022, Team Stange announced that they would field a part-time entry in the

, the No. 79

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, beginning at

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was announced as the team's driver. The team's remaining schedule will consist of the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, Watkins Glen 355, Coke Zero Sugar 400,

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, South Point 400,

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, and the season finale

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. Sponsorship will come from crypto currency Dignity Gold. Additionally, it was also announced the team would run a

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race at Sonoma Raceway, although they would end up not entering that particular race. They also intended to race at the

2022 Pennzoil 150 The 2022 Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard was the 20th stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the eleventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ...

in the Xfinity Series for approval to race in the Go Bowling at The Glen at

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but were not approved to race in the Xfinity Series at

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. Nothing has been heard from the team since then, and they ended up not running at all in 2022.

ARCA Racing Series

Team Stange Racing debuted in the ARCA Racing Series in the 2014 season, with

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, Brian Finney, Buster Graham, and Christian Celaya as drivers. In the 2015 season, the team competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East with Christian Celaya and

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. In 2016 they entered only two races, with John GustafsonTeam Stange Racing returns to the NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES at the famous Greenville Pickens Speedway
Retrieved May 18, 2020. and

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as the respective drivers. After a five-year absence from the series, the team would announce a return to the series in 2022 with

Matteo Nannini Matteo Nannini (born 10 July 2003) is an Italian- Argentine racing driver who currently competes in Indy NXT for Juncos Hollinger Racing. His father is a first cousin of former Formula One driver Alessandro Nannini and of singer Gianna Nannini. ...

driving a part time #46 entry beginning at

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in July. However, they did not show up at Mid-Ohio.

IndyCar Series

On May 13, 2019,

Sam Schmidt Samuel Schmidt (born August 15, 1964) is a former Indy Racing League driver and current NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights series team owner. Schmidt's brief IndyCar career included a win in 1999, but an accident before the 2000 season left him ...

, John Stange Jr. and Team Stange Racing with MotorGator as the main sponsor and

as the technical team, presents the Spanish veteran

as driver for the car with No. 77. Having an experience of 10 editions of Indy 500, Servia managed to qualify for the race in the 19th place and finished the race in 22nd place.

Racing results

IndyCar Series

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)

References

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