Flinn Lazier (born 4 April 1999 in Vail, Colorado) is an American racing driver. Lazier has raced in Formula Vee, Formula Enterprise, Formula Atlantic, Formula 4, and USF2000. Lazier was also a competitive skier with the Ski & Snowboard Club Vail.

Flinn Lazier
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1999-04-07) April 7, 1999 (age 25)
Related toBuddy Lazier (father)
Bob Lazier (grand-father)
Jaques Lazier (uncle)

Auto racing career

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Lazier was born into a family with a rich auto racing history. Flinn's father, Buddy Lazier, won the 1996 Indianapolis 500, 2000 IRL Championship, and several more professional races. Bob Lazier (Flinn's grandfather) was the 1981 Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year and won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in Formula B in 1971. Lastly, Jaques Lazier is Flinn's uncle. Jacques had won a single IndyCar Series race in 2001 and also won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in Formula Vee in 1996.

Lazier made his road racing debut in 2015 in the Colorado Region SCCA Formula Vee class. Debuting near the end of the season, Lazier won all four races he competed at High Plains Raceway.[1] Lazier won the divisional Formula Vee championship in 2016.[2] In 2016 Lazier made his SCCA National Championship Runoffs debut at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Lazier finished second, after starting third, in the 39 car field.[3]

Lazier started the 2017 season in the SCCA regional Formula Enterprises series.[4] At Barber Motorsports Park Lazier made his debut in the Mazda Road to Indy. He joined Newman Wachs Racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for the second round of the 2017 season at Barber Motorsports Park, making his professional debut.[5]

Ski competition

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Lazier's grandfather Bob built the Tivoli Lodge, a luxury hotel near the Vail Ski Resort. Bob, Buddy and Jacques were avid skiers. Flinn was also a competitive skier. The young American competed in four International Ski Federation sanctioned events. At Copper Mountain Lazier raced in the Super-G and Super Giant Slalom competitions in 2015.[6]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Formula 4 United States Championship Group A Racing 3 0 0 0 0 18 21st
U.S. F2000 National Championship Newman Wachs Racing 2 0 0 0 0 10 33rd
2019 Atlantic Championship K-Hill Motorsports 8 1 2 2 4 177 6th
2020 Trans-Am Series - TA2 1 0 0 0 0 8 47th
2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Legacy Autosport 4 0 0 0 0 37 16th
2022 Atlantic Championship - 016 Class 4 4 2 3 4 212 2nd
Indy Lights Abel Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 54 15th

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
2016 Mid-Ohio Vortech Volkswagen Formula Vee 2 3 Running
2017 Indianapolis Van Diemen DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprises 33 2 Retired
2018 Sonoma Van Diemen DP06 Mazda Formula Enterprises 2 1 1 Running
2019 VIR Swift 016.a Mazda Formula Atlantic 1 3 Running
2020 Road America Swift 014a Mazda Formula Atlantic DNF 3 Retired

U.S. F2000 National Championship results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2017 Newman Wachs Racing STP
STP
BAR
22
BAR
12
IMS
IMS
ROA
ROA
IOW
TOR
TOR
MDO
MDO
WGL
33rd 10

Indy Pro 2000 Championship results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2021 Legacy Autosport ALA
9
ALA
16
STP
11
STP
11
IMS
IMS
IMS
LOR
ROA
ROA
MOH
MOH
GMP
NJM
NJM
NJM
MOH
MOH
16th 37

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2022 Abel Motorsports STP
ALA
IMS
IMS
DET
DET
RDA
MDO
IOW
NSH
GTW
POR
12
LAG
13
LAG
11
15th 54

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Divisional points" (PDF). Colorado SCCA. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 RMDiv Divisional Points" (PDF). Colorado SCCA. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ^ "RunOffs 2016 Race Official" (PDF). SCCA. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Flinn Lazier: Road Atlanta SCCA Super Tour Round 5 & 6". AutoWerkz TV. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Vail's Flinn Lazier gets grand prix ride with Paul Newman racing". Vail Daily. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ "LAZIER Flinn". FIS Ski. Retrieved 22 April 2017.