Gentilozzi, Paul

**Paul Gentilozzi**
Paul Gentilozzi
	Paul Gentilozzi
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Lansing
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Occupation	race driver ; businessman ; sports manager

Paul Gentilozzi ^[1] ( Italian: Paul Gentilozzi ; born February 6, 1950 in Lansing , USA ) is an American race car driver and businessman.

The winner is 24 hours of Daytona (1994).
3-time Trans-Am champion.

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Biography

From his early years, Paul did not associate his life with motor racing: he managed to finish school, get a master's degree in management at the University of Michigan and organize his own prosperous business project in real estate and online trading.

In the early 1980s, Gentilozzi turned his attention to auto racing: at first he tried himself in the North American endurance racing championship IMSA GT as a pilot, and soon organized his own racing organization. The project, named Rocketsports Racing for the next two decades, has been involved in various body and formula series, preparing the car for both Paul and other pilots of his organization. Over time, the organization becomes not just one of the private teams in North American motor sport, but gets the half-factory support of various brands, working with Oldsmobile , Chevrolet , Ford and Jaguar . Also, the project is noted in drag racing series.

The heyday of the racing career Gentilozzi comes at the beginning of the 1990s: the floor crew is one of the leaders of the GTS-1 class, takes prizes in its class on the IMSA GT , and in 1994, along with Scott Pruett , Butch Leitz, and Steve Millen , he wins the daily marathon in Daytona in the overall standings. In the same season, the American makes his debut in another famous daily marathon: in Le Mans .

After a series of successes in endurance racing, Gentilozzi switches to more sprint series, starting in Trans-Am . Pretty quickly, Paul becomes one of the leaders of this championship, wins every year in many races, and four times - between 1998 and 2004 - by winning the winning cup of the individual competition.

At the end of 2003, Paul, along with Kevin Kalhoven and Gerald Forsayiom, joined the group of businessmen, which bought out the assets of the ruined CART championship ^[2] and created in its place its series, which postponed the final demise of the championship. Dzhetilotstsi Rocketsports Racing project in these few years participates in Champ Car, first as an independent team, and then acting in alliance with RuSPORT . Through the efforts of Alex Talyani, Gentilozzi won one race as an owner.

In 2008, Gentilozzi and Forsyth withdrew from the project, and Kalhoven, together with the remnants of assets, teamed up with the rival IRL IndyCar championship. ^[3] ^[4]

Performance statistics in motor sports

Summary Table

results
Season	Series	Team	Race	PP	BC	Victory	Glasses	Pos.
1983	IMSA GTO	Dave heinz	one	0	0	0	0	NK
1985	IMSA GTU	Whitehall promotions	3	0	0	0	0	NK
1986	IMSA GTO	Whitehall rocketsports	12	0	0	0	27	18th
1987	IMSA GTO	Whitehall rocketsports	7	0	0	0	nineteen	21st
1988	IMSA GTO	Roush racing	one	0	0	0	0	NK
1990	IMSA GTO	n / a	one	0	0	0	0	NK
1991	Trans-am	n / a	14	2	3	0	209	9th
1992	Trans-am	n / a	14	0	2	one	86	15th
1992	IMSA GT (GTS-1 class)	Rocketsports	eleven	one	0	3	159	2nd
1993	Trans-am	n / a	6	0	0	0	92	18th
1993	IMSA GT (GTS-1 class)	Rocketsports	eight	one	one	2	92	4th
1994	Trans-am	n / a	13	0	one	0	272	5th
1994	IMSA World Sports Car Championship	Scandia / Miller Racing	one	0	0	0	0	NK
1994	IMSA GT (GTS-1 class)	n / a	n / a	n / a	n / a	n / a	28	6th
1994	24 hours Le Mans (IMSA / GTS class)	Clayton Cunningham Racing	one	0	0	0		Sf
1995	Trans-am	Rocketsports	eleven	0	0	0	187	8th
1995	IMSA World Sports Car Championship	Scandia racing	one	0	0	0	0	NK
1996	Trans-am	n / a	14	0	0	one	200	11th
1997	Trans-am	n / a	13	3	one	0	264	6th
1998	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	13	ten	9	7	342	1st
1999	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	13	four	five	6	339	1st
2000	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	12	four	3	3	249	2nd
2000	RSCS (GTO class)	Rocketsports racing	one	0	n / a	0	29	52nd
2001	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	eleven	6	6	four	287	1st
2001	RSCS (GTS class)	Rocketsports racing	one	0	n / a	0	0	NK
2002	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	12	one	n / a	one	270	3rd
2002	RSCS (GTS class)	Rocketsports racing	one	0	n / a	0	35	12th
2003	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	four	0	one	0	85	13th
2004	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	7	0	one	five	222	1st
2005	Trans-am	Rocketsports racing	9	2	one	one	176	6th
2006	RSCS ( DP class)	Rocketsports racing	five	0	n / a	0	57	69th
2010	ALMS (class GT2)	Jaguar RSR	four	0	0	0	3	32nd
2010	24 hours Le Mans (class GT2)	Jaguar RSR	one	0	0	0		Sf
2011	ALMS (GT class)	Jaguar RSR	one	0	0	0	0	NK

Notes

↑ Kosyan, Grant. Passed the race Daytona Beach (rus.) . Kommersant (February 12, 1994). The appeal date is April 16, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.
↑ Buyout of CART set; racing a go for 2004 , St. The Petersburg Times (December 16, 2003). The appeal date is April 18, 2013.
↑ Martin, Bruce IndyCar nears Champ Car resolution (Neopr.) . CNN Sports Illustrated (February 20, 2008). The appeal date is April 18, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.
↑ Report: IRL / Champ Car Merger Deal Done (Unc.) . The Sports Network (February 19, 2008). The appeal date is April 18, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.

Links

Profile (English) on the Driver Database website
Profile (English) on the Racing Reference website
Profile (German) on Speedsport magazine website

[1] Kosyan, Grant. Passed the race Daytona Beach (rus.) . Kommersant (February 12, 1994). The appeal date is April 16, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.

[2] Buyout of CART set; racing a go for 2004 , St. The Petersburg Times (December 16, 2003). The appeal date is April 18, 2013.

[3] Martin, Bruce IndyCar nears Champ Car resolution (Neopr.) . CNN Sports Illustrated (February 20, 2008). The appeal date is April 18, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.

[4] Report: IRL / Champ Car Merger Deal Done (Unc.) . The Sports Network (February 19, 2008). The appeal date is April 18, 2013. Archived April 22, 2013.