Fan Force United

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United States Fan Force United
Team principal(s) Tyce Carlson[1]
Tim Donahue[2]
Chris Williams[2]
Former series Indy Lights,[3] IndyCar Series

Fan Force United is an American racing team formerly in the Indy Lights series. The team is owned by former driver Tyce Carlson, along with Tim Donahue and Chris Williams.[1][2]

Indy Lights

The team purchased assets from Alliance Motorsports, who were unable to run in the 2011 Indy Lights season due to Shane Hmiel's accident at Terre Haute Action Track, and are housed in a shop formerly used by Dallara.[4] Fan Force United started the 2012 Indy Lights season with driver Armaan Ebrahim but released him after Detroit.[5][6] They fielded a second entry and used various drivers for both including Bryan Clauson, Emerson Newton-John, and Stefan Wilson, but did not run all the races.[7][8][9][10] The team had no funding and was forced to sit out the 2013 Indy Lights season.[3] Scott Anderson joined the team for the 2014 Indy Lights season and its return.[3] Tim Donahue from Automotive Management Group joined as an owner.[2] Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing was to join with FFU to field an additional car for Kyle O'Gara in the 2014 Freedom 100, but the entry was withdrawn due to lack of pace.[11][12]

IndyCar Series

2012 Indianapolis 500

Fan Force United fielded an entry for Jean Alesi in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 with backing from Lotus and sponsorship from F. P. Journe.[1] The Dallara DW12 car was a Lotus test chassis and the team hired Buddy Lazier as a driving coach.[13][14] Additional team personnel that were hired included Greg Beck, Ted Bitting, and Tim Wardrop.[8][15] Fines against the team totaled $65,000, $50,000 for weight issues, and $15,000 for other technical issues.[16] The team qualified last with a speed of 210.094 miles across four laps and were over 16 mph slower than pole speed.[17][18] The Lotus engine manufactured by John Judd was underpowered and caused Alesi to have safety concerns.[18][19] Lotus was given no extra engine boost for the race, and Alesi was black flagged for running 15 mph slower than the leaders, in violation of the 105 percent limit.[17][20] The team finished nine laps and was scored last in 33rd place.[17][20][21] Lazier Partners Racing purchased the chassis to compete with in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.[13][14]

2015

On June 27, 2014, the team announced that it planned to compete full-time in the 2015 IndyCar Series season with driver Stefan Wilson.[22][23] Sponsorship issues prevented the team from competing.[24]

Racing results

Complete IndyCar results

(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
2012 Dallara DW12 Lotus STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
France Jean Alesi 64 33

References

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External links

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