Jaques Lazier

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American racing driver

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::summary American racing driver ::

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Field	Value
name	Jaques Lazier
image	Jaques Lazier (2006).jpg
imagesize	250px
caption	Lazier in 2006
birth_date
birth_place	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
relatives	Bob Lazier (father)
Buddy Lazier (brother)
current_series	IRL IndyCar Series
first_year	1999
current_team	Team 3G
car_number	98
former_teams	Truscelli Team Racing
Mid-America Motorsports
Team XTreme
Team Menard
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Patrick Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing
Playa Del Racing
starts	56
wins	1
poles	2
best_finish	17th
year	2001
prev_series	U.S. Formula Ford
Indy Lights
prev_series_years	1989-1997
1997
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Jaques Lazier (born January 25, 1971) is an American former professional racing driver. He is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier.

Racing career

The younger Lazier ran in U.S. Formula Ford competition from 1989 to 1997 and also drove part-time in Indy Lights in 1997. In 1998, he was entered for the Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by Price Cobb, but neither Lazier nor the car took part in any session. He planned to join the IRL IndyCar Series full-time in 1999 for his own team but he couldn't take the start at Phoenix International Raceway and failed to qualify for the Indy 500. He moved to the new Truscelli Team Racing the week after the Indy 500 and made his first start at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished seventh three times late in the season. He made his first Indy 500 start in 2000, although Truscelli shut down later that season, again leaving Lazier without a ride.

In 2001, Lazier drove for four different teams including TeamXtreme and Sam Schmidt Motorsports, he got his best chance with Team Menard, replacing Greg Ray. He won his second start for the team at Chicagoland Speedway. He drove for Menard for the first four races of the 2002 season until he was injured in a crash at Nazareth Speedway, just before the Indy 500, missing the rest of the season. In 2003, he returned to his seat but was let go by Team Menard, this time after the Indy 500. He signed on with A. J. Foyt Enterprises for the next four races, but funds failed to materialize for the remainder of the season and he was left on the sidelines.

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Lazier entered the 2004 season without a ride, but was the relief driver for Robby Gordon in the Indy 500 as he had to leave for Charlotte to drive in the Coca-Cola 600. Later that season he made eight starts for Patrick Racing after Al Unser Jr. retired and posted several good results, but again was ride-less entering 2005. He struck a deal with the new Playa del Racing team to contest the Indy 500 but their funds were good only for that race.

When veteran owner Chip Ganassi fired British driver Darren Manning, he called on Lazier to replace him for the remaining oval races of the season. While with the team he was involved in an incident with rookie fan favorite Danica Patrick at the final race at California Speedway. The two touched and set off an accident, whereupon some reports claimed Patrick "gave Lazier a love tap". Rahal Letterman Racing, Patrick's team, put out a press release saying Patrick had only told Lazier to mind his business in the future.

Without a full-time ride in 2006, Lazier returned to the 2007 Indy 500 with Playa Del Racing. He led for the first time at Indy for two laps when he stayed out on the track when the leaders pitted. However, he crashed late in the race and finished 27th. Lazier, while actively seeking a ride in the series, was unable to find one until he stepped in for the struggling Stanton Barrett at Team 3G at Texas Motor Speedway in 2009. He drove in the next race as well and made four more oval starts for the team later in the year. His thirteenth place at Iowa Speedway was his best IndyCar finish since 2004. His last IndyCar appearance was in 2010, when he replaced A. J. Foyt IV at the Indy 500 during Bump Day. With very few laps in the car, Lazier fell short of the required speed and failed to qualify.

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1994	Mid-Ohio	Mysterian M2	Volkswagen	Formula Vee	11	24	Running
1995	Mid-Ohio	Mysterian M2	Volkswagen	Formula Vee	3	1	Running
1996	Mid-Ohio	Mysterian M2	Volkswagen	Formula Vee	1	27	Running
1997	Mid-Ohio	Mysterian M2	Volkswagen	Formula Vee	19	2	Running
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American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

::data[format=table] | Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | nowrap| Brian Stewart Racing | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1997 | MIA | LBH 11 | NAZ 12 | SAV 24 | STL 9 | MIL 8 | DET 23 | POR | TOR | TRO | VAN | LAG | FON | 22nd | 12 | | | ::

IndyCar Series

::data[format=table] | Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref | DR Motorsports | 33 | G-Force GF01C | nowrap| Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | 18th | 144 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | Truscelli Team Racing | nowrap| G-Force GF05 | 20th | 112 | nowrap| Mid-America Motorsports | 43 | nowrap| Dallara IR-00 | Team Xtreme | 16 | nowrap| G-Force GF05 | 77 | nowrap| G-Force GF05B | 17th | 195 | nowrap| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 99 | Dallara IR-01 | Team Menard | 2 | nowrap| Dallara IR-02 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | 26th | 90 | Dallara IR-03 | 23rd | 120 | nowrap| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 5 | nowrap| Toyota Indy V8 | nowrap| Robby Gordon Motorsports | 70 | Dallara IR-04 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | 22nd | 104 | nowrap| Patrick Racing | 20 | nowrap| Playa Del Racing | 21 | Panoz GF09C | Toyota Indy V8 | 24th | 81 | nowrap| Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | Playa Del Racing | 21 | nowrap| Honda HI6R V8 | nowrap| Honda HI7R V8 | nowrap| Team 3G | 98 | Dallara IR-05 | nowrap| Honda HI9R V8 | 26th | 77 | nowrap| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 41 | nowrap| Honda HI10R V8 | NC | – | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1999 | WDW | PHX DNS | CLT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDY DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TXS 22 | PPI 10 | ATL 12 | DOV 7 | PP2 12 | LVS 7 | TX2 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2000 | WDW 23 | PHX | LVS 10 | INDY 13 | TXS 14 | PPI 9 | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KTY 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TX2 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2001 | PHX | HMS | ATL | INDY 22 | TXS 9 | PPI 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RIR 19 | KAN 18 | NSH 3 | KTY 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | STL 16 | CHI 1 | TX2 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | HMS 18 | PHX 6 | FON 2 | NZR 20 | INDY | TXS | PPI | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIS | KTY | STL | CHI | TX2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2003 | HMS 20 | PHX 6 | MOT 12 | INDY 29 | | NZR DNS | CHI | FON | TX2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TXS 19 | PPI 21 | RIR 16 | KAN 10 | NSH | MIS | STL | KTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2004 | HMS | PHX | MOT | INDY1 RL | TXS | RIR | KAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NSH 21 | MIL 17 | MIS 18 | KTY 15 | PPI 8 | NZR 14 | CHI 18 | FON | TX2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | HMS | PHX | STP | MOT | INDY 16 | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MIS 17 | KTY 15 | PPI DNS | SNM | CHI 16 | WGL | FON 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2006 | HMS | STP | MOT | INDY 17 | WGL | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MIS | KTY | SNM | CHI | | 29th | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | HMS | STP | MOT | KAN | INDY 27 | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MOH | MIS | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | 33rd | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2009 | STP | LBH | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS 18 | IOW 13 | RIR 20 | WGL | TOR | EDM | KTY 23 | MOH | SNM | CHI 19 | MOT | HMS 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2010 | SAO | STP | ALA | LBH | KAN | INDY DNQ | TXS | IOW | WGL | TOR | EDM | MOH | SNM | CHI | KTY | MOT | HMS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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: 1 Relieved Robby Gordon.

::data[format=table] | Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) | Top 10s (Non-podium) | Indianapolis 500 Wins | Championships | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 11 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ::

Indianapolis 500

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Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team	Note
1999	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	DNQ	DR Motorsports
2000	G-Force GF05	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	26	13	Truscelli Racing Team
2001	G-Force GF05B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	17	22	Team Xtreme
2003	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8	20	29	Team Menard
2004	Dallara IR-04	Chevrolet Indy V8	18	29	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Relieved Robby Gordon
2005	Panoz GF09C	Toyota Indy V8	27	16	Playa Del Racing
2006	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI6R V8	24	17	Playa Del Racing
2007	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI7R V8	28	27	Playa Del Racing
2010	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI10R V8	DNQ	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
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References

"Jaques Lazier – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2003 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2004 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2005 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2006 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2007 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2009 IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
"Jaques Lazier – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.

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