Flinn Lazier

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
Nationality American
Born (1999-04-07) April 7, 1999
Related toBuddy Lazier (father)
Bob Lazier (grand-father)
Jacques Lazier (uncle)

Auto racing career

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 divional 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

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]

Motorsports results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs
YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
2016Mid-OhioVortechVolkswagenFormula Vee23Running
2017IndianapolisVan Diemen DP06MazdaFormula Enterprises332Retired
2018SonomaVan Diemen DP06MazdaFormula Enterprises 211Running
2019VIRSwift 016.aMazdaFormula Atlantic13Running

U.S. F2000 National Championship
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
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References
  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. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. "Vail's Flinn Lazier gets grand prix ride with Paul Newman racing". Vail Daily. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. "LAZIER Flinn". FIS Ski. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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