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Bob Lazier at the 2018 SVRA Brickyard Vintage Invitational Pro-Am race

Robert Lazier (December 22, 1938 – April 18, 2020) was an American race car driver.

Biography

A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he raced in the CART series in 1981 and was CART's Rookie of the Year. He had fourth-place finishes at Watkins Glen International and Mexico. Lazier also competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 19th after a blown engine caused him to retire the Penske PC-7 after 154 laps. He was married to wife Diane and was the father of both 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier and Indy Racing League driver Jaques Lazier. And Current Indy Lights driver Flinn Lazier

Lazier competed in Formula 5000 in the 1970s. In 2015, Lazier won the Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race with co-driver Jim Caudle.

He built the Tivoli Lodge in Vail, Colorado, in 1968.

Lazier died on April 18, 2020, in Denver, Colorado, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado. He was 81.

Racing record

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Bob Lazier at the 2018 SVRA Brickyard Vintage Invitational Pro-Am race

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1970 Road Atlanta Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 8 10 Running
Titan Ford Formula Ford 3 2 Running
1971 Road Atlanta March 71B Ford Formula B 1 9 Running
Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 3 3 Running
1972 Road Atlanta Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 2 1 Running
1973 Road Atlanta Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 3 9 Running
1976 Road Atlanta Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 19 6 Retired
1979 Road Atlanta Zink Volkswagen Formula Vee 12 23 Running

American Open Wheel racing results

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Formula Super Vee

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
1977 Lola 324 VW Brabham SIR
1
NLG
1
WG1
1
ROA
1
HAL
15
MDO
1
BRN
17
CMT
1
WG2
3
MOS
1
1st 132
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Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points
1977 TRE MIL MOS PIR
7
19th 60
1980 MIL POC MDO
2
MIN1 MIN2 ONT 13th 160

CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
1981 Fletcher Racing Penske PC-7 Ford Cosworth DFX V8 (t/c) PHX
12
MIL
13
ATL1
17
ATL2
9
MIS
Ret
RIV
5
MIS2
13
WGL
4
9th 92
March 81C MIL2
Ret
MEX
4
PHX2
13

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Entrant
1981 Penske PC-7 Cosworth DFX V8 (t/c) 13 19 Fletcher Racing
1982 March 82C Cosworth DFX V8 (t/c) DNQ Wysard Racing

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