Biography of bobby rahal

10/1/1953

Record updated 10-Jan-07

Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the CART open-wheel series, winning three championships there.

Rahal raced in Formula 1 and CART. After retiring as a driver, Rahal held managerial positions with the Jaguar Formula 1 team and also was an interim president of the CART series.

The career of Robert Woodward Rahal is one of diversity and dedication, marked by excellence as not only a driver, but a team owner as well.

His driving record is anchored in a trio of national championships won while posting 24 Champ Car victories -- one of them, the 1986 Indy 500, his special farewell for long-time patron Jim Trueman.

Six years later, partnered with Carl Hogan and backed by old pal Jim Prescott’s crew, he became an owner/driver and alternately outran, outlasted and outfoxed Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr.

to claim his third champio