Rich Zober

Richard "Rich" Zober (born 22 February 1966) is a racing driver who competed in various formula racing series.

Zober R
Born (1966-02-22) February 22, 1966
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Atlantic Championship career
Debut season2004
Current teamComprent Motorsports
Car number66
Former teamsPolestar Racing Group (2008, 2009)
Starts12
Best finish8th in 2012
Previous series
2012
2011
2010
2008-2009
2006-2008
2004-2005
2002-2003
2000-2001
Atlantic Championship
SCCA Formula Atlantic
IMSA Lites L1
Atlantic Championship
Star Mazda
Atlantic Championship
SCCA Formula Atlantic
USF2000

Racing career

Zober started auto racing in 1995 in the SCCA Formula Continental class. The American driver finished eighteenth in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. He made his debut in the USF2000 championship in 2000. He competed in four races at Road America and Watkins Glen International. He competed in the American Continental Class for older F2000 cars. Zober scored a total of 23 points which placed him ninth in the championship.[1] He returned the following season for two races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. This time he competed in a new Van Diemen in the National Championship class. During the first race Zober spun after which he retired.[2] He managed to finish the second race as the last car running.[3] The following year the American driver switched to the SCCA Formula Atlantic class driving a Swift 008.a. After two years in the amateur series he made his debut in the pro Atlantic Championship. Zober participated at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the C2 class for older Formula Atlantic cars in a Swift 008.a. He finished twelfth overall, second in class. Comprent Motorsports entered Zober the following season in the Atlantics support races at the Grand Prix of Cleveland. Again in the C2 class he achieved his first top-ten finish finishing eighth in the first race. In 2008 and 2009 Zober drove for Polestar Racing Group in the championship class. His best finish was an eleventh place at Lime Rock Park in 2009. Zober drove his first full season in the Atlantic Championship in 2012. After the downfall of Champ Car the series was revived by SCCA Pro Racing for 2012. The driver from Newtown, Pennsylvania achieved four top-ten finishes and was placed eighth in the championship.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1994Mid-OhioSwift DB6FordFormula Continental1825Running
2002Mid-OhioSwift 008.aToyota 4AGEFormula Atlantic106Running
2003Mid-OhioSwift 008.aToyota 4AGEFormula Atlantic2214DNF
2011Road AmericaSwift 016.aMazda-Cosworth MZRFormula Atlantic1011Running
2012Road AmericaSwift 016.aMazda-Cosworth MZRFormula Atlantic67Running
2013Road AmericaSwift 016.aMazda-Cosworth MZRFormula AtlanticDNS17DNS
2014Laguna SecaSwift 016.aMazda-Cosworth MZRFormula Atlantic123DNF

[4]

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete USF2000 National Championship results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
1999 Richard Zober
PIR

CHA1

CHA2

MOS

MOS

MDO

ATL

ROA1
18

ROA2
19

CTR

MDO

PPI

SEB1

SEB2
N.C. N.C.
2000 Richard Zober
PIR

MOS1

MOS2

IRP1

ROA1
24

ROA1
30

TRR

MOS3

WGI1
16

WGI2
25

IRP2

ATL1

ATL1
N.C. N.C.
2001 Richard Zober
HMS1

HMS2

HMS3

WGI1

WGI2

IRP

MDO1
24

MDO2
18

ROA1

ROA2

MDO3

SEB1

SEB2
26th 4
2005 Richard Zober
ROA1
21

ROA2
28

MDO1
DNS

MDO2
DNS

CLE1
21

CLE2
25

ROA3

ROA4

MDO3

MDO4

VIR1
12

VIR2
13
25th 21

Star Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2006 Comprent Motorsports
SEB

HOU

MDO

MIL

MON

MMP
23

POR

TRR

RAM
21

MOS

RAT
17

LAG
N.C. N.C.
2007 Comprent Motorsports
SEB

HOU

VIR
14

MMP
14

POR

CLE
10

TOR

RAM
11

TRR

MOS

RAT
12

LAG
27th 119
2008 Comprent Motorsports
SEB

UTA
22

WGI
16

POR

POR

ROA
17

TRR

MOS

NJ1
22

NJ2
17

ATL

LAG
22nd 99

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
2004 Comprent Motorsports
LBH

MTY

MIL

POR1

POR2

CLE

TOR

VAN

ROA

DEN

MTL
12

LS
N.C. 0
2005 Comprent Motorsports
LBH

MTY

POR1

POR2

CLE1
8

CLE2
13

TOR

EDM

SJO

DEN

ROA

MTL
N.C. 0
2008 Polestar Racing Group
LBH

LS

MTT

EDM1

EDM2

ROA1

ROA2

TRR

NJ
17

UTA

ATL
27th 4
2009 Polestar Racing Group
SEB

UTA

NJ1
12

NJ2
12

LIM
11

ACC1

ACC2

MDO

TRR

MOS

ATL

LS
18th 7
2012 Comprent Motorsports
ATL1
DNF

ATL2
DNS

NJ1
9

NJ2
8

SUM1
7

SUM2
9
8th 99
2014 Comprent Motorsports
ATL1
8

ATL2
15

WGI1
9

WGI2
8

VIR1
6

VIR2
9

MDO1
9

MDO2
15

TOM1

TOM2
10th 160
2015 Comprent Motorsports PBI ATL
3
ATL
9
WGL
9
WGL
5
VIR
5
VIR
13
MDO
DNS
MDO
6
PIT
4
PIT
7
NJMP
4
NJMP
11
PIT
5
PIT
6
7th 303

References

  1. "US F2000 American Continental Championship Point Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 5, 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "US F2000 at the "U.S. Road Racing Classic" - Race #1 Results". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 23, 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. "US F2000 at the "U.S. Road Racing Classic" - Race #2 Results". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 23, 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. "SCCA RUNOFFS DRIVER HISTORIES" (PDF). Zober Richard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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