OUR STORY: MP RACING'S HISTORY MP Racing, LLC was originally founded in January of 2003 in Indianapolis, Indiana by former open wheel race car driver Mark Plourde and his father RJ. With the help of the Plourde racing family and their deep racing history that spans over two decades. The MP Racing team was born and slowly was built into a top championship contender. The team made its first on-track appearance and official debut at the Champ Car World Series Spring Training held in Sebring, Florida on February 4, 2003 as a one car effort with Mark Plourde himself behind the wheel of the #20 Visteon sponsored MP Racing Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone machine. MP Racing was under the direction of Mark's father RJ until 2006 when Mark took leadership of the team.
MP Racing's inaugural season (2003) saw the team go through some growing pains as they employed four different team managers and alot of different team personnel that year in search of the right combination. However, by the end of that first season the final results were solid. The team started all 18 races earning twelve top-10 finishes including six top-five showings and three podium finishes. Mark Plourde finished 6th in the championship point standings that season. The team has participated in the Champ Car World Series every season since 2003. In 2017 MP Racing will partner with long time race team Dale Coyne Racing to field a car for four time champion Sebastien Bourdais in the Verizon IndyCar Series. Since 2014 MP Racing has been a regular participant each year at the Indianapolis 500 running up to three entries per year.
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 (Above Photo) Mark Plourde's father RJ Plourde working on one of the MP Racing team's Champ Car DP01 cars (2013)
TEAM OWNERSHIP R.J. Plourde - Team founder Mark Plourde
Douglas Murray - General Manager Michael Cannon - Assistant Tech Director Jeremy Dale - Race Shop Manager
ADMINISTRATIVE & SHOP BASED PERSONNEL Kurt Stover - Finance Director Eddie Scifers - Team Coordinator Steven Collins - CNC Machinist Kyle Sanders - Paint and Graphics Manager Dave Price - Parts Manager Brendan Ellis - Commercial Director Simon Fitzpatrick - Public Relations Manager Sandra Martinez - Public Relations Associate Kathy Plourde - Human Resources Sandy Plourde - Human Resources Chad Wilson - C.G.I Web site design Russ McKinnie - Race Shop Operations Matthew Embry - Race Shop Operations Roger Plourde - Race Shop Operations William Shore - Legal Anthony F. Thompson – Legal OUR TEAM PARTNERS / AFFILIATIONS Chip Ganassi Racing - IndyCar Dale Coyne Racing - IndyCar JR Motorsports - Nascar Xfinity Series ThorSport Racing - Nascar Gander Outdoors Truck Series Lexus Racing / AIM Vasser Sullivan - IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship
2020 SEASON DRIVERS #9 Scott Dixon (Full season) #10 Felix Rosenqvist (Full season) #18 Santino Ferrucci (Full season) #55 Alex Palou (Full Season) #60 Jack Harvey (Full Season) #29 James Hinchcliffe (Part time Season) Nascar Xfinity Series - #7 Justin Allgaier Nascar Xfinity Series - #9 Noah Gragson Nascar Gander Outdoors Truck Series - #13 Johnny Sauter Nascar Gander Outdoors Truck Series - #88 Matt Crafton Nascar Gander Outdoors Truck Series - #51 Kyle Busch Lexus RC F GT3 #12 - IMSA Lexus RC F GT3 #14 - IMSA
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MP RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS
JAMES DAVISON
SCOTT DIXON P3
ALEX PALOU P13
