Newman Wachs Racing (also referred to as NWR) is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR was based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a driver development race team. They formed a Champ Car Atlantic team for the 2006 season to meet their objectives.

In 2009, John Edwards won the Atlantic Championship, beating teammate Jonathan Summerton in a tiebreaker.

For 2010, the team entered a SpeedSource-prepared Mazda RX-8 in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class for Edwards and Adam Christodoulou.

In 2016, the team announced a return to open wheel racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship.

Drivers

Atlantic Championship 2006: Joe D'Agostino (#34), Daniel Gaunt/Steve Ott (#35), J. R. Hildebrand (#36) 2007: Tõnis Kasemets (#34), J. R. Hildebrand (#36) 2008: Simona de Silvestro (#34), Jonathan Summerton (#36) 2009: John Edwards (Champion) (#36), Markus Niemelä (#1), Jonathan Summerton (#34)

Rolex Sports Car Series 2010: John Edwards, Adam Christodoulou

Results Complete Atlantic Championship results (key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2006 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LBH HOU MTY POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA Joe D'Agostino34 11 12 9 24 9 7 7 7 22 18 16 7 12th 123 Daniel Gaunt35 20 DNS 15 8 22 2124th22 Steve Ott1212120231819th48 J. R. Hildebrand36 1943rd2 2007 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LVG LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA Tõnis Kasemets34 1729th4 J. R. Hildebrand36 13 30 7 6 9 2 9 19 21 5 15 97th140 2008 Swift-Mazda Cosworth LBH LAG MTT EDM ROA TRR NJ UTA ATL Simona de Silvestro34 1 10 9 8 19 9 18 4 11 5 48th167 Jonathan Summerton36 4 6 12 6 1* 19 1 2 3 2 14 3rd224 2009 Swift-Mazda Cosworth SEB UTA NJM LIM ACC ACC2 MDO MOS TRR ATL LAG Markus Niemelä21 12 9 4 46th98 Jonathan Summerton334 4 2 11 1 3 1 1 2 2nd182 John Edwards36 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 9 2 2 3 1 1st182 1 Ott also competed in 4 races for Jensen MotorSport. 2 Niemelä also competed in 8 races for Jensen MotorSport. 3 Summerton also competed in 4 races for Genoa Racing.

See also Newman/Haas Racing

References

External links Newman Wachs Homepage Atlantic Championship