Stefan Rzadzinski (born January 5, 1993) is a Canadian racing driver from Edmonton, Alberta.
Rzadzinski won several regional karting titles and placed highly in many major American national karting championships from 2002 to 2008. In 2009 and 2010 he raced in the Ontario Formula Ford 1600 championship and placed second both years.Stefan Rzadzinski - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-12-14 He signed on with Davey Hamilton Racing to take a significant step up and make his Firestone Indy Lights debut in the series' 2011 double-header in Rzadzinski's hometown of Edmonton.Ireland, Joanne. Edmonton Indy will have some local Razzle Dazzle , Edmonton Journal, July 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-15 Rzadzinski finished tenth and thirteenth in the two races, good enough for 37 points and 24th in the championship. He also participated in the 2011 Skip Barber Summer Series where he finished fifth with two wins in sixteen races. In 2012 he signed with JDC MotorSports to race in the Star Mazda Championship.Lees, Nick. Local teen hopes to one day become a big wheel in Indy racing, Edmonton Journal, March 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-22 He competed in ten of the seventeen races and finished sixteenth in points with a best finish of sixth in his home race in Edmonton.
In 2014, Rzadzinski ran four races in NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with a best finish of ninth.
In 2017, Rzadzinski won a social media contest which allowed him to compete alongside James Hinchcliffe at the 2017 Race of Champions, where he defeated both 2016 Indy 500 champion Alexander Rossi and former F1 driver Scott Speed in Nations' Cup group stage heats.
Rzadzinski's nickname in the paddock is "Razzle Dazzle".
Motorsports career results American open-wheel racing results (key)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2011 Davey Hamilton Racing STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM10 EDM13 TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 24th 37
Star Mazda Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 2012 JDC MotorSports STP10 STP8 BAR10 BAR8 IND IOW TOR11 TOR12 EDM17 EDM6 TRO TRO BAL9 BAL11 LAG LAG ATL 16th 108
U.S. F2000 National Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2013 JDC MotorSports SEB5 SEB9 STP3 STP11 LOR10 TOR9 TOR27 MOH14 MOH13 MOH11LAGLAGHOUHOU 14th 110
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Canadian Tire Series NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 2014 Tagliani AutoSport 18 Dodge MSP13 ACD ICAR RIS14 MSP BAR KWA 23rd 129 22 Racing 24 Dodge EIR9 SAS11 ASE CTR
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada +YearTeam12RankPoints2018Speedstar MotorsportSEBSEB8th4859
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