The Curb Agajanian Performance Group is an American motorsports team, currently competing as a co-entrant in IndyCar and IMSA. It is owned by record executive Mike Curb and racing personality Cary Agajanian, the son of the late J. C. Agajanian, a race promoter and race car owner. It has fielded an IndyCar entry or co-entry in various races since 2001. Curb also was involved with NASCAR in both the Xfinity Series and Sprint Cup Series, owning Curb Racing from 1984 to 2011. Curb had several business partners in the NASCAR operation over the years, including Agajanian from 1998 to 2006.

CAPG has won three Indianapolis 500 races as a co-owner, in 2011 with Dan Wheldon, in 2016 with Alexander Rossi and in 2026 with Felix Rosenqvist.

History

For the 2001 season, the team partnered with Beck Motorsports and returned to full-time competition with veteran driver Billy Boat. Boat finished 2nd at Nashville Superspeedway and finished 4th in points.

Boat went on to form Agajanian/Boat Racing with Cary Agajanian in 2002 and captured the pole at Nashville and finished 13th in points. In 2003 Agajanian joined forces with Sam Schmidt Motorsports at the Indy 500 to field a car for Richie Hearn who was knocked out by an accident.

In 2004, CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports came into being and P. J. Jones drove their entry in the Indy 500 to a 28th place DNF. In 2005, the team fielded a last-minute Indy 500 entry for rookie Arie Luyendyk Jr., however the car never handled properly and Luyendyk's best speed was easily bumped by Felipe Giaffone, leaving Luyendyk and the C/A/B team the only entry bumped from the field that year.

The team merged with Team Leader Motorsports to field 2 cars for the 2006 Indianapolis 500. The first team with driver P. J. Jones was Beck Motorsports owned by Greg Beck which was founded in 1995. The second team driven by Stephan Gregoire was owned by Kent Baker which was founded in 1988. Both Baker and Beck had many years experience working with their own and various other Indy Car teams. They were joined by Cary Agajanian and Mike Curb of Curb Agajanian Motorsports. The two teams ended their partnership for 2007 with P. J. Jones competing for Team Leader Motorsports.

The team made a surprise entry into the 2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and participated in it, the Kansas Speedway race and the Indy 500. Alex Barron drove in all 3 races and finished 15th in the Indy 500, 1 lap down.

The team made its 2008 debut at Twin Ring Motegi with Roger Yasukawa at the controls. Yasukawa also attempted to qualify the Curb Records car in the Indianapolis 500 as well but was bumped from the field.

In 2009, the team fielded a full-time IndyCar Series entry, beginning the season with NASCAR driver Stanton Barrett behind the wheel. Barrett and sports marketer Steve Sudler both joined as partners of the team and the new name was CURB/Agajanian/3G Racing (3 Guys Racing).Cavin, Curt. Meira joins Foyt's team, Indianapolis Star, September 26, 2008 Jaques Lazier was brought on to replace Barrett at Texas Motor Speedway after the team went home after a practice crash the previous week at the Milwaukee Mile. Lazier drove the next three oval races and Richard Antinucci was brought in to drive the remaining road and street course races of the schedule. Barrett drove at Twin Ring Motegi, where he had sponsorship, and Lazier drove on all other remaining ovals.

For the 2010 Indianapolis 500, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for KV Racing Technology driver Mario Moraes. For the 2011 Indianapolis 500, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for Bryan Herta Autosport driver and Dan Wheldon who went on to win the race, CAPG's first Indy 500 win.

For the 2016 IndyCar Series, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for Andretti Herta Autosport driver Alexander Rossi. Alexander Rossi won the 2016 Indy 500 in this ride, the second Indy 500 win for CAPG. They remain listed a co-entrant in the car, now driven and co-owned by Marco Andretti.

Driver history

Curb-Agajanian Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (1980) Mike Chandler (1983) Roger Mears (1980)

CURB/Agajanian/Beck Alex Barron (2007) Billy Boat (2001–2002) P. J. Jones (2004) Roger Yasukawa (2008)

Team Leader Motorsports Stephan Gregoire (2006) P. J. Jones (2006)

CURB/Agajanian/3G Racing Richard Antinucci (2009) Stanton Barrett (2009) Jaques Lazier (2009)

USAC

2012 In 2012, Curb Agajanian became the first car owner to win all three USAC Championships in the same year (Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget).

2013 In 2013, Curb Agajanian again won all three USAC Championships in the same year (Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget).

Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series results (key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19Curb-Agajanian-Beck Motorsports 2001 PHX HMS ATL INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KTY GAT CHI TXSDallara IR-01Oldsmobile Aurora V8Billy Boat98 5 13 14 9 5 4 18 9 2 6 6 12 12Boat-Agajanian Racing 2002 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXSDallara IR-02Chevrolet Indy V8Billy Boat98 16 8 18 8 18 7 14 22 9 14 14 19 23 19 24Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2003 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXSG-ForceToyotaRichie Hearn9928Curb-Agajanian-Beck Motorsports 2004 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR NAZ CHI FON TXSDallara IR-04Chevrolet Indy V8P. J. Jones9828 2005 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FONDallara IR-05Chevrolet Indy V8Arie Luyendyk Jr. (R)98DNQTeam Leader Motorsports 2006 HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHI Panoz Honda HI6R V8Stéphan Grégoire9829P. J. Jones9919Curb-Agajanian-Beck Motorsports 2007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MCH KTY SNM DET CHIDallara IR-05Honda HI7R V8Alex Barron98191615 2008 HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF1 Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8Roger Yasukawa771499DNQCURB/Agaganian/3G Racing 2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8Stanton Barrett (R)98 12 17 17 DNQ DNS 19Jaques Lazier 18 13 20 23 19 23Richard Antinucci (R) 19 21 22 18 15KV Racing Technology 2010SAOSTPALALBHKANINDY TXSIOWWGLTOREDMMDOSNMCHIKTYMOTHMS QL 500Dallara IR-05Honda HI7R V8 Mario Moraes32 13 31Bryan Herta Autosport 2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV QL 500 R1 R2Dallara IR-05Honda HI7R V8Dan Wheldon98 6 1Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian2016STPPHX LBH ALAIGP INDYDETROAIOW TOR MDO POC TEX WGL SNM QL500Dallara DW-12HondaAlexander Rossi (R)98 12 14 20 15 10 11 1 10 12 15 6 16 14 20 11 8 5Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian2017 STPLBH ALAPHX IMS INDYDETTXSROAIOW TOR MDO POC GATWGL SNMQL500Dallara DW-12HondaAlexander Rossi 98 11 19 5 15 8 3 7 5 7 22 13 11 2 6 3 6 1* 21 Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian2018 STPPHXLBHALAIMSINDYDETTXSROAIOWTORMDOPOCGTWPORSNMDallara DW12Honda Marco Andretti 98 9 12 6 10 13 12 4 9 14 11 16 10 11 7 14 25 5 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian 2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TEX ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAGDallara DW12Honda Marco Andretti 98 13 6 14 13 13 26 16 6 10 23 10 21 15 15 10 13 14 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian 2020 TEX IMS ROA IOW INDY GTW MDO IMS STP Dallara DW12 Honda Marco Andretti 98 14 22 22 19 22 10 13 23 15 23 20 25 22 20 Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian 2021 ALA STP TXS TXS IMS INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IMS GTW POR LAG LBHDallara DW12 Honda Colton Herta 26 13 16 14 4 2 13 19* 3 18 8 1* 1* Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian Marco Andretti98 19 Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian 2022 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IOW IMS NSH GTW POR LAGDallara DW12 Honda Colton Herta 26412231013085152241224511611 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian Marco Andretti98 22 Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian 2023 STP TXS LBH ALA IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW NSH IGP2 GTW POR LAGDallara DW12 Honda Colton Herta 2620741499115113197211361323 Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian Marco Andretti98 17 Andretti Global with Curb Agajanian 2024 STP THE LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GTW POR MIL NSHDallara DW12 Honda Colton Herta 263428 7 23 19 6 2 4 11 5 1* 5 4 22 3 1 Andretti Herta with Marco and Curb Agajanian Marco Andretti98 25 Andretti Global with Curb Agajanian 2025 STP THE LBH ALA IGP INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GTW POR MIL NSHDallara DW12 Honda Colton Herta 26 16 4 7 7 25 14 3 17 16 4132043101111 Andretti Herta with Marco and Curb Agajanian Marco Andretti98 29

See also Curb Racing – Curb's former NASCAR team, partly owned by Agajanian for 12 years.

References

External links

Mike Curb Racing Mike Curb – NASCAR Owner