Curb Agajanian Performance Group
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The Curb Agajanian Performance Group is a NASCAR
Busch Series
team. It is owned by record executive Mike Curb
and racing personality Cary Agajanian. It has fielded the #43 entry for many years in the Busch Series.
. He hired seven-time champion Richard Petty
to drive the car; with Petty bringing his STP sponsorship with him. Petty won his final two Cup races with the team and finished tenth in the final championship standings. He returned in 1985
, but fell four spots in the standings after posting only one top five. During the season, Tom Sneva
drove the 42 car as a second entry to Curb at Atlanta Motor Speedway
, finishing 32nd after an engine failure.
In 1986, Petty and STP left to rejoin Petty Enterprises
, and Ron Bouchard
became Curb's new driver, switching to the #98 with Valvoline sponsorship. They ran a limited schedule and had top-ten finishes at the Daytona 500
and Winston 500
, but struggled with engine problems during the second half of the season. Dale Jarrett
drove the 98 at Bristol Motor Speedway
, bringing Busch
sponsorship, starting 28th and finishing 29th. The following year, they began running Buick
s and qualified for three races with Ed Pimm
. Pimm did not finish any of those races, and only managed a best finish of 27th.
Sunoco
became the team's new sponsor in 1988. Pimm qualified for two out of the first three races of the season, but was replaced by rookie Brad Noffsinger. His best finish was 14th at his series debut in Atlanta
. Curb Racing folded at the end of 1988.
Curb returned in 2011 to field a car for Austin Dillon
with assistance from Richard Childress Racing
. The team is scheduled to attempt the fall Kansas race. This would be Dillon's Cup Series debut.
with sponsorship from Clabber Girl Baking Powder.
For 1997 the team again fielded Ford Thunderbirds for Stevie Reeves. With newly signed sponsorship from Big A Auto Parts, the team ran the entire season. Following the season, team co-owners John Andretti
and Donald Laird left the team to form Andretti-Laird Motorsports, taking the #96 and Big A sponsorship with them.
Following the ownership split, the team switched to #43 and again began the season with Stevie Reeves driving Ford Thunderbirds. Due to losing their sponsor, the team ran a partial schedule with Curb Records
as primary sponsor. The team switched to Chevrolet Monte Carlos during the season with Brad Noffsinger, Kevin Grubb
and future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson
driving races for the team following Reeves release a third of the way through the season.
In 1999, the team purchased hired former Stegall Motorsports driver Shane Hall
and signed sponsor Central Tractor. Hall had a fourth-place finish at Myrtle Beach Speedway
, and finished 24th in points. Rookie Jay Sauter
replaced Hall in 2000, nailing eight top-tens and finishing seventeenth in points. He returned in 2001, and grabbed a pole at Kentucky Speedway
, and finished nineteenth in points. Ron Hornaday
climbed aboard to relieve Sauter in two races during the season.
In 2002, the team lost sponsorship and cut back to a limited schedule, running three races late in the season with Hermie Sadler
driving. The team continued to run part-time with Sauter's brother Johnny
in 2003 with sponsorship from Channellock
. They picked up their first win as a team at the Funai 250 at Richmond in September, and finished 30th in owner's points. Sauter ran approximately half the season with Curb, as he also was running the #21 for Richard Childress Racing
in an attempt to win the owner's championship for Childress; Sauter finished eighth in the end of season standings and the win at Richmond was his only win of the 2003 season.
For 2004, the team switched to Dodge and signed Aaron Fike as the driver. Fike ran thirteen races, his best finish a seventeenth at Dover. In 2005, Fike switched between the 43 and Brewco Motorsports
, with his older brother A. J.
filling in. He was not able to crack the top 20, and was released at the end of the season. Aaron returned to the ride full-time.
In 2006, Fike qualified for most of the races, but soon departed for Kevin Harvick Incorporated
. A permanent replacement was not named, although P. J. Jones and Chris Cook ran a handful of races apiece, with Erin Crocker
and Kertus Davis
running one race deals as the team went part time.
Due to a lack of sponsorship, CAPG was mostly inactive in the 2007 season, before attempting the Sam's Town 250
with Bobby East
driving with sponsorship from Kick Butt Energy Ballz.
Following the 2007 season, the team was merged with Baker-Curb Racing.
. Boat finished 2nd at Nashville Superspeedway
and finished 4th in points.
at the Indy 500 to field a car for Richie Hearn
who was knocked out by an accident.
, 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 PJ 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 PJ 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). 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.
, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for KV Racing Technology driver Mario Moraes
.
, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for Bryan Herta Autosport
driver and 2005 Indianapolis 500
winner and season Champion Dan Wheldon
.
(1980) Mike Chandler
(1983) Roger Mears
(1980)
(2007) Billy Boat
(2001-2002) P. J. Jones (2004) Roger Yasukawa
(2008)
(2009) Stanton Barrett
(2009) Jaques Lazier
(2009)
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
Busch Series
Busch Series
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big leagues"; the Sprint Cup circuit...
team. It is owned by record executive Mike Curb
Mike Curb
Michael Curb is an American musician, record company executive, NASCAR and IRL race car owner. A Republican, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979-1983 under Democratic Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr...
and racing personality Cary Agajanian. It has fielded the #43 entry for many years in the Busch Series.
NASCAR Winston Cup
The 43 car began running when Curb began fielding NASCAR entries in 19841984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 19 and ended on Sunday November 18. Terry Labonte was crowned champion at the end of the season.-Notable Races:-Daytona 500:...
. He hired seven-time champion Richard Petty
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...
to drive the car; with Petty bringing his STP sponsorship with him. Petty won his final two Cup races with the team and finished tenth in the final championship standings. He returned in 1985
1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 10 and ended on Sunday November 17. Darrell Waltrip, driving for Junior Johnson, was crowned champion at the end of the season...
, but fell four spots in the standings after posting only one top five. During the season, Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva is a former Indy Car driver who was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Nicknamed "The Gas Man," Sneva was an outstanding qualifier, winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 three...
drove the 42 car as a second entry to Curb at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
, finishing 32nd after an engine failure.
In 1986, Petty and STP left to rejoin Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from...
, and Ron Bouchard
Ron Bouchard
Ron Bouchard is a former NASCAR driver who was the 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year. His brother Ken Bouchard was the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year.-Local driving career:...
became Curb's new driver, switching to the #98 with Valvoline sponsorship. They ran a limited schedule and had top-ten finishes at the Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
and Winston 500
Winston 500
Winston 500 may refer to the following NASCAR Sprint Cup races:* Aaron's 499, held at Talladega Superspeedway from 1971 to 1993 and in 1997* Good Sam Club 500, held at Talladega Superspeedway from 1998 to 2000...
, but struggled with engine problems during the second half of the season. Dale Jarrett
Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship...
drove the 98 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
, bringing Busch
Busch
-People:*Adam Busch , American actor*Adolf Busch , German violinist and composer*Adolphus Busch , founder of Anheuser-Busch*Adolphus Busch III , 3rd generation brewing magnate...
sponsorship, starting 28th and finishing 29th. The following year, they began running Buick
Buick
Buick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...
s and qualified for three races with Ed Pimm
Ed Pimm
Ed Pimm , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series.He raced in the 1984-1988 seasons, with 42 career starts, including the 1985-1987 Indianapolis 500s. He drove two CART events for Gary Trout Motorsports finishing 12th at Mid-Ohio and 14th at Elkart Lake...
. Pimm did not finish any of those races, and only managed a best finish of 27th.
Sunoco
Sunoco
Sunoco Inc. is an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formerly known as Sun Company Inc. and Sun Oil Co. ....
became the team's new sponsor in 1988. Pimm qualified for two out of the first three races of the season, but was replaced by rookie Brad Noffsinger. His best finish was 14th at his series debut in Atlanta
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
. Curb Racing folded at the end of 1988.
Curb returned in 2011 to field a car for Austin Dillon
Austin Dillon
Austin Dillon is an American stock car racing driver. He is the son of former driver and RCR general manager Mike Dillon and grandson of Richard Childress....
with assistance from Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing
RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by former driver Richard Childress...
. The team is scheduled to attempt the fall Kansas race. This would be Dillon's Cup Series debut.
NASCAR Busch/Nationwide Series
Curb Agajanian returned to NASCAR in 1996 with a NASCAR Busch Series entry at the GM Goodwrench Service 200. The team ran a majority of the races and fielded Ford Thunderbirds driven by driven by USAC driver Stevie ReevesStevie Reeves
Stevie Reeves born on May 16, 1967 in Speedway, Indiana is an American auto racing driver.After several seasons racing on the bullrings of Indiana, Reeves traveled nationally with the United States Automobile Club and wound up winning back-to-back USAC National Midget titles in 1992 for the Wilke...
with sponsorship from Clabber Girl Baking Powder.
For 1997 the team again fielded Ford Thunderbirds for Stevie Reeves. With newly signed sponsorship from Big A Auto Parts, the team ran the entire season. Following the season, team co-owners John Andretti
John Andretti
John Andretti is an American race car driver. He has won in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series and NASCAR. He was the last NASCAR driver to win a Cup race for the famous Petty Enterprises team.-Andretti family:...
and Donald Laird left the team to form Andretti-Laird Motorsports, taking the #96 and Big A sponsorship with them.
Following the ownership split, the team switched to #43 and again began the season with Stevie Reeves driving Ford Thunderbirds. Due to losing their sponsor, the team ran a partial schedule with Curb Records
Curb Records
Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...
as primary sponsor. The team switched to Chevrolet Monte Carlos during the season with Brad Noffsinger, Kevin Grubb
Kevin Grubb
Kevin Grubb was an American race car driver from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He was the younger brother of former race car driver Wayne Grubb...
and future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
driving races for the team following Reeves release a third of the way through the season.
In 1999, the team purchased hired former Stegall Motorsports driver Shane Hall
Shane Hall
Shane Hall , is a Part-Time Driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He last drove the #49 Jay Robinson Inc. Chevrolet for Jay Robinson Racing. Hall is featured as an Unlockable Driver in the 2003 EA Sports Video Game NASCAR Thunder 2003.-Sprint Cup Series:Hall has One Career Cup Series Start...
and signed sponsor Central Tractor. Hall had a fourth-place finish at Myrtle Beach Speedway
Myrtle Beach Speedway
The Myrtle Beach Speedway, originally named Rambi Raceway, was built in 1958 and is located on U.S. Route 501 near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.The speedway is a semi-banked asphaltic oval track that spans...
, and finished 24th in points. Rookie Jay Sauter
Jay Sauter
Jay Sauter is a NASCAR driver. He previously drove the #34 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Frank Cicci Racing in the Busch Series. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of fellow drivers Tim Sauter and Johnny Sauter...
replaced Hall in 2000, nailing eight top-tens and finishing seventeenth in points. He returned in 2001, and grabbed a pole at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned...
, and finished nineteenth in points. Ron Hornaday
Ron Hornaday
Ronald Hornaday, Jr. is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday, and son of the late Ron Hornaday, Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Adding on to the family legacy, Ron is a four-time champion in the Truck Series, his most recent...
climbed aboard to relieve Sauter in two races during the season.
In 2002, the team lost sponsorship and cut back to a limited schedule, running three races late in the season with Hermie Sadler
Hermie Sadler
Herman Marion Sadler III is an American race car driver/announcer and professional wrestling promoter from Emporia, Virginia. He is also an advocate for autism research, as his daughter Hailie Dru, was diagnosed with the disorder in 2001...
driving. The team continued to run part-time with Sauter's brother Johnny
Johnny Sauter
Johnathan Joseph Sauter is a NASCAR driver from Wisconsin. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter...
in 2003 with sponsorship from Channellock
Channellock
Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers—the company manufactures more than 120 types of pliers—particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove, slip-joint pliers...
. They picked up their first win as a team at the Funai 250 at Richmond in September, and finished 30th in owner's points. Sauter ran approximately half the season with Curb, as he also was running the #21 for Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing
RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing, is a NASCAR team based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by former driver Richard Childress...
in an attempt to win the owner's championship for Childress; Sauter finished eighth in the end of season standings and the win at Richmond was his only win of the 2003 season.
For 2004, the team switched to Dodge and signed Aaron Fike as the driver. Fike ran thirteen races, his best finish a seventeenth at Dover. In 2005, Fike switched between the 43 and Brewco Motorsports
Brewco Motorsports
Baker Curb Racing, formerly known as Brewco Motorsports, is a racing team that competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, it is owned by Gary Baker, former owner of Bristol Motor Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway, and record executive Mike Curb...
, with his older brother A. J.
A. J. Fike
A.J. Fike is an American racecar driver. He was born on December 29, 1980 and resides in Galesburg, Illinois. He is the older brother of NASCAR driver Aaron Fike. Fike won the 1999 United States Auto Club Midget Car rookie of the year title and his younger brother Aaron Fike won the award the...
filling in. He was not able to crack the top 20, and was released at the end of the season. Aaron returned to the ride full-time.
In 2006, Fike qualified for most of the races, but soon departed for Kevin Harvick Incorporated
Kevin Harvick Incorporated
Kevin Harvick Incorporated was a NASCAR team owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and his wife DeLana, who herself is the daughter of a former Busch Series driver, John Linville...
. A permanent replacement was not named, although P. J. Jones and Chris Cook ran a handful of races apiece, with Erin Crocker
Erin Crocker
Erin Mary Crocker Evernham is an American race car driver. She drove the #98 Gillett Evernham Motorsports owned Dodge Charger in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. In the past, she played soccer, tennis, and varsity lacrosse on both her high school and college teams...
and Kertus Davis
Kertus Davis
Kertus Davis is a NASCAR driver. He is currently the competition director for JD Motorsports.- Prior to NASCAR/USAR :...
running one race deals as the team went part time.
Due to a lack of sponsorship, CAPG was mostly inactive in the 2007 season, before attempting the Sam's Town 250
Sam's Town 250
The Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers was a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that took place at Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tennessee. The 2007 race had twenty-five caution periods, ten more than any other Nationwide Series race that has been...
with Bobby East
Bobby East
Robert East, born in Torrance, California on December 17, 1984, is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in the United States Auto Club, the Auto Racing Club of American, and NASCAR...
driving with sponsorship from Kick Butt Energy Ballz.
Following the 2007 season, the team was merged with Baker-Curb Racing.
2001 - First partnership with Beck Motorsports
For the 2001 season, the team partnered with Beck Motorsports and returned to full-time competition with veteran driver Billy BoatBilly Boat
William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League....
. Boat finished 2nd at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Nashville Superspeedway will not host any NASCAR events in 2012. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles in...
and finished 4th in points.
2002
Boat went on to form Agajanian/Boat Racing with Cary Agajanian in 2002 and captured the pole at Nashville and finished 13th in points.2003
In 2003 Agajanian joined forces with Sam Schmidt MotorsportsSam Schmidt Motorsports
Sam Schmidt Motorsports is an auto racing team in the IndyCar IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series owned by quadriplegic former driver Sam Schmidt....
at the Indy 500 to field a car for Richie Hearn
Richie Hearn
Richie Hearn , is an American IndyCar racing driver.Hearn was born in Glendale, California. He ran in the Toyota Atlantic championship for two seasons, winning the title in 1995. In 1996, he began driving for John Della Penna in both the IRL and Champ Car ranks...
who was knocked out by an accident.
2004-2009 - Second partnership with Beck Motorsports
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.Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
Arie Luyendyk, Jr. is an auto racing driver and son of Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. Despite his European birth, all of his adult racing has taken place in North America where his father lives and made his career. He placed second in points in the 2002 inaugural season of the Infiniti Pro...
, however the car never handled properly and Luyendyk's best speed was easily bumped by Felipe Giaffone
Felipe Giaffone
Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s.-Racing career:...
, leaving Luyendyk and the C/A/B team the only entry bumped from the field that year.
The team merged with Team Leader Motorsports
Team Leader Motorsports
Beck Motorsports was a team in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series owned by Greg Beck. At times in its history the team was partnered with Curb Agajanian Performance Group and 3G Racing owners Stanton Barrett and Steve Sudler.-1995-2000:...
to field 2 cars for the 2006
2006 Indianapolis 500
The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race by passing rookie Marco Andretti on the final straightaway, about 450 feet from the finish line...
Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
. The first team with driver PJ Jones was Beck Motorsports owned by Greg Beck which was founded in 1995. The second team driven by Stephan Gregoire
Stephan Gregoire
Stéphan Grégoire is a French race car driver. Currently living in Carmel, Ind.Gregoire is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex Sports Car Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Racing League. He made 44 IRL starts between 1996 and 2001 with a best finish of 2nd at Pikes Peak...
was owned by Kent Baker
Team Leader Motorsports
Beck Motorsports was a team in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series owned by Greg Beck. At times in its history the team was partnered with Curb Agajanian Performance Group and 3G Racing owners Stanton Barrett and Steve Sudler.-1995-2000:...
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 PJ Jones competing for Team Leader Motorsports.
The team made a surprise entry into the 2007
2007 in IRL
The 2007 IndyCar Series season began with a night race on Saturday March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season's premiere event, the 91st Indianapolis 500 was held May 27. The season finale was held at Chicagoland Speedway on September 9...
XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami.Since 2002 Homestead has hosted the final races of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series...
and participated in it, the Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at the speedway until 2011...
race and the Indy 500. Alex Barron
Alex Barron (driver)
Alex Barron in San Diego, California) is an American race car driver. He began racing CART FedEx World Series Championship cars in 1998 and made his first Indy Racing League Northern Lights Series start in 2001....
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
Roger Yasukawa
Roger Yasukawa is a Japanese-American auto racing driver.Yasukawa started karting in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA...
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
IndyCar Series
The IZOD IndyCar Series is the premier level of American open wheel racing. The current championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART known as the Indy Racing League . Citing CART's increasing reliance on expensive machinery and...
entry, beginning the season with NASCAR driver Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett
Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR driver and Hollywood stuntman. He has driven in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series, as well in the IZOD IndyCar Series.-NASCAR:...
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). Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier is an American racing driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
was brought on to replace Barrett at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
after the team went home after a practice crash the previous week at the Milwaukee Mile
Milwaukee Mile
The Milwaukee Mile is a -long oval race track in West Allis, Wisconsin that seats about 40,000 spectators. It operated as a dirt track until 1953. The track was paved in 1954....
. Lazier drove the next three oval races and Richard Antinucci
Richard Antinucci
Richard Antinucci is an American race car driver.-Career:In 1998 he competed in Italian Formula Ford, moving to the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 1999 and to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2000, where he stayed for one season .In 2002 he moved to the Manor team in British Formula Three,...
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.
2010
For the 2010 Indianapolis 5002010 Indianapolis 500
The 94th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 15th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was the premier event of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race was won by Dario Franchitti, ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco...
, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for KV Racing Technology driver Mario Moraes
Mario Moraes
Mario Ermirio de Moraes Filho is a Brazilian professional race car driver. Moraes started his career in minor youth motorsports. In 2003 Moraes competed in American Formula Renault with and won races against some competition such as Marco Andretti. In 2005 he drove for the Bassan Motorsport team...
.
2011
For the 2011 Indianapolis 5002011 Indianapolis 500
The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held on May 29, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practice on May 14, and time trials were held on May 21–22. The race was won by Dan Wheldon and was the final win of his...
, Curb Agajanian provided a co-entry for Bryan Herta Autosport
Bryan Herta Autosport
Bryan Herta Autosport is an American auto racing team that competes primarily in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and occasionally in the IZOD IndyCar Series. It is owned by former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta and race engineer Steve Newey...
driver and 2005 Indianapolis 500
2005 Indianapolis 500
The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season, and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheldon won the race under a yellow flag...
winner and season Champion Dan Wheldon
Dan Wheldon
Daniel Clive "Dan" Wheldon was a British racing driver from England. He was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the Indianapolis 500 in both 2005 and 2011...
.
Curb-Agajanian
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was a Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy racer Gary Bettenhausen. The family holds the dubious distinction of the most combined starts...
(1980) Mike Chandler
Mike Chandler
Mike Chandler , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1980-1984 seasons, with 9 career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1981-1983. A near head-on crash in practice for the 1984 race left him in a coma for several days and prematurely ended his career...
(1983) Roger Mears
Roger Mears
Roger Mears , is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1978-1984 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, and started in the 1982 and 1983 Indianapolis 500...
(1980)
CURB/Agajanian/Beck
Alex BarronAlex Barron (driver)
Alex Barron in San Diego, California) is an American race car driver. He began racing CART FedEx World Series Championship cars in 1998 and made his first Indy Racing League Northern Lights Series start in 2001....
(2007) Billy Boat
Billy Boat
William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League....
(2001-2002) P. J. Jones (2004) Roger Yasukawa
Roger Yasukawa
Roger Yasukawa is a Japanese-American auto racing driver.Yasukawa started karting in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA...
(2008)
CURB/Agaganian/3G Racing
Richard AntinucciRichard Antinucci
Richard Antinucci is an American race car driver.-Career:In 1998 he competed in Italian Formula Ford, moving to the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 1999 and to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2000, where he stayed for one season .In 2002 he moved to the Manor team in British Formula Three,...
(2009) Stanton Barrett
Stanton Barrett
Stanton Thomas Barrett is a NASCAR driver and Hollywood stuntman. He has driven in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series, as well in the IZOD IndyCar Series.-NASCAR:...
(2009) Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier is an American racing driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
(2009)