# Rocketsports Racing

Rocketsports Racing was a motor racing team based in East Lansing, Michigan in the United States.

## Team history

Rocketsports was founded in 1985 by racing driver Paul Gentilozzi to compete in the Trans-Am series. It competed in Trans-Am until 2004, when the championship was cancelled, and achieved 57 outright wins in 20 years. It has also raced in the IMSA sports car racing championship.
Rocketsports joined Champ Car in 2003 with driver Alex Tagliani, who scored the team's only victory at Road America in 2004. In 2005 and 2006 the team fielded cars for pay drivers and frequently changed drivers. In 2007, Tagliani returned full-time and the team shared technical information with RuSPORT. This alliance was dubbed RSPORTS, and took a race win with RuSPORT's Justin Wilson. However, the alliance ended at the end of the season. In 2008, following the unification of Champ Car and the IRL, Rocketsports announced that it would not transition to the IndyCar Series. They did compete in the Champ Car finale at Long Beach Grand Prix, with drivers Antônio Pizzonia, who competed for Rocketsports at Long Beach in 2006, and Juho Annala.
Since the demise of Champ Car, Rocketsports has competed in the revived Trans-Am Series with driver Tomy Drissi, winning the 2009 championship.
Gentilozzi went on to form RSR Racing in 2009.

## Drivers that have competed for Rocketsports in Champ Car

* Juho Annala (2008)
* Mario Dominguez (2006)
* Memo Gidley (2004)
* Timo Glock (2005)
* Ryan Hunter-Reay (2005)
* Tõnis Kasemets (2006)
* Michael McDowell (2005)
* Nicky Pastorelli (2006)
* Nelson Philippe (2004)
* Antônio Pizzonia (2006, 2008)
* Guy Smith (2004)
* Alex Tagliani (2003–2004, 2007)

## Racing results
### Complete CART / Champ Car World 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 | Pts Pos | Pts |
| 2003 | | | | | STP | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA | MXC | SFR | | |
| 2003 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Alex Tagliani | 33 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4* | 9 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 10th | 97 |
| 2004 | | | | | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LAG | LSV | SFR | MXC | | | | | | |
| 2004 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Alex Tagliani | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1* | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | | | | | 7th | 218 |
| 2004 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Nelson Philippe | 17 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 89 |
| 2004 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Memo Gidley | 17 | | | | | | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 15 |
| 2004 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Guy Smith | 17 | | | | | | | | 10 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 17 | | | | | 18th | 53 |
| 2005 | | | | | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | LSV | SRF | MXC | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Timo Glock | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 8th | 202 |
| 2005 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 31 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | 15th | 110 |
| 2005 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Michael McDowell | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | | | | | | 21st | 19 |
| 2006 | | | | | LBH | HOU | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | SRF | MXC | | | | | | |
| 2006 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Nicky Pastorelli | 8 | | 17 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 17 | | 17 | 10 | 12 | 6 | | | | | | | | 17th | 73 |
| 2006 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Mario Domínguez | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 2 | 17 | | | | | 9th | 202 |
| 2006 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Antônio Pizzonia | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 43 |
| 2006 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Antônio Pizzonia | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | 10 | 12 | | | | | 18th | 43 |
| 2006 | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | Tõnis Kasemets | 18 | | | | | 16 | 12 | 15 | 11 | | | | 17 | | | | | | | 19th | 34 |
| 2007 | | | | | LSV | LBH | HOU | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | SJO | ROA | ZOL | ASN | SFR | MXC | | | | | | |
| 2007 | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | Alex Tagliani | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 15 | 7 | 13 | | | | | 10th | 205 |
* ^ Competed as RSPORTS at Rds. 1–10.

### Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 2008 | | | | | HMS | STP | MOT | LBH | KAN | INDY | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF |
| 2008 | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | Antônio Pizzonia | 9 | | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008 | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8t | Juho Annala | 10 | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* ^ Run to Champ Car specifications.
* ^ Non-points-paying, exhibition race.