Newman Wachs Racing
# Newman Wachs Racing

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 | D.C. | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | | | LBH | HOU | MTY | POR | CLE | CLE | TOR | EDM | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA | | |
| 2006 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Joe D'Agostino | 34 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 12th | 123 |
| 2006 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Daniel Gaunt | 35 | 20 | DNS | 15 | 8 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | 24th | 22 |
| 2006 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Steve $Ott^1$ | 35 | | | | | | | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 18 | | 19th | 48 |
| 2006 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | J. R. Hildebrand | 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 43rd | 2 |
| 2007 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | | | LVG | LBH | HOU | POR | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | EDM | SJO | ROA | | |
| 2007 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Tõnis Kasemets | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 29th | 4 |
| 2007 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | J. R. Hildebrand | 36 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 7th | 140 |
| 2008 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | | | LBH | LAG | MTT | EDM | EDM | ROA | ROA | TRR | NJ | UTA | ATL | | | |
| 2008 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Simona de Silvestro | 34 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | | 8th | 167 |
| 2008 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Jonathan Summerton | 36 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1* | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | | 3rd | 224 |
| 2009 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | | | SEB | UTA | NJM | NJM | LIM | ACC | ACC | ACC2 | MDO | MOS | TRR | ATL | LAG | |
| 2009 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Markus $Niemelä^2$ | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 6th | 98 |
| 2009 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | Jonathan $Summerton^3$ | 34 | | | | | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2nd | 182 |
| 2009 | Swift-Mazda Cosworth | John Edwards | 36 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1st | 182 |

    $^1$ 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.
