A walkthrough of Rahal's career,
year-by-year, from the time he raced
go-karts to present, where he now races in one of the fastest cars on earth. [More]
Champ Car Career Highlights (2007; one season)
Champ Car Wins: 0 Highest finish to date is second place in Houston ’07
Champ Car Podium Finishes: 4 2007 – 2nd in Houston; 3rd in Edmonton, Elkhart Lake, Belgium
Champ Car Poles: 0 Highest start was three, fourth-place starts -- Cleveland, Edmonton & Elkhart Lake ‘07
Champ Car Laps Led: 18 Led three different races: Cleveland (4), Mont Tremblant (7), Belgium (7)
Champ Car Starts: 14
• Became the youngest Champ Car driver in series history to finish on the podium with second place in Houston ‘07
• Led three Champ Car races in his rookie season and set the Fastest Race Lap in Australia
• Runner up to 2006 Champ Car Atlantic champion Simon Pagenaud despite winning 42 percent of the races (5), 33 percent of the poles (4) and finishing on the podium 50 percent of the time (6) in a chase that concluded in the season finale
• Has competed in three Rolex 24 at Daytona events and two 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races
• Competed in four A1 GP races in 2006 (Mexico, USA, China, Czech Republic)
• Made one start in the Indy Pro Series where he started from pole and led 221 laps en route to a second place finish in a support race to the 2006 USGP
• Began racing karts in 2000 at the age of 11 and continued for four years. Before moving to the Formula BMW series in 2004 on a scholarship. Won one race and finished on the podium six times in 12 Star Mazda series events in 2005. Also claimed the 2005 SCCA National Formula Atlantic championship at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and started from pole to win the SCCA National event at Road Atlanta.
