Steve Eriksen hu ua Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm ntawm Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Steve Eriksen, tus qub tub rog nrog 30 xyoo ntawm kev ua kis las kis las uas yog ib qho ntawm Honda Performance Development tus kws tshaj lij, tau raug xaiv tsa tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rau hnub Monday.

Eriksen yuav qhia ncaj qha rau pab pawg tswv cuab Bobby Rahal, David Letterman thiab Michael Lanigan thiab saib xyuas kev ua haujlwm rau pab pawg kev koom tes hauv NTT IndyCar Series thiab Imsa WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Eriksen tau siv ob lub caij dhau los ntawm Chip Ganassi Racing, saib xyuas lawv cov kev sib tw-yeej Imsa DPi tom qab 30-xyoo txoj haujlwm ntawm Honda uas nws nyuam qhuav tuav lub npe ntawm tus lwm thawj thiab tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm Honda Performance Development, Inc.

"Tom tau paub Steve txij thaum pib ntawm Honda Indy lub tsheb qhov kev pab cuam, kuv tau muaj sijhawm los muaj ntau yam kev sib tw ncaws pob thiab kev lag luam sib tham nrog nws ntau xyoo thiab ib txwm hwm nws txoj hauv kev," Rahal hais. "Steve muaj kev hwm heev ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv cov koom haum raug nplua nrog rau cov neeg sib tw thiab kuv zoo siab tias peb tuaj yeem coj nws los rau hauv peb lub koom haum ua COO.

"Nws qhov kev paub dav dav, qib siab nrog IndyCar thiab Imsa yuav yog qhov txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub tuam txhab."

Eriksen muaj ntau dua 30 xyoo ntawm kev paub hauv kev qhib lub log thiab kev sib tw tsheb sib tw hauv ob qho tib si engineering thiab kev tswj hwm lub luag haujlwm. Nws kawm tiav Bachelor of Science Degree hauv Mechanical Engineering los ntawm California State University, Fullerton thiab Master's Degree hauv Kev Tswj Lag Luam los ntawm University of La Verne.

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Corporation ua ib tug engineer nyob rau hauv 1987, thiab ces pib ua hauj lwm 30 xyoo nrog Honda nyob rau hauv 1991. Nws thawj txoj hauj lwm nrog Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD) yog ib tug engineer txhawb Rahal-Hogan Racing. Tom qab lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev nce lub luag haujlwm ntawm HPD suav nrog pawg thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg, tus thawj coj loj, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, tus thawj coj pabcuam, thiab thaum kawg tus lwm thawj thiab tus thawj coj ua haujlwm. Los ntawm cov luag haujlwm no, Eriksen yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim HPD ua tus yeej-yeej Honda R&D thiab lub koom haum muag khoom muaj peev xwm los tsim nws tus kheej qib siab Indy lub tsheb thiab cov tsheb sib tw tsheb thiab chassis rau kev ua haujlwm zoo thiab cov neeg siv khoom thoob ntiaj teb, keeb kwm uas nyob rau niaj hnub no. .

Tom qab peb xyoos nrog lub zog thoob ntiaj teb, Eriksen so haujlwm ntawm HPD thiab tsiv mus rau Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) hauv 2021 los pib txoj haujlwm ntawm lawv pawg thawj coj saib xyuas CGR's Cadillac Racing program hauv IMSA, thiab ua tiav tag nrho Cadillac yeej thiab ncej hauv 2022 thiab Lub caij xaus kev tso kawm raws li ob sab saum toj Cadillac DPi nkag hauv tsib lub tsheb Cadillac nkag.

"Thaum Bobby thiab Mike tuaj cuag kuv txog txoj haujlwm COO tshiab tsim nyob rau hauv RLL, Kuv xav tias nws yog qhov kev sib tw zoo rau kuv cov kev txawj ntse thiab tuaj ntawm lub sijhawm zoo siab hauv North American motorsports nrog cov hluav taws xob los ntawm IndyCar thiab Imsa LMDh cov tsheb ua si. ", Eriksen hais. "Kuv mob siab rau ob hom kev ua kis las ncaws pob thiab zoo siab los txuas ntxiv ua ib feem ntawm cov koob no thaum kev sib tw nthuav dav hauv xyoo tom ntej. Kuv xav tias kuv tau tuaj puv lub voj voog thaum kuv ua haujlwm nrog pab pawg Rahal hauv kuv thawj xyoo hauv motorsport thiab koom nrog lub koom haum hauv nws cov theem tshiab yog qhov txaus siab rau tus kheej. "

RLL tsis ntev los no tau tsiv mus rau hauv lub hom phiaj tsim kev sib tw lub hauv paus hauv Zionsville uas ua rau lawv coj ob qho tib si ntawm lawv cov kev sib tw sib tw hauv ib lub ru tsev thawj zaug txij li xyoo 2011. Nyob rau xyoo 2022, pab pawg tau nthuav dav mus rau peb lub caij nyoog tag nrho hauv IndyCar Series thiab kuj. tau ua haujlwm ze nrog BMW M Motorsport los tsim txhua qhov tshiab BMW M Hybrid V8 rau nws qhov kev cia siab ntau ntawm kev sib tw ua ntej hauv GTP chav kawm ntawm 2023 Imsa WeatherTech Sports Car Championship thaum tib lub sijhawm sib tw hauv GTD PRO chav kawm.

Lub Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona yuav pib lub caij sib tw 2023 rau BMW M Team RLL thaum Lub Ib Hlis 28-29 ntawm Daytona International Speedway thiab IndyCar Series yuav pib nws lub caij ntawm Firestone Grand Prix ntawm St. Petersburg thaum Lub Peb Hlis 5.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, raws li hauv Zionsville, Ind., yog koom tes los ntawm peb lub sijhawm IndyCar Champion thiab 1986 Indianapolis 500 tus yeej Bobby Rahal, yav dhau los CBS Late Show party David Letterman thiab Mi-Jack co- tswv Mike Lanigan.

Hauv 2023, pab pawg yuav sib tw hauv nws 32^nd xyoo ntawm kev sib tw thiab ua li ntawd los ntawm kev tsim kho tshiab, 115,000 square feet, lub hauv paus kev sib tw hauv xeev hauv Zionsville, Indiana.

Pab pawg yuav sim ntxiv rau nws 29 Indy tsheb yeej - suav nrog 2004 Indy 500 los ntawm ncej nrog Buddy Rice thiab 2020 Indy 500 nrog Takuma Sato - lawv 33 ncej, 109 podium tiav thiab 1992 series championship. Pab pawg kuj tau sib tw hauv American Le Mans Series los ntawm 2009-2013 raws li BMW Team RLL qhov chaw uas lawv yeej ob lub Chaw Tsim Khoom thiab Pab Pawg Championships hauv GTGT
qeb nyob rau hauv 2010 thiab swept tag nrho peb lub npe GT nyob rau hauv 2011 - Chaw tsim tshuaj paus, pab neeg, thiab tsav tsheb. Nyob rau hauv 2012, pab neeg ua tiav thib ob hauv Pab Pawg Championship thiab thib peb hauv Chaw Tsim Tshuaj Championship thiab hauv 2013, pab pawg ua tiav thib ob hauv Kev Tsav Tsheb, Pab Pawg, thiab Chaw Tsim Tshuaj Championship. Txij li xyoo 2014, BMW Team RLL tau sib tw hauv GTLm chav kawm ntawm Imsa WeatherTech SportsCar Championship nrog ob lub tsheb thiab tau coj lawv tag nrho rau 22 yeej - suav nrog 2019 thiab 2020 Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona endurance kev sib tw, 28 ncej thiab 94 podium ua tiav nrog rau qhov thib ob ua tiav hauv Chaw Tsim Khoom, Pab Pawg, thiab Tsav Tsheb Sib Tw hauv 2015 thiab 2017.

Pab pawg kuj yog 2020 Michelin Endurance Champions. Hauv 2022, BMW M Team RLL tau sib tw hauv GTD PRO chav kawm thaum ib txhij nce mus rau ob lub tsheb LMDh qhov kev pab cuam hauv chav kawm Imsa GTP ntau qhov kev cia siab rau 2023.