Carbir Race Cars is an American race car constructor.

History

Sports 2000

Carbir Race Cars was founded in 1995. The first car to be designed and produced was the Carbir CS2. The Carbir CS2 went on to dominate the American Cities Racing League and the

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Sports 2000 Sports 2000 is a restricted-rules class of two-seat, mid-engined, open-cockpit, full-bodied sports-prototype racecar used largely in amateur road racing. Sometimes known as S2000 or S2, the class was developed by John Webb, then of the Brands Ha ...

class. In 1998 the first Carbir was entered in the

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. John Fergus, II finished second in the S2000 class behind David Downey in a

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T89/90. Fergus, II would win the Runoffs in the S2000 class in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2011.

USF2000

While designing the CS2 the Carbir crew also designed the Carbir DS3

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car. The Carbir DS3 was based on the Piper F2000, Brian Utt bought the designs and built his own F2000. The car made its debut in 1999 with factory driver Jeff Glenn and Galen Puccini. During their debut race at

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Jeff Glenn was the best finisher out of the two, finishing thirteenth. When

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joined the team results drastically improved. Coming from a tenth place the American driver won the race. More podium finishes came at

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and Sebring. Lally finished eleventh in the standings. Lally returned in USF2000 for the 2000 season alongside

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. After a disappointing opening round in which Lally finished ninth and Curtiss finished twentieth the team pulled out of the championship. Privateers continued to run Carbir chassis in the championship. Rookie Tom Dyer scored a fifth-place finish overall while running in the American Continental Championship class for older cars. Scott Rubenzer scored the best result for a Carbir chassis in 2001. At Homestead-Miami Speedway the driver finished sixteenth. In 2000 Estonian driver

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competed a Carbir DS3 in the SCCA Central Division National

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class. He won two races and finish fourth in the championship. At the SCCA National Championship Runoffs of the same year Tom Dyer scored a second place.

Daytona Prototype

In 2002 Carbir designed a prototype to compete in the

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class. On May sixth 2002 the design was approved by the Grand-Am organisation to be built. Carbir was the third manufacturer to get permission after FABCAR Engineering and

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. The car was designed to fit all engine types but especially the

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engine. The car was never built.

Formula Ford

The first

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car designed and built by Carbir was the CR6. The car appeared in various championships but without major results. In

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Carbir made a car to compete in the

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with a

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powered factory entry. Carbir appeared on the initial entry lists but the deal never came into fruition since the car was never finished. The driver appeared at the 2013 in a

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engined

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RF92. The driver finished second behind Tim Kautz driving a Piper DF3D.

References

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External links

Official website
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