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🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar.

Driver facts

Full name

Buddy Lazier

Born

31 October 1967(b. 1967)

Nationality

United States

Current team

Series

IndyCar

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

3,097

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

3,097

RANK 1604 / 13,834 INDEXED · +0 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 8H AGO

Buddy Lazier is an American auto racing driver who competed in IndyCar from 2006 to 2017. Across his IndyCar career, Lazier made 14 starts but did not record any wins or podium finishes. His most recent activity came in 2017, when he finished 32nd in one IndyCar round before retiring from professional racing.[1]

Lazier's IndyCar tenure represented only a portion of a broader racing career that included notable achievements in earlier eras of open-wheel competition. He has since moved away from active competition, with his final race occurring in 2017.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Buddy Lazier is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar. Lazier has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 14 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,097 ranks Lazier 1604th of 13,834 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2017 form

LAST 14 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 28H AGO

SERIES AND TEAM NAMES ARE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERSPRIVACY

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 8H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

Recent results

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2017-05-28

INDIANAPOLIS 500

P29

−57

Season	Series	Races	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2017	▸IndyCar	1	P32	−57	3,097
2016	▸IndyCar	1	P34	−72	3,097
2014	▸IndyCar	1	P35	−99	3,226
2013	▸IndyCar	1	P35	−90	3,325
2008	▸IndyCar	1	P44	+25	3,415
2007	▸IndyCar	1	P27	+5	3,391
2006	▸IndyCar	8	P22	−415	3,385

Amid IndyCar's Civil War split, Buddy Lazier won Indy 500. 'Yeah, I felt the divide'[1]

IndyStar

22 MAY 2026

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Buddy Lazier IndyCar Profile[2]

OpenWheelWorld

06 SEP 2025

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The 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner — Buddy Lazier[3]

Daily Advocate

26 JUL 2025

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Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES LAZIER FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇳🇿 Scott Dixon	6,930	14	2	12	14%
🇧🇷 Tony Kanaan	4,534	14	2	12	14%
🇺🇸 Helio Castroneves	4,528	14	1	13	7%
🇺🇸 Marco Andretti	3,006	14	3	11	21%
🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter	4,071	13	4	9	31%
🇬🇧 Dario Franchitti	5,923	10	1	9	10%
🏳️ Dan Wheldon	4,452	10	2	8	20%
🇺🇸 Danica Patrick	4,385	10	3	7	30%
🇧🇷 Vitor Meira	4,085	10	1	9	10%
🇺🇸 Buddy Rice	3,693	10	4	6	40%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

Amid IndyCar's Civil War split, Buddy Lazier won Indy 500. 'Yeah, I felt the divide'[1]

IndyStar

22 MAY 2026

READ →

Buddy Lazier IndyCar Profile[2]

OpenWheelWorld

06 SEP 2025

READ →

The 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner — Buddy Lazier[3]

Daily Advocate

26 JUL 2025

READ →