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P284-285h_Motorsports4-OCT18_Lr1_qxd_P284-285h 10/4/18 8:01 AM Page 284 INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWEEKS – 2012/2013/2014 CURB-AGAJANIAN FIRST CAR OWNER/CO-ENTRANT TO WIN USAC TRIPLE CROWN IN SAME YEAR BY ALEX TAGLIANI SCORES 10 TOP 10 FINISHES IN 2012 AND 2013 IN THE HERTA/CURB-AGAJANIAN INDY CAR WINNING THE 2012/2013 USAC SILVER CROWN, MIDGET AND SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS ESTEBAN GUERRIERI WINS 3 RACES IN 2012 , INCLUDING THE FREEDOM 100 AT INDIANAPOLIS 2012/2013 – BRYAN CLAUSON WINS USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2011 USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP TRISTAN VAUTIER WINS 4 RACES AND WINS THE INDY LIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012 2011 – LEVI JONES – USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPION – TONY STEWART/CURB-AGAJANIAN A.J. ALLMENDINGER FINISHES TOP 10 IN THE 2013 BRICKYARD GRAND PRIX 2012/2013 – BOBBY EAST – USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPION – TONY STEWART/CURB-AGAJANIAN 2012 – USAC SILVER CROWN OWNER’S CHAMPIONSHIP – RW/CURB-AGAJANIAN 2012/2013 – USAC AND NATIONAL MIDGET CAR OWNER OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONSHIPS – KUNZ/CURB-AGAJANIAN 2012/2013 - CURB-AGAJANIAN WIN NATIONAL SPRINT CAR NON-WINGED TEAM OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - CURB-AGAJANIAN SET USAC CAR OWNER RECORD WITH 36 VICTORIES IN THE SAME YEAR (INCLUDING 30 NATIONAL WINS) 01 02 01 03 03 04 05 02 04 2012/2013 Triple Crown Championship 05 06 07 08 06 08 07 01 Kyle Larson and Bryan Clauson combine to owner championship in USAC his third consecutive overall USAC Driver’s was won by Levi Jones. Also pictured is former win 8 victories to give Kunz/Curb-Agajanian the 04 Kyle Larson wins the 72nd Anniversary of Championship. The RW/Curb-Agajanian car driver Shane Hmeil, who has been an inspira - 09 10 National USAC Midget car owner championship the Turkey Night Grand Prix in 2012 driving for won the USAC Silver Crown Owner/Entrant tion to the team. Jones also won the Indiana and the National Driver of the Year car owner Kunz/Curb-Agajanian. Curb-Agajanian Championship in 2012. Speedweeks Championship and East went on to 01 Jack Hawksworth leads many laps and Sam Schmidt and Cary Agajanian in Victory Lane Indianapolis 500 Vautier wins four races in 2012 for Schmidt/Curb- championship for 2012. becomes first car owner/entrant to win the USAC 06 Cary Agajanian, Bobby East and Mike Curb win the overall USAC Silver Crown finishes 7th in the Inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix with the winning Schmidt/Curb-Agajanian car 06 Indy 500 rookie Bryan Clauson, three-time Indy Agajanian and wins the Indy Lights championship 02 USAC President Kevin Miller presents Mike Triple Crown in the same year. in Indiana where East won the 2012 and 2013 Championship for the second year in a row. in 2014 04 Mike Curb and Alex Tagliani – Tagliani drove the 500 winner Dario Franchitti and Mike Curb at the 10 The inaugural Indianapolis Brickyard Grand Curb with the Triple Crown trophy on behalf of 05 Mike Curb and Bryan Clauson in USAC Silver Crown Championships. In 2014 the 08 Bobby Santos – 2012 Winner of both 02 Luiz Razia and Jack Harvey finish 1st and 2nd in Bryan Herta/Curb-Agajanian #98 Indianapolis 500. Prix was run in 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Curb-Agajanian becoming the first car owners to Indianapolis in 2012 celebrating Clauson’s third Curb-Agajanian team scored its 100th USAC Indianapolis USAC Silver Crown races, includ - the Inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix in 2014 car in the 2012 and 2013 Indianapolis 500. 07 1963 Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones with Mike Speedway with the NASCAR Grand-Am cars utilizing win all three major USAC divisions in the same consecutive USAC National Driver’s champi - victory. ing the Hall of Fame Classic, driving for (Lights). Colton Herta finishes Top 5 in the Inaugural Jack Hawksworth drove the Indy car for the Curb the Formula One track configuration. The 2012 24 RW/Curb-Agajanian. Chris Windom drove the year (Silver Crown, Midget car, Sprint car) onship with the RW/Curb-Agajanian Silver 07 Mike Curb with Tony Stewart/Curb- Formula 2000 Indianapolis Grand Prix. 2014 season. 08 Mike Curb with Governor Mitch Daniels of Hours of Daytona winning Shank/Curb-Agajanian car in 2013 and 2014 scoring a prestigious victo - 03 Bryan Clauson drove the CTR/BCI/Curb- Crown car. Bryan started the 2012 Indiana Agajanian USAC Silver Crown drivers Levi Jones 03 Mike Curb congratulates Esteban Guerrieri on his 05 Mike Curb with the Angie’s List/Curb Records car Indiana car, driven by Ozz Negri, Jr. and John Pew led the 2012 Speedweeks with a victory and went on to win and Bobby East at the 2013 Hoosier 100 which ry at the historic Eldora Speedway. Agajanian Sprint car to the 2012 driver and car victory in the 2012 Indianapolis Freedom 100 with #39 which was driven by Bryan Clauson in the 2012 09 After a podium finish at Indianapolis, Tristan and 2013 races and finished 7th. [ 284 ] [ 285 ] P284-285h_Motorsports4-OCT18_Lr1_qxd_P284-285h 10/4/18 8:01 AM Page 285a 2014 INDIANAPOLIS 500 AND THE INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX DAYTONA AND INDIANAPOLIS BRICKYARD 2014 JACK HAWKSWORTH LEADS THE MOST LAPS AND FINISHES 7TH IN THE 2014 INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX (INDYCAR) LEE BRICE AND TIM DUGGER PERFORM AT DAYTONA 2014 LUIZ RAZIA AND JACK HARVEY FINISH 1-2 IN THE 2014 INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX (LIGHTS) LEE BRICE CELEBRATES HIS 5 TH #1 RECORD “I DON’T DANCE” ADRIAN STARRANTINO WINS 2014 INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX (USF 2000) RICHARD PETTY AND MIKE CURB CELEBRATE THE 30 TH ANNIVERSARY OF PETTY’S HISTORIC 200 TH VICTORY AT DAYTONA ATTENDED BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN 01 02 03 04 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 05 06 07 08 01 Simon Pagenaud’s #77 car – winner of the 2014 Indianapolis Grand Prix 02 Jack Hawksworth #98 car at the 2014 Indy 500 03 Luiz Razia and Jack Harvey finish 1 - 2 in the 2014 Indianapolis Grand Prix. Harvey went on to win both Mid-Ohio races and both Sonoma races and finished 2nd in the year-end Championship. 04 2016 Herta/Curb-Agajanian Indy car driven by former Formula 1 driver Alexander Rossi 05 2-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk with the two front row starting cars Luiz Razia and Jack Harvey. 09 10 11 Also pictured are Josh Agajanian, Mike and Cary Agajanian 09 10 11 06 Indy Freedom 100 Luiz Razia with Mike 07 Josh Agajanian; Doug Boles, President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Cary Agajanian and Mike Curb 08 Front row starter Jack Harvey with Mike Curb 09 Cary Agajanian, Mike and Jack Hawksworth 10 Mike with 2014 USAC Speedweek Champion Rico Abreu, Keith Kunz, Pete Willoughby, Pat Sullivan and National USAC Dirt Midget Champion and 2014 World POWRi Champion Christopher Bell 11 Colton Herta finishes Top 5 in the 2014 Formula 12 13 14 2000 Indianapolis Grand Prix 12 Adrian Starrantino wins the 2014 Formula 2000 12 13 14 15 Indianapolis Grand Prix 13 Jack Hawksworth pit sign at the 2014 Indianapolis 01 Mike Curb and Josh Wise before the start of 09-10 Lee Brice performing before the start of 500 the 2014 Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 the Daytona Sprint Cup race 14 Jim Ed Norman, Bryan Herta, Mike, Colton Herta, 02 Mike with the Curb Records car featuring Lee 11 Curb car at the 2014 Daytona Sprint Cup race Cary and Josh Agajanian Brice’s #1 single “I Don’t Dance” which reached 12 Jim Ed Norman, Lee Brice, Josh Wise, Mike 15 Kyle O’Gara - runner-up in the 69th Night Before #1 the week of the race and Phil Parsons with the Curb Records car fea - the 500 USAC race in 2014 03 Parsons/Curb Records Sprint Cup car at the turing Lee Brice’s #1 single “I Don’t Dance” 16 Mike and Jack Hawksworth. Hawksworth scored a 2014 Brickyard 400 13 Kevin Swindell before the start of the 2014 podium finish at Houston in addition to 3 Top 10 fin - 04 Curb car featuring Lee Brice’s #1 single “I Nationwide race at Indianapolis ishes at Milwaukee, Ontario and Indianapolis. Don’t Dance” 14 Kevin Swindell at the 2014 Nationwide race 17 Cary Agajanian, Indiana Governor Mike Pence and 15 16 17 05 Josh Wise getting into his car before the start at Indianapolis his wife, Karen Pence with Mike Curb of the Brickyard 400 15 Tim Dugger performs before the start of the 18 LeAnn Rimes performs the national anthem at the 06 Phil Parsons, Jim Ed Norman, Mike and Josh 2014 Daytona Sprint Cup race start of the 2014 Indianapolis 500 as part of the promo - Wise 16 Curb car in the Indianapolis Motor tion for her new Curb album with music from the Eddie 07 Mike Curb and Richard Petty celebrating the Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. This is the car and LeAnn show 30th anniversary of Petty’s win at Daytona. that won the 2011 Centennial Indianapolis 500 19 Mike Curb and Jim Ed Norman with Curb recording Petty’s historic victory at Daytona in 1984 was with driver Dan Wheldon. Sadly, Wheldon was artist Sweetwater Rain who performed in Indianapolis his record-setting 200th victory which was killed later that year in a crash at Las Vegas. Also the night before the 2014 Indianapolis 500 achieved while he was driving a Curb-owned car pictured is the car driven by Ray Harroun that 20 Two-time USAC National Sprint Car Champion with President Ronald Reagan in attendance. won the innaugural Indianapolis 500 100 years Bryan Clauson who scored Curb's 100th USAC victory in 16 08 Phil Parsons, NASCAR President Mike Helton before Wheldon’s win.