Machinists Union Racing

Template:Short description Template:Sources needed Machinists Union Racing was a CART Indy Car team owned by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and run by the IAM's national automotive coordinator Andy Kenopensky, a former appointee to the United States Metric Board. The team competed in CART from 1981 to 1990.

The team was the brainchild of IAM president William Winpisinger. It began sponsoring racing in 1978 by sponsoring a USAC Champ Car race at Trenton Speedway and sponsoring the Indy Car driven by Jerry Karl. The union formed its own team in 1981. From 1981 to 1988 it was additionally sponsored by Schaefer Beer alongside the Machinists Union branding. The team's most notable drivers during this time were Josele Garza who drove for the team from 1983 to 1987 and Roger Mears who drove for the team in 1982 and 1983. Garza finished 12th in the CART championship in 1985 and 11th in 1987. Garza brought the team its best CART finish of second at the Michigan 500 in 1986. Mears finished 9th in 1982 and 12th in 1983 and finished fourth at Riverside International Raceway in 1982. Scott Atchison and Kevin Cogan drove for the team in 1988 and saw little success, although Cogan did register the team's best finish of third at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1988, finishing 13th in the 1988 championship while Atchison finished 20th. Veteran driver Pancho Carter joined the team with co-sponsorship from Hardee's and finished 13th and 20th in two seasons with the team with a best finish of 7th, coming in his first race for the team.

All team members were card-carrying members of the IAM. They had initially experimented with building their own chassis in 1980 but it was abandoned before it hit the track.

Throughout his involvement in the sport, team manager Andy Kenopensky was a constant critic of CART's management of the sport and complained that the racing was too expensive and that rules were being crafted to benefit large-budget teams at the expense of small-budget teams such as his own.

The union and Schaefer also sponsored a NASCAR Winston Cup entry for Joe Ruttman in the 1989 Daytona 500 fielded by CalCar Motorsports.

Drivers

• Template:Flagicon Scott Atchison (1988)
• Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter (1987, 1989–1990)
• Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan (1988–1989)
• Template:Flagicon Larry Dickson (1981)
• Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi (1985–1986)
• Template:Flagicon Josele Garza (1983–1987)
• Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer (1985)
• Template:Flagicon Jerry Karl (1978)
• Template:Flagicon Rupert Keegan (1985)
• Template:Flagicon Peter Kuhn (1984)
• Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers (1986)
• Template:Flagicon Randy Lewis (1984)
• Template:Flagicon Roger Mears (1982–1983)
• Template:Flagicon Rick Miaskiewicz (1987)
• Template:Flagicon Mike Nish (1986)
• Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons (1984, 1986)
• Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett (1988)
• Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson (1987)
• Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva (1987)
• Template:Flagicon Sammy Swindell (1987) (failed to qualify)
• Template:Flagicon Phil Threshie (1980)
• Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler (1988)
• Template:Flagicon Desiré Wilson (1986)

Complete Racing Results

PPG CART Indycar World Series

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Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1980					Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	IAM 001	Donovan V8	Template:Flagicon Phil Threshie	30		DNQ	22	25		DNQ		DNQ
			Template:Flagicon Larry Dickson										35			22
1981					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst		Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	Penske PC-7/79	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Larry Dickson	31		10	10	12	9	16	12	8	7	22	DNQ
	IAM 001	Donovan V8	Template:Flagicon Teddy Pilette	67										DNQ1
1982					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	Penske PC-9B/81	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Roger Mears	31	8		22	21
	Penske PC-7/79					4			17	14	9	4	8	8
	Penske PC-10/82			9											7
1983					Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	Penske PC-10/82	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Roger Mears	9	7	28	8	6	DNQ	8	16	9	12	16	7	6	16
			Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	55		25		17	19	11	9	20	23	17	11	12
1984					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	Penske PC-10/82	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	55	23	DNQ
	March 84C						10	DNS	7	23	17	11	7	25	11	4	10	8	13	10
	Penske PC-10/82		Template:Flagicon Roger Mears				DNQ
1985					Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	March 85C	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	55	28	31	7	12	27	6	19	18	26	11	6	6	7	10	9
			Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer	59		DNQ	15	8	19							11
			Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi								22
			Template:Flagicon Rupert Keegan											19			12		10
1986					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	March 85C/86C	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	55	23	7	18	7	17	8	7	23	2	7	14						24
			Template:Flagicon Desiré Wilson															19	16
				59											13
			Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi		14		21
			Template:Flagicon Rick Miaskiewicz (R)															DNS
			Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons					22			21		16	29
				95			27
				55												7	23			11
			Template:Flagicon Mike Nish (R)	45			DNQ
				59				DNS	10	24		22
	Eagle 86GC		Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers																8	23	9
1987					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	March 87C	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter	29			27						20	6	14	14	17	12	14
			Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	55	5	6	17	22	6	24	16	17	12	11	11	8	8	8	18
	March 86C		Template:Flagicon Mike Nish	59	DNQ	DNQ
			Template:Flagicon Rick Miaskiewicz								14	12				16
	March 87C								22
	March 86C		Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr.					DNQ
		Pontiac V8	Template:Flagicon Sammy Swindell				DNQ
1988					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	March 88C	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	11			11	22	20	10	24					24	15	9	4
	March 87C				8	3
			Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett									16			20
			Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler										15	11
				29			17
			Template:Flagicon Scott Atchison	55			DNQ											25	9
	March 86C				12	9	DNQ	16	25	12	13	10	10	12	15	20	DNQ
1989					Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	INDY	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst	Template:Encodefirst
	March 88C	Cosworth DFX	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	11	10	26	32	19	17	24	11	12	9	25	22	10	18		8
			Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford															DNQ
			Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler	29			DNQ

1. ^ Ran in conjunction with Mergard Racing.