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{{Short description|Auto racing team}}
[[File:AJ Allmendinger Long Beach 2005.jpg|thumb|[[A. J. Allmendinger]] in the RuSPORT #10 at the [[2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach]]]]
'''RuSPORT''' was an [[auto racing]] team that competed in the [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]].  It was founded in September 2002 by [[Carl Russo]].

==Team history==
Russo drove for the team then known as Performance Development and Racing (PDR) based in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) which was owned by Steve Wulff. Russo competed in the [[Champ Car Atlantic Championship|Toyota Atlantic Series]] driving a car prepared by PDR in the 2002 season before he decided that team ownership suited him better than being a driver. Russo acquired the assets of PDR from Wulff in late 2002, which gave rise to RuSPORT. Wulff stayed on Operations Director and Gerald Tyler was appointed as Technical Director. [[Jeremy Dale (racing driver)|Jeremy Dale]], a longtime associate of Russo's, was brought on as President of the new operation.

RuSPORT competed in the 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship Series with drivers [[Aaron Justus]] and [[A. J. Allmendinger]]. Allmendinger won the championship with seven victories from 11 starts.

RuSPORT and Allmendinger moved to [[Champ Car]] in 2004 along with a second car driven by [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]] The team quickly grew from a small Atlantic Series team to a two-car Champ Car team with more than 40 employees. The rookie team placed Jourdain and Allmendinger in the top-five numerous time en route to Allmendinger winning Rookie-of-the-Year honors. This was only the second time in the history of the Champ Car Series that a rookie team with a rookie driver accomplished the feat.

In 2005, [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] was signed as a replacement for 2005 for Jourdain, leading the team to their first wins. Wilson scored two victories (Toronto and Mexico City) and finished third in the championship. Allmendinger came close to victory, with four runner-up finishes during the season. For 2006 they were expected to be challengers to [[Newman/Haas Racing]]. Mid-way through the season & after 3 straight top 10 finishes, the team surprisingly replaced Allmendinger with 2002 CART champion [[Cristiano da Matta]] who moved over from [[Dale Coyne Racing]]. Allmendinger would win the next 3 races in a row for his new team. [[Cristiano da Matta]] was injured in a freak collision with a deer during testing at [[Road America]] on August 3, 2006.

On September 17, 2006, the team announced that it had selected Australian [[Ryan Briscoe]], to fill in for the final two races of the 2006 season, Surfers Paradise, Australia and Mexico City.

At the conclusion of the 2006 season, Russo's time and energy were being increasingly directed toward his rapidly growing company, [[Calix Inc.|Calix]], and he was forced to leave behind the team he created and the sport he loved. In November 2006 [[PKV Racing]] co-owner [[Dan Pettit]] purchased the team from Russo.

On January 22, 2007, RuSPORT confirmed the return of Justin Wilson and title sponsor, [[CDW]].  They reportedly signed Wilson to a multi-year contract.<ref>[http://www.rusport.com/news/archives/2007/01 RuSPORT News], January 22, 2007</ref> RuSPORT also formed a technical alliance with the [[Rocketsports]] team, and the team was dubbed [[RSPORTS]].  Wilson won at Assen and scored solidly enough to finish second overall, while Tagliani struggled and finished outside the series top 10. The alliance was however dissolved before the end of the 2007 season. The RuSPORT team dissolved as of December 31, 2007<ref>Oreovicz, John. [https://www.espn.com/racing/columns/story?seriesId=5&columnist=oreovicz_john&id=3100581 It's adios and au revoir as Champ Car season closes in Mexico City], ESPN.com, November 8, 2007</ref> and Pettit merged his team ownership with [[Forsythe Championship Racing]].<ref>Malsher, David. [http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64124 Pettit joins Forsythe as RuSPORT close], autosport.com, November 26, 2007</ref> Forsythe would ultimately fold its team when ChampCar merged into the [[Indy Racing League]] for 2008.

==Past drivers==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]] (2003–2006)
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ryan Briscoe]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiano da Matta]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]] (2004)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aaron Justus]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] (2005–2007)

==Racing results==

===Complete Champ Car World Series results===
([[:Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Drivers
! No.
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! {{Tooltip|Pts Pos|Points Position For The Entire Season, even though the driver might have driven for another team during the course of the season; Will be noted if applicable}}
! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points scored for the season}}
|-
!rowspan=3| [[2004 Champ Car season|2004]]
!colspan=4|
| [[2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey|MTY]]
| [[2004 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 250|MIL]]
| [[2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]
| [[2004 U.S. Bank Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]
| [[2004 Molson Indy Toronto|TOR]]
| [[2004 Molson Indy Vancouver|VAN]]
| [[2004 Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]]
| [[2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]]
| [[2004 Molson Indy Montreal|MTL]]
| [[2004 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey|LAG]]
| [[2004 Bridgestone 400|LSV]]
| [[2004 Lexmark Indy 300|SFR]]
| [[2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate|MXC]]
!colspan=2|
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00
|rowspan=2| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth#Other IndyCar and Champ Car engines|XFE]] [[V8 engine|V8]][[Turbocharger|t]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]]
|9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 14
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 15
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 15
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 14
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 17
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 9
|12th
|'''185'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
|10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 12
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 17
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 13
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 15
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|6th
|'''229'''
|-
!rowspan=3| [[2005 Champ Car season|2005]]
!colspan=4|
| [[2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[2005 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey|MTY]]
| [[2005 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225|MIL]]
| [[2005 G.I. Joe's Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]
| [[2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]
| [[2005 Molson Indy Toronto|TOR]]
| [[2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton|EDM]]
| [[2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose|SJO]]
| [[2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]]
| [[2005 Molson Indy Montreal|MTL]]
| [[2005 Hurricane Relief 400|LSV]]
| [[2005 Lexmark Indy 300|SRF]]
| [[2005 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate|MXC]]
!colspan=3|
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00
|rowspan=2| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth#Other IndyCar and Champ Car engines|XFE]] [[V8 engine|V8]][[Turbocharger|t]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
|9
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| '''17'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 7
|style="background:#ffffbf;" align=center| ''1''
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 17
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 7
|style="background:#ffffbf;" align=center| '''''1'''''*
|
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|'''3rd'''
|'''265'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
|10
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 10
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 12
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| '''''14'''''*
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 17
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 13
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|
|5th
|'''227'''
|-
!rowspan=5| [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]]
!colspan=4|
| [[2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[2006 Grand Prix of Houston|HOU]]
| [[2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey|MTY]]
| [[2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225|MIL]]
| [[2006 Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]
| [[2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]
| [[2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto|TOR]]
| [[2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton|EDM]]
| [[2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose|SJO]]
| [[2006 Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]]
| [[2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal|MTL]]
| [[2006 Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]]
| [[2006 Lexmark Indy 300|SRF]]
| [[2006 Gran Premio Telmex|MXC]]
!colspan=2|
|-
|rowspan=4| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] B02/00
|rowspan=4| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth#Other IndyCar and Champ Car engines|XFE]] [[V8 engine|V8]][[Turbocharger|t]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
|9
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 13
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| '''4'''
|style="background:#ffffbf;" align=center| ''1''
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 14
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#DFC484;" align=center| Wth
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| '''2'''*
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''2nd'''
|'''298'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
|rowspan=3|10
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 16
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8
|style="background:#ffdf9f;" align=center| 3
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|{{tooltip|'''3rd'''|Raced for Forsythe Racing at Rds. 5-13.}}
|'''285'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cristiano da Matta]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 14
|style="background:#dfffdf;" align=center| 5
|style="background:#efcfff;" align=center| 18
|style="background:#dfdfdf;" align=center| 2
|
|
|
|
|
|{{tooltip|15th|Raced for Dale Coyne Racing at Rds. 1-4.}}
|'''134'''
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ryan Briscoe]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 14
|21st
|'''17'''
|-
!rowspan=2| [[2007 Champ Car season|2007]]
!colspan=4|
| [[2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix|LSV]]
| [[2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[2007 Grand Prix of Houston|HOU]]
| [[2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]
| [[2007 Grand Prix Of Cleveland|CLE]]
| [[2007 Champ Car Mont-Tremblant|MTT]]
| [[2007 Steelback Grand Prix|TOR]]
| [[2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton|EDM]]
| [[2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway|SJO]]
| [[2007 Generac Grand Prix|ROA]]
| [[2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix|ZOL]]
| [[2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland|ASN]]
| [[2007 Lexmark Indy 300|SFR]]
| [[2007 Gran Premio Tecate|MXC]]
!colspan=2|
|-
| [[Panoz]] [[Panoz DP01|DP01]]
| [[Cosworth]] [[Cosworth#Other IndyCar and Champ Car engines|XFE]] [[V8 engine|V8]][[Turbocharger|t]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]{{ref|1|1}}
|9
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|style="background:#dfffdf; text-align:center;"| 5
|style="background:#ffffbf; text-align:center;"| 1*
|style="background:#dfdfdf; text-align:center;"| 2
|style="background:#cfeaff; text-align:center;"| 10
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{tooltip|'''2nd'''|Raced for RSPORTS at Rds. 1-10.}}
|'''281'''
|}
{{refbegin}}
# {{note|1}} Competed as [[RSPORTS]] at Rds. 1-10.
{{refend}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Champ Car World Series}}
{{Champ Car teams}}

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[[Category:American auto racing teams]]
[[Category:Atlantic Championship teams]]
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[[Category:Auto racing teams disestablished in 2007]]