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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
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The headquarters of Rahal Letterman Racing is one of the finest race shop facilities of its type in the world of motorsports. Encompassing nearly 60,000 square feet of space in suburban Columbus, Ohio, it houses, in two adjacent buildings, all of the personnel and equipment necessary to develop, field and maintain Rahal Letterman's IRL IndyCar Series and American Le Mans Series programs and in the past has housed the team's Champ Car, Atlantic, Indy Lights and Formula BMW programs. The building provides space for 65 race team members and associates attending to Rahal's non-racing-related business enterprises. Each building features a lobby, which houses a retired car from the team's livery and many of the trophies and images commemorating past triumphs. Individual areas of the shop are specialized for the preparation and maintenance of the race cars: the main race shop, located in the new building, is where mechanical work on the IndyCar program is done; the composites area, where body panels are molded and created; the machine shop, where tools and parts are made; the fabrication area, where sheet metal parts are formed; the shock room, where suspension testing and production are completed; and a paint booth, where the cars are finished and decaled. Though purpose-built to house a state-of-the-art race shop, the original building was not always home to Rahal Letterman Racing. ...
Number of Employees 74
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NAICS Code Used Car Dealers: 441120
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Rahal, Servia get to go back to Indy -- barely
INDIANAPOLIS -- Oriol Servia and Bobby Rahal came agonizingly close to missing the Indianapolis 500. The driver and team owner came together just in time to qualify for Sunday's race. Servia, who made his first Indy start last May, spent the winter looking for work...
Rookie class brings tons of experience
INDIANAPOLIS -- He's the IRL IndyCar Series' youngest winner at 19. His father won this race 22 years ago. With a childhood spent exploring the speedway, Graham Rahal should be as prepared as possible as he competes in his first Indianapolis 500. Teammate Justin Wilson, 29,...
BMW heads back to ALMS.
BMW is to return to the American Le Mans Series in 2008 after confirming that Rahal Letterman Racing will enter the next-generation M3 Coupe into the GT2 class this year. The car, officially unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show, is set to hit the track late this year before...
F1 SEATS ALMOST FILLED.(Competition)
Force India formerly Spyker is the only Formula One team not yet to have finalized its 2008 race driver lineup. It would like to use an Indian but is expected to confirm soon that it signed Giancarlo Fisichella as Adrian Sutil's teammate. Former Renault...
Rahal ready for sportscar return.
Champ Car World Series rookie Graham Rahal will make his return to the American Le Mans Series this weekend as the 18-year-old rejoins the Rahal Letterman Racing team for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Both team and driver will be debuting in the ten hour/1000km event, with...
Junior rejoins RLR for Petit.
Graham Rahal will grab the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of, not only father Bobby, but also Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti and Mark Donohue as he takes time out of his Champ Car schedule to join the Rahal Letterman Racing American Le Mans programme for this year's Petit Le...
First ALMS podium for RLR.
Rahal Letterman Racing celebrated their first ever American Le Mans podium after securing second in the GT2 class at Lime Rock Park after a fighting drive by Tom Milner and Ralf Kelleners. Starting fourth in the GT2 class, Milner piloted the BellMicro Porsche around the tight 1.54-mile road course...
Sharp still keeping the faith
Until visiting Rahal Letterman Racing headquarters last October in Hilliard, Ohio, Scott Sharp wasn't convinced his IRL IndyCar Series job search had reached its fruition. The veteran was impressed by the team's state-of-the-art machine shop and a full-fledged engineering staff despite its location hundreds of miles...
Indy 500 Race Cars to Run on 100% Ethanol
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana ENS — --> On Sunday for the first time, all cars competing in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Car Race, better known as the Indy 500, will run on a renewable fuel. Racing champion Bobby Rahal announced the change earlier this month, calling...
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