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{{short description|American racing driver}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Paul Gentilozzi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|02|06}}
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| birth_place = [[Lansing, Michigan]], U.S.
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| occupation = Race car driver and businessman
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'''Paul Gentilozzi''' (born February 6, 1950, in [[Lansing, Michigan]]) is a race car driver and businessman. His non-racing business interests are [[real estate development]], principally developing office buildings for institutions and government agencies.
Prior to his involvement in motor racing, he received his Business Degree from [[Michigan State University]]. In 1985 he founded the successful [[Rocketsports Racing]] team that has competed in the [[Trans-Am series]], [[Champ Car World Series]], and The International Motorsports Association. As a driver he has won five drivers championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gotransam.com/about/?cid=59342|title=Trans Am History|last=Erickson|first=Keith|date=2017-07-23|website=Trans Am Series}}</ref> and nine manufacturers championships while holding the Trans Am record for wins, poles, top three finishes and prize money won. With 31 Trans Am wins, the most in series history, eclipsing the record held by [[Mark Donohue]] and 11 IMSA wins. He has run a number of different manufacturers including Oldsmobile, Ferrari, Ford, Nissan, Chevrolet, and most recently Jaguar. Previous to this he was involved in NHRA Drag Racing, successfully driving many Plymouth and Dodge vehicles. In 2009 he formed [[RSR Racing]] with his sons Anthony and John Gentilozzi.
He teamed up with three other drivers to win the [[1994 24 Hours of Daytona|1994]] [[24 Hours of Daytona]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Nissan big winners at Rolex 24 hours|work=Boca Raton News|date=1994-02-07|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=29wPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9YwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6566,3152539|access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref> his biggest win as a driver. He and Scott Pruett won the GTS class at the [[2002 24 Hours of Daytona|2002 Daytona 24 hour]] event. He has fielded Champ Cars for rookie of the year [[Timo Glock]], Alex Tagliani, Mario Dominguez, Antonio Pizzonia and 2004 [[Star Mazda]] series champion [[Michael McDowell (racing driver)|Michael McDowell]], while running three Trans-Am cars for himself, [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] advertising executive/racer Tomy Drissi and that year's series champion [[Klaus Graf (racing driver)|Klaus Graf]] of [[Germany]] and Television star Craig T. Nelson.
Gentilozzi and fellow Champ Car owners [[Gerald Forsythe]] and [[Kevin Kalkhoven]] purchased the assets of Champ Car following a financially difficult 2003 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Buyout of CART set; racing a go for 2004|work=St. Petersburg Times|date=2003-12-16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L-4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u3gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6590,426985|access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref> Judge Frank Otte ruled in favor of the trio, known as [[Open Wheel Racing Series]] LLC, over rival bidder [[Tony George]], the chairman/CEO of the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] and the [[Indy Racing League]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Cain|first=Holly|title=Auto Racing: Portland wins in judge's Open Wheel-IRL decision|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=2004-01-30|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/motorsports/158651_cain30.html|access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref> In 2008, the series was merged with the Indy Racing League.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Bruce|title=IndyCar nears Champ Car resolution|publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=2008-02-20|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/racing/02/19/indycar.resolution/|access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Report: IRL/Champ Car Merger Deal Done|publisher=The Sports Network|date=2008-02-19|url=https://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/canadian_tire_series/story/?id=230012|access-date=2010-09-14}}</ref>
==Motorsports career results==
===NASCAR===
([[Template:NASCAR driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.</span>)
====Winston Cup Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
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!colspan=45| [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup Series]] results
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! Year
! Team
! No.
! Make
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! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! [[1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1999]]
! [[Roehrig Motorsports]]
! 19
! [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
| [[1999 Daytona 500|DAY]]
| [[Dura Lube/Big K 400|CAR]]
| [[Las Vegas 400|LVS]]
| [[Cracker Barrel 500|ATL]]
| [[1999 TranSouth Financial 400|DAR]]
| [[Primestar 500 (Texas)|TEX]]
| [[Food City 500|BRI]]
| [[Goody's Body Pain 500|MAR]]
| [[DieHard 500 (Spring Talladega)|TAL]]
| [[California 500 Presented by NAPA|CAL]]
| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]
| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]
| [[MBNA Platinum 400|DOV]]
| [[Kmart 400|MCH]]
| [[Pocono Organics CBD 325|POC]]
| [[1999 Save Mart/Kragen 350|SON]]
| [[1999 Pepsi 400|DAY]]
| [[Jiffy Lube 300|NHA]]
| [[Pennsylvania 500|POC]]
| [[Brickyard 400|IND]]
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1999 Frontier @ the Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| [[Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer|MCH]]
| [[1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500|BRI]]
| [[Pepsi Southern 500|DAR]]
| [[Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400|RCH]]
| [[Dura Lube/Kmart 300|NHA]]
| [[MBNA Gold 400|DOV]]
| [[NAPA Autocare 500|MAR]]
| [[UAW-GM Quality 500|CLT]]
| [[Winston 500 (Fall)|TAL]]
| [[Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400|CAR]]
| [[Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500|PHO]]
| [[Pennzoil 400 (Homestead-Miami)|HOM]]
| [[1999 NAPA 500|ATL]]
! NA
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! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/gentipa01/1999/W|title=Paul Gentilozzi – 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>
|}
==References==
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