Rich Zober

Richard 'Rich' Zober (born 22 February 1966) is a racing driver who competed in various formula racing series.

Racing career

Zober started auto racing in 1995 in the SCCA Formula Continental class. The American driver finished eighteenth in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. He made his debut in the USF2000 championship in 2000. He competed in four races at Road America and Watkins Glen International. He competed in the American Continental Class for older F2000 cars. Zober scored a total of 23 points which placed him ninth in the championship.^[1] He returned the following season for two races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. This time he competed in a new Van Diemen in the National Championship class. During the first race Zober spun after which he retired.^[2] He managed to finish the second race as the last car running.^[3] The following year the American driver switched to the SCCA Formula Atlantic class driving a Swift 008.a. After two years in the amateur series he made his debut in the pro Atlantic Championship. Zober participated at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the C2 class for older Formula Atlantic cars in a Swift 008.a. He finished twelfth overall, second in class. Comprent Motorsports entered Zober the following season in the Atlantics support races at the Grand Prix of Cleveland. Again in the C2 class he achieved his first top-ten finish finishing eighth in the first race. In 2008 and 2009 Zober drove for Polestar Racing Group in the championship class. His best finish was an eleventh place at Lime Rock Park in 2009. Zober drove his first full season in the Atlantic Championship in 2012. After the downfall of Champ Car the series was revived by SCCA Pro Racing for 2012. The driver from Newtown, Pennsylvania achieved four top-ten finishes and was placed eighth in the championship.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2004	Comprent Motorsports	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR1	POR2	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL 12	LS	N.C.	0
2005	Comprent Motorsports	LBH	MTY	POR1	POR2	CLE1 8	CLE2 13	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	ROA	MTL	N.C.	0
2008	Polestar Racing Group	LBH	LS	MTT	EDM1	EDM2	ROA1	ROA2	TRR	NJ 17	UTA	ATL		27th	4
2009	Polestar Racing Group	SEB	UTA	NJ1 12	NJ2 12	LIM 11	ACC1	ACC2	MDO	TRR	MOS	ATL	LS	18th	7
2012	Comprent Motorsports	ATL1 DNF	ATL2 DNS	NJ1 9	NJ2 8	SUM1 7	SUM2 9							8th	99
2014	Comprent Motorsports	ATL1 8	ATL2 15	WGI1 9	WGI2 8	VIR1 6	VIR2 9	MDO1 9	MDO2 15	TOM1	TOM2			10th	160

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