Team Information

 

 

 

More than 240 starts.  An IRL Championship. 17 wins.  19 poles.  A front-row start in the Indianapolis 500.  That’s the kind of performance – and pedigree – O2 Racing Technology brings to the track.  Since 1986, Genoa Racing has made a name for itself as a fierce competitor, a “driver’s team,” an innovator and a driven organization that takes its drivers and its sponsor partners to the top step of the podium. Now rebranded, O2 Racing Technology carries on this storied tradition.

With seven years' experience in Indy Lights, engineer Dave McMillan has scored 8 poles, 25 "top 5" starts, 8 wins,  and 23 podium finishes, with Jeff Simmons, Al Unser III, Phil Giebler, Marco Andretti, Jay Howard, Jonny Reid, and Charlie Kimball.

 

Team founder and president, Mark Olson, has learned the value of Teamwork as the key element of success in any competitive environment. From his extensive business experience in many industries and with car racing being one of the most pure forms of competition, Olson endeavors to bring his vision for Team, disciplined business practices, and a ruthless drive for success to O2 Racing. 

 

Because Team is bigger than any individual or individuals Olson has always shunned the notion that the team name should include "Olson" in the name. Instead, he offers this compromise - the "O" in O2 Racing represents not Olson, but rather his vision for Team, team chemistry, process, procedure, discipline, and tireless execution. The team consists of like-minded individuals (drivers, engineers, mechanics, truck drivers, investors, sponsors, and fans) who live to build something bigger than themselves.

 

The superscript "2" in the O2 Racing logo represents the team's focus on delivering exponential value and growth to the team's and the driver's financial partners and sponsors. If the recent economic crash has taught us (as an industry) anything its that the old "give me money so that I can go racing" pay-to-play business model is dead! For a racing program to be sustainable, it has to return value to everyone's bottom-line.