Stefan Rzadzinski (born January 5, 1993) is a Canadian racing driver from Edmonton, Alberta.
Rzadzinski won several regional karting titles and placed highly in many major American national karting championships from 2002 to 2008. In 2009 and 2010 he raced in the Ontario Formula Ford 1600 championship and placed second both years.[1] He signed on with Davey Hamilton Racing to take a significant step up and make his Firestone Indy Lights debut in the series' 2011 double-header in Rzadzinski's hometown of Edmonton.[2] Rzadzinski finished 10th and 13th in the two races, good enough for 37 points and 24th in the championship. He also participated in the 2011 Skip Barber Summer Series where he finished fifth with two wins in 16 races.[1] In 2012 he signed with JDC MotorSports to race in the Star Mazda Championship.[3] He competed in ten of the 17 races and finished 16th in points with a best finish of sixth in his home race in Edmonton.
In 2014 he ran 4 races in NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with a best finish of 9th.
Rzadzinski's nickname in the paddock is "Razzle Dazzle".[2]
Motorsports career results
American open-wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Davey Hamilton Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM 10 |
EDM 13 |
TRO | NHM | BAL | KTY | LVS | 24th | 37 |
Star Mazda Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | JDC MotorSports | STP 10 |
STP 8 |
BAR 10 |
BAR 8 |
IND |
IOW |
TOR 11 |
TOR 12 |
EDM 17 |
EDM 6 |
TRO |
TRO |
BAL 9 |
BAL 11 |
LAG |
LAG |
ATL |
16th | 108 |
U.S. F2000 National Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | JDC MotorSports | SEB 5 |
SEB 9 |
STP 3 |
STP 11 |
LOR 10 |
TOR 9 |
TOR 27 |
MDO 14 |
MDO 13 |
MDO 11 |
LAG |
LAG |
HOU |
HOU |
14th | 110 |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Canadian Tire Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | NCTSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Tagliani AutoSport | 18 | Dodge | MSP 13 |
ACD | ICAR | RIS 14 |
MSP | BAR | KWA | 23rd | 129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 Racing | 24 | Dodge | EIR 9 |
SAS 11 |
ASE | CTR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Speedstar Motorsport | SEB | SEB | 8th | 48 |
| 5 | 9 |
References
- 1 2 Stefan Rzadzinski - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-12-14
- 1 2 Ireland, Joanne. Edmonton Indy will have some local Razzle Dazzle Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Edmonton Journal, July 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-15
- ↑ Lees, Nick. Local teen hopes to one day become a big wheel in Indy racing, Edmonton Journal, March 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-22
External links
- Stefan Rzadzinski driver statistics at Racing-Reference