Arciero-Blair Racing enters the 2001 FedEx Championship Series as a new program, but with some familiar names.

Arciero-Blair Racing, the company, was formed by Matthias Czabok and Larry Blair, and it is registered as a California partnership (LLC). The team has also joined forces with past CART owner Frank Arciero, forming the official Champ Car team Arciero-Blair Racing. Czabok, the past marketing director of PRG, and Blair, former vice president of Redback Networks, run the company on a day-to-day basis. Blair  carries expertise in high-tech marketing and business-to-business communications. Arciero, along with son Albert, renew their association with CART. Arciero-Blair Racing starts up with Brazilian Max Wilson behind the wheel of a Ford Cosworth-powered Lola.

Blair Racing LLC
8098 N. Woodland Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46278
(317) 228-1414 Office
(317) 228-1863 Fax

www.BlairRacing.com

CART veteran Robert (Bob) Sprow is the new general manager for the Arciero-Blair Racing team.

Sprow’s impressive career spans more than 20 years in the automotive industry and motorsports. Since graduating from the Ford Motor Company Technical School in 1972, Sprow has worked as either team manager or crew chief for some of the sport’s most successful organizations, including Penske Racing, Newman-Haas Racing, Patrick Racing and the Arciero Racing Teams. With many championships already under his belt, and experience in setting up equipment for CART’s upper echelon drivers including Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Sr., Roberto Moreno, Andrian Fernandez and Max Papis, Sprow gives Arciero-Blair Racing an
immediate head start. His diversity will also play an important role in the innovative approach the team is taking. Aside from his accomplishments in CART, Sprow managed the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championship-winning International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GTP teams in 1990 and 1991, and the MTEG Manufacturers’ Championship winning teams in 1987, 1988 and 1989.

Arciero-Blair Racing would like to thank the many sponsors that support the team in it's success.

Driving 101
Broadchoice
Redback Networks
Davis Public Image
Ford Racing
Arciero Wines
tmrXchange
Simpson

Go to our full sponsor list to learn more about our sponsors and how they can help you.

Larry is the owner of Arciero-Blair Racing.

As a businessman and entrepreneur, Larry Blair enters the motorsports arena not only as a team owner but also as a futurist with the acumen, creativity and experience to ignite and develop a successful racing brand and organization. In the technology sector, Blair held key positions with businesses that literally laid the foundation of the Internet, including posts as Vice President of Marketing for both Redback Networks, Inc. and Ipsilon, but only after co-founding Kalpana (the inventor of the Ethernet switch).

Recognizing the similarities in the information-driven cultures of technology and motorsports, Blair intends to add the speed and agility of new economy thinking to the existing conventional wisdom found in racing. This will mean “taking action and taking risks”, but it also draws upon the proven business-to-business and partnering models that are critical to accelerate any new venture toward its goals.

Matthias ran his own advertising and marketing agency in Germany for seven years before he decided to sell his partnership in 1998. 

He started a new company specializing in Motorsport marketing. 

Since October 1998, he was working as an independent marketing consultant for different CART Teams as the European agent. 

In 1999, he became the official marketing office for separated marketing programs in the German Touring Car Racing.

For 2000, Matthias joined the new CART team Arciero Project Racing Group as director of marketing.

The Arciero legacy dates back to Frank Sr.’s debut at the 1959 Indy 500, a bold move that led to decades of motorsports involvement including Indy 500 and CART campaigns and full-time CART team ownership by 1980. 

Inheriting his father’s passion for both racing and business, son Albert was working in the race shop by age 12, becoming an accomplished mechanic before beginning his own successful off-road racing career in 1970. Together, the Arcieros built one of racing’s most respected organizations and over the years have had renowned drivers Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Michael Andretti, Bobby and Al Unser in their stable. 

More recently, in their past relationship with Arciero-Wells Racing they had drivers Max Papis, Robby Gordon, Cristiano da Matta and Hiro Matsushita. Much of the Arcieros’ viability on the track can be attributed to their prowess outside the racing arena, where they have built successful enterprises that include real estate development, a 5,000-acre alfalfa ranch, and the acclaimed Arciero Winery. 

They are continuing to add to their racing involvement, with Jerry Forysthe as their partner, in building a racetrack in the Sacramento, Calif. area.