Mo Nunn Explained

Mo Nunn
Birth Name:	Morris Nunn
Birth Date:	27 September 1938
Birth Place:	Walsall, England
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Motor racing, engineer and team owner
Years Active:	1963–2005
Known For:	Formula One, team owner (Ensign) Champ Car and Indy Racing League, team owner (Mo Nunn Racing)

Morris Nunn (27 September 1938 – 18 July 2018)^{[1] [2]} was an English motor racing team owner and engineer. He founded and ran the Ensign Formula One team in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later worked for Chip Ganassi's highly successful Champ Car team, before founding Mo Nunn Racing for the 2000 season. At the urging of Mercedes-Benz Nunn again started a team for the 2002 Indy Racing League season.The team was sponsored by WorldCom and Hollywood (tobacco) and initially hired Tony Kanaan and Felipe Giaffone. Giaffone finished 3rd in the 2002 Indianapolis 500 and Kanaan was leading but crashed in the last laps. A third car driven by Jeff Simmons finished ninth.In 2002, Nunn entered one car each in Champ Car and the rival Indy Racing League. The IRL entry for Giaffone proved more competitive than Kanaan's Champ Car entry, encouraging the team to concentrate purely on IRL a year later. With Toyota and Pioneer backing, the former F1 driver Tora Takagi joined the team. He finished 10th in 2003, while Giaffone missed races because of injuries. He was replaced by Alex Barron, who won the Michigan race. For 2004, only one car was entered, for Takagi, whose performance was not impressive after a heavy crash at Twin Ring Motegi. Other than a joint effort with Fernández Racing at the 2005 Indianapolis 500, Nunn closed the team in 2005 and retired.

Race results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap; results with * indicate most laps led)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
2000											DET				MCH				VAN
	Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes IC 108E
	Tony Kanaan	55	10	16	18	16	8	10	DNS				24	16	13	8	14	22	13	10	8	18		19th	24
	Bryan Herta									16	9	18													26
2001					MTY	LBH	TEX	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SRF	FON
	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1	Tony Kanaan	55	7	7	style-"background:#ffffff"	C	16	3	6	DNS	24	16	10	21	8	5	12	4	7	8	12	8	17	5	9th	93
			Alex Zanardi	66	24	26	style-"background:#ffffff"	C	20	7	11	24	26	13	4	20	9	19	13	24	20						23rd	24
			Casey Mears (R)																			17	11	26	8	28th	7
2002		MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LAG	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SFR	FON	MXC
	Reynard 02i	Honda HR-2	Tony Kanaan	10	16	20	15*																			12th	99
	Lola B2/00					16	12	8	8	17	8	3	14	4	3	6	15	9	5	4	8*

1. The Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled after qualifying due to excessive g-forces on the drivers.

IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2002									INDY						MCH
	G-Force GF05C	Chevrolet Indy V8	Tony Kanaan	17					28												50th	2
	Felipe Giaffone	21	7	19	6	2	3	5	4	3	4	7	3	1*	21	6	17		4th	432
2003								INDY						MCH
	G-Force GF09 Dallara IR-03	Toyota Indy V8	Toranosuke Takagi	12	12	22	8	5	3	6	13	18	7	6	7	18	14	9	18	7	10th	317
			Arie Luyendyk	20				DNQ													NC	—
			Alex Barron					6														216
			21									5	1	16	20	15
				Felipe Giaffone	9	3	3	33	17	13	6	22						15	16	19	20th	199
2004								INDY
	Dallara IR-04	Toyota Indy V8	Toranosuke Takagi	12	4	8	10	19	10	19	21	11	20	20	20	19	17	13	14	12	15th	263
			Jeff Simmons (R)	21				16														26

1. Toranosuke Takagi had a 23 points deduction at Texas Motor Speedway due to unacceptable driving.

References

• Profile at Grandprix.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile . OldRacingCars.com . 3 October 2012.
2. Web site: Obituary: Ex-Ensign F1 boss and Indycar engineer Mo Nunn 1938-2018. Adam. Cooper. 18 July 2018 . 19 July 2018.