Stefan Rzadzinski

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.[http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/17110/career/ Stefan Rzadzinski - Career Detail], Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-12-14 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.Ireland, Joanne. [https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/autoracing/Edmonton+Indy+will+have+some+local+Razzle+Dazzle/5098315/story.html Edmonton Indy will have some local Razzle Dazzle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203043742/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/autoracing/Edmonton+Indy+will+have+some+local+Razzle+Dazzle/5098315/story.html |date=2016-02-03 }}, Edmonton Journal, July 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-15 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. In 2012 he signed with JDC MotorSports to race in the Star Mazda Championship.Lees, Nick. [https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/Local+teen+hopes+become+wheel+Indy+racing/6311110/story.html Local teen hopes to one day become a big wheel in Indy racing], Edmonton Journal, March 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-22 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.

In 2017, Rzadzinski won a social media contest which allowed him to compete alongside James Hinchcliffe at the 2017 Race of Champions, where he defeated both 2016 Indy 500 champion Alexander Rossi and former F1 driver Scott Speed in Nations' Cup group stage heats.{{cite press release|title=Stefan Rzadzinski Amazes Crowd with Incredible Performance in Race of Champions Debut|url=https://racecanada.biz/index.php/news2/road-racing/3219-stefan-rzadzinski-amazes-crowd-with-incredible-performance-in-race-of-champions-debut|publisher=Nissan USA|website=racecanada.biz|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://racecanada.biz/index.php/news2/road-racing/3219-stefan-rzadzinski-amazes-crowd-with-incredible-performance-in-race-of-champions-debut|title=Race of Champions marks Cinderella moment for Canadian racer|last=Bleakney|first=Peter|publisher=Driving.ca|website=driving.ca|date=January 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120718/https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/race-of-champions-marks-cinderella-moment-for-canadian-racer-stefan-rzadzinski|archive-date=January 26, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=February 11, 2025}}

Rzadzinski's nickname in the paddock is "Razzle Dazzle".

Motorsports career results

=American open-wheel racing results=

(key)

==Indy Lights==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! 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 \|style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| EDM 10 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| EDM 13 \| TRO \| NHM \| BAL \| KTY \| LVS ! 24th ! 37

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! 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

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| EDM
10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EDM
13

| TRO

| NHM

| BAL

| KTY

| LVS

! 24th

! 37

==Star Mazda Championship==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! Rank

! Points

2012

! JDC MotorSports

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| STP
10

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| STP
8

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| BAR
10

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| BAR
8

| IND

| IOW

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TOR
11

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TOR
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EDM
17

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| EDM
6

| TRO

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| BAL
9

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BAL
11

| LAG

| ATL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 108

==U.S. F2000 National Championship==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Rank

! Points

2013

! JDC MotorSports

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| SEB
9

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| STP
3

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| STP
11

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LOR
10

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TOR
9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
27

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MDO
14

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MDO
13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MDO
11

|LAG

|HOU

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=45\| NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! {{Tooltip\|NCTSC\|NASCAR Canadian Tire Series classification}} ! Pts
rowspan=2\| 2014 ! Tagliani AutoSport ! 18 ! Dodge \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MSP 13 \| ACD \| ICAR \| colspan=4\| \| style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| RIS 14 \| MSP \| BAR \| KWA ! rowspan=2\| 23rd ! rowspan=2\| 129
22 Racing ! 24 ! Dodge \| colspan=3\| \| style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| EIR 9 \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SAS 11 \| ASE \| CTR \| colspan=4\|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=45| NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6