THE ORIGINS OF NEWMAN/HAAS The unlikely duo of Chicago businessman Carl Haas and movie star/racecar driver Paul Newman began as fierce competitors within the CanAm series.

Haas had experienced great success winning the championship four years in a row between 1977–1980 , and he was the North American distributor of Lola race cars.

As such, Carl supplied cars to Newman—who claimed they typically arrived late and overweight.

Despite their less-than-cordial relationship, one day Haas called Newman and asked if he wanted to go Indy Car racing together.

Paul immediately denied the request, but Carl persisted and claimed he could get Mario Andretti behind the wheel.

Andretti had known of Haas, and greatly respected his dedication to the sport and the way in which he ran his team.

A deal was stuck in October 1982, and the triumvirate was formed.

While Lola had previously achieved great success in the category, famously winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 with Graham Hill and in 1978 w...