Citrone/Buhl Autosport partners with Rahal Letterman Lanigan; Spencer Pigot to drive

Detroit, MI - Citrone/Buhl Autosport (CBA) has partnered with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) to run as co-entrant on RLL’s third car during the month of May. The group announced today that Spencer Pigot, who made three starts for the team in 2016, will return to RLL in 2020 for the GMR Grand Prix on May 9 and the Indianapolis 500 on May 24 in a Honda-powered car entered with Citrone/Buhl Autosport.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, based in Hilliard, Ohio and Brownsburg, Ind., is co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former CBS Late Show host David Letterman, and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. “We are looking forward to working with Citrone/Buhl Autosport on this entry. It is an exciting time for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and having a new team enter the sport is proof of that,” said Rahal.

Orlando, Florida native Pigot, 26, earned back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015 in the INDYCAR Ladder Series with his 2014 Pro Mazda championship and 2015 Indy Lights title. He made his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut with RLL in 2016 in the St. Petersburg season opener and also competed in the INDYCAR Grand Prix and Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the team.

“I’m very excited to join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with Citrone/Buhl Autosport for this year’s GMR Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500,” said Pigot. “I can’t thank everyone at RLL and Citrone/Buhl Autosport enough for their efforts in putting this deal together and the opportunity to compete in another Indy 500. I can’t wait for May!”

The Citrone/Buhl Autosport team joined RLL at their 2nd annual Partner Summit at the BMW Performance Center in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina on Wednesday. Rob Citrone, his son Nick, and wife Cindy, along with Robbie Buhl and Bill Kerstetter of Buhl Sport Detroit, spent the day with the entire RLL team, sponsors, and partners for programming in the morning and some exciting driving events in the afternoon.

“Nick, myself and our whole family are excited to be part of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team and to have Spencer as the driver is incredible,” Citrone said. “We have been incredibly impressed with all of the people we have met at RLL.” Robbie expressed the same excitement, “We all want to win and this set up allows us to learn in an accelerated way. Getting to see more of how the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team operates and getting to see the depth of both the engineering and commercial side is exciting. We feel great about our partnership.”