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Gene Francis Haas (born November 12, 1952) is the American founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool manufacturer. He also has a presence in motorsports, having founded NASCAR teams Stewart-Haas Racing and Haas Factory Team , as well as the Formula One team, Haas F1 Team .
On May 28, 2024, it was announced that Stewart–Haas Racing would be shutting down the team's Cup and Xfinity teams following the 2024 season. [3] [4] [5] Less than a month later, on June 20, Gene Haas announced he will keep one of the team's charters and reorganize the team as Haas Factory Team, with Joe Custer as the team president.
Haas, a businessman who made millions as a machine tool manufacturer, started Haas CNC Racing in 2002. Over the course of 284 starts from 2002-2008, his cars scored just one top five and 14 top 10s.
It was founded in 2002 as Haas CNC Racing after Haas, whose company was a sponsor of Hendrick Motorsports, elected to form his own team. In 2009, Stewart, who had been driving for Joe Gibbs Racing , made a deal with Haas to drive for the team and in return receive a 50% stake in it.
Haas spends most of his time with his Formula 1 team and Stewart is driving a full NHRA schedule, making both absentee owners at NASCAR events. The 71-year-old Haas was also ill for much of last year.
Guenther Steiner, the first employee hired by Haas F1 and one of the stars of the Netflix docuseries on Formula One, has not been retained as team principal after a decade with the series' only ...
Gene Haas, the other co-owner of SHR, announced he would retain the team and rebrand it as Haas Factory Team for 2025. [4] This will also be the first season without 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. as a full-time driver, as he announced his retirement from full-time racing on June 14, 2024. [ 5 ]
Gene Haas is keeping one of his team’s four charters. Haas said Thursday that he would operate a Cup Series car and two Xfinity Series cars. The Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner’s announcement ...