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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 .
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.
Haas Factory Team (HFT) is an American professional stock car racing team that will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Haas Automation founder Gene Haas. It will debut in 2025, following the closure of Stewart–Haas Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 season. [1]
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.
Gene Haas is keeping a NASCAR Cup Series charter for the 2025 season. (Photo by Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images) (Song Haiyuan/MB Media via Getty Images) Gene Haas is keeping one of his team ...
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.
Haas was the first American constructor to submit an F1 entry after the failed US F1 project in 2010, [13] and it is the first American constructor to compete since the unrelated Haas Lola outfit raced in the 1985 and 1986 seasons. The Haas Lola team was owned by former McLaren boss Teddy Mayer and Carl Haas, who was not related to Gene Haas.
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