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To become a successful business owner, it takes a unique set of characteristics. Andretti Green co-owner Kim Green consistently shows that he has what it takes to run a successful business. Unparalleled success and growth are just a couple of characteristics Green brings to the table.
Under Green's management, success has come at every level and at each turn. In addition to being the winningest team in Indy Racing League history, AGR has collected three IndyCar Series championships, the two best single-season win totals in IndyCar Series history, the 2008 and 2009 Firestone Indy Lights championships and has won the biggest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500, not once, but twice.
Green has been a leader of Andretti Green’s unparalleled growth since the team's first race in 2003. The IndyCar Series program at AGR expanded from a three-car team to a four-car effort in 2004. AGR entered third-generation driver Marco Andretti in an Indy Pro Series car in 2005 and won three races. In 2006, the team ran four cars during the IndyCar Series season, an additional car at Indianapolis for co-owner Michael Andretti and two full-time entries in the Indy Pro Series. Andretti Green was one of the three teams to run an Acura-powered machine and make the leap to the American Le Mans Series in 2007. In 2008, Andretti Green expanded its reach in the open-wheel realm by acquiring the A1 Team USA entry in the A1GP series.
At the track, he spends plenty of time mixing with team guests and sponsor VIPs, but those moments have often been separated by his trackside responsibilities as Hideki Mutoh’s pit boss and race strategist. With Green calling each of his races during the 2008 season, Mutoh became the third Andretti Green driver to claim the IndyCar Series rookie of the year award. Green also served as the race strategist for Tony Kanaan during his 2004 IndyCar Series championship campaign -- a season that saw Kanaan complete every lap of the 3,305 contested that year.
For Green – a native of the United Kingdom who was raised in Australia – it’s hard to abandon his hands-on roots in the motorsports industry. During his 20-plus years in auto racing, Green has worked his way through every operational and management level, and has now ascended to the top of his industry.
Green opened his racing career in 1981 with Newman Racing in the Can-Am series. After collecting a total of five wins and six poles during the 1981-82 seasons, Green joined Champ Car team Forsythe Racing in 1983. Over the next 10 years, Green continued honing his managerial skills in the CART series. In 1994, he joined the newly-formed Forsythe-Green Racing as team manager with driver Jacques Villeneuve.
In 1995 as team manager of Team Green, he helped deliver Villeneuve a CART series title. Villeneuve also claimed six poles and four wins that year, including a victory in the Indianapolis 500.
In 1997, Green took over as general manager of Team Green, assuming responsibility for the daily operations of the team’s Champ Car and Indy Lights programs. From 1998 to 2000, Green was responsible for race-day communications for driver Dario Franchitti. He was named president of Team Green in 2001 and also became general manager of the team’s third entry, Team Motorola, and took on the responsibility of race-day communications for Andretti.
As an owner, Green brings a legacy of success to the job. He is responsible for overseeing the entire Andretti Green Racing competitive program, which includes four entries that finished among the top 10 in the final IndyCar Series standings in 2004, 2005 and 2008.
Green considers his role as team owner one of the greatest challenges of his career. A professional who leads by example, he strongly believes that true teamwork is an essential component to success on and off the race track.
Green and his wife Cortney reside in Indianapolis with their daughter, Kylie.
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