1. Robbie Buhl was born on September 2,1963 and is an American former race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League.
10 Facts About Robbie Buhl
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Robbie Buhl was a color commentator for the IndyCar races on Versus.
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Robbie Buhl created and acts as lead instructor of Teen Street Skills, an advanced teen driver training program based and operating in Detroit.
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Robbie Buhl won the 1992 Indy Lights championship and caught the eye of John Menard's Team Menard in 1996, running as team mate to Tony Stewart for two seasons succeeding the late Scott Brayton.
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Robbie Buhl scored his first win in what was once the closest finish in series history when he beat ex-MasterCard Lola F1 driver Vincenzo Sospiri by 0.064 seconds at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Robbie Buhl was born in Detroit but his home is Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
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Robbie Buhl is a graduate of Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills.
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Robbie Buhl is a Founder and key Supporter of "Racing for Kids", a charitable foundation established to assist chronically ill children.
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Robbie Buhl makes a point of visiting sick children at hospitals on each stop of the circuit, bringing a bit of cheer to their lives in the process.
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Robbie Buhl would join Jenkins and Jon Beekhuis in the Versus broadcast booth for the 2009 IndyCar Series.