achieved the runner up position in the championship beating Justin Bell. Wilsons big break through came in 1990. The driver won six out of the twelve rounds of the series and won the championship by 55 points. With eleven wins Rob Wilson is the winningest driver in the 18 years of the Barber Pro Series. After winning the championship Rob Wilson started in the Indy Lights in 1991. His best result came at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course while driving for Stuart Moore Racing. Wilson finished ninth in his March Wildcat. Wilson returned in Indy Lights in 1994. While driving for Team Leisy the New Zealander achieved his best result in Indy Lights. At the Milwaukee Mile he finished fifth. Wilson scored 22 points and finished twelfth in the standings. With these results Wilson was the best classified part-time driver even beating some full-time Indy Lights competitors. With the creation of the IndyCar Series Wilson entered the 1996 Indy 500 with Project Indy. The racer was entered in a Ford Cosworth XB powered Lola T93/00 sponsored by gun manufacturer Ruger. Racing in 1993 built equipment Wilson failed to qualify. He was the third fastest non qualifier of a total of ten non qualifiers. NASCAR Rob Wilson made his stockcar racing debut in the 1994 GMC Trucks 200K, a NASCAR Busch North Series race at Lime Rock Park. The 41-year-old started 24th but had to retire after a transmission failure. He returned to the series the following year. His best result came at Nazareth Speedway. While racing a Pontiac owned by Joe Bessey he finished fifteenth. Wilson achieved the height of is Busch North career in 1996. Wilson led a lap at the 1996 Burnham Boilers 150 at Watkins Glen International, he eventually finished sixth. In 1995 the Kiwi made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series. He was first entered in the 1995 NE Chevy Dealers 250 at New Hampshire International Speedway but failed to qualify. He qualified 42nd (as last starter) the following race at Nazareth. Racing in the #9 Delco Remy Pontiac he raced his way through the field finishing fifteenth. The New Zealander returned for two races in 1997. He failed to finish both races due to mechanical breakdown. Sportscar racing Wilson raced a few races in the IMSA Camel Lights. Wilson and his teammate Ken Knott finished seventh in class in the 1990 Grand Prix