Career Highlights

- 2003 IndyCar Series Champion.
- Led IndyCar Series in wins (3); poles (5); races led (14) and laps led (748) in 2003.
- Youngest driver to win in any major open-wheel series with CART victory in 2001 at Nazareth.

2004
- Finished 10th in IndyCar Series standings, driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
Earned two top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.
- Finished 10th in points in first year of Crown Royal IROC competition.
- With teammate Darren Manning, finished third in a CompUSA Daytona Prototype in the Rolex Series Grand Am Sportscar series finale.

2003
- Won IndyCar Series Championship for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
- Won season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his first IndyCar Series start. Also earned victories at Pikes Peak and Richmond.
- Earned five MBNA Pole Awards (Japan, Richmond, Kansas, Nashville, Nazareth).
- Established an IndyCar Series record for most races led in a season (14).
- Led series in wins (3 – tied with de Ferran and Hornish); poles (5); races led (14) and laps led (748).
- A consistent front-runner, led the series in consecutive top-five starts (10); consecutive top-five finishes (3); consecutive top-10 starts (15) and consecutive races led (4).
- Became the first driver in IndyCar Series history to lead consecutive laps over the course of three races. Led the final 84 laps en route to a victory at Pikes Peak and led all 206 laps of the rain-shortened event Richmond. Led the first 53 laps at Kansas for a total of 343 consecutive laps led.

2002
- Finished 13th in CART standings, earning three top-five finishes, including a second place at Denver.
- Began the season with PacWest Racing, moved to Target Chip Ganassi Racing before Milwaukee and finished season with Target team.
- Announced Oct. 23 he would compete in IndyCar Series for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in 2003.

2001
- Won CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award and finished eighth in CART standings with victory at Nazareth.
- Youngest driver to win in any major open-wheel series with victory at Nazareth at age 20 years, 9 months, 14 days. 2000
- Won Dayton Indy Lights championship, winning six of 12 races driving for PacWest Lights team.

1999
- Competed in first season of North American competition with Johansson Motorsports in Dayton Indy Lights series, winning at Chicago, where he led every lap from the pole.
- Finished fifth in championship and second in the Rookie of the Year standings.

1998
- Won Australian-based Formula Holden championship for Formula 3000 cars with five wins, seven poles and five second-place finishes in 12 races.

1997
- Finished third in Formula Holden and named series Rookie of the Year.

1996
- Captured New Zealand Formula Ford Class I championship.

1995
- Earned 13 wins in 14 races to capture New Zealand Formula Ford Class II championship.

1994
- Finished second in the New Zealand Formula Class II championship.
- Won the New Zealand Formula Vee championship after being granted a special license to compete at the age of 13.