Birth date : May 23, 1970
Birthplace : Warren
Marital status : Married, 2 children



Height : 5-10
Weight : 155

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Career Highlights

- Earned first IndyCar Series victory in July 2003 at Kansas Speedway in his third start.
- Won CART events at Laguna Seca in 1998 and 1999.

2004
- Finished ninth in IndyCar Series standings, driving for Andretti Green Racing.
- Recorded four top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes.
- Qualified a career-best third at Nashville.
- Led four races for a total of 67 laps.
- Started 23rd and finished fourth in 88th Indianapolis 500.
- Finished a season-best second at Chicagoland Speedway.

2003
- Earned first career IndyCar Series victory at Kansas Speedway in only his third start.
- Served as subsitute for injured Dario Franchitti in June at Texas, finishing fifth. Andretti Green Racing announced in late June that he would substitute for Franchitti for the remainder of the season.
- Competed in CART event at Laguna Seca and finished 11th.

2002
- Competed full time in American Le Mans Series with Panoz factory team.
- Competed in Le Mans 24 Hours.

2001
- Competed in CART with Forsythe Championship Racing and finished 22nd in standings. Finished season-best third at Cleveland.

2000
- Competed in six CART events, one with Forsythe Championship Racing, three with Mo Nunn Racing as a substitute for the injured Tony Kanaan and two with Walker Racing as a substitute for the injured Shinji Nakano.
- Finished fourth at Laguna Seca with Forsythe and finished fifth at Long Beach with Walker.

1999
- Finished 12th in CART standings, driving for Team Rahal.
- Earned second consecutive victory from the pole at Laguna Seca.

1998
- Finished eighth in CART standings for Team Rahal, tying his career-best finish.
- Earned first CART victory from the pole at Laguna Seca and earned three pole positions.

1997
- Drove in second season for Team Rahal in CART and finished 11th in standings.
- Had nine top-10 finishes and two pole positions.

1996
- Finished a career-best eighth in CART standings in first season with Team Rahal.
- Had eight top-10 finishes and ended the season with seven consecutive top-six finishes.

1995
- Drove full season for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in CART and finished 20th in standings.
- Finished 13th in his second Indianapolis 500. Originally qualified at 225.551 mph but had to start 33rd after a practice crash destroyed the qualified car, forcing him to a backup car for the race.

1994
- Made Indy-style debut driving for A.J. Foyt Racing at Indianapolis 500. Started 22nd and finished ninth.
- Competed in five CART events for Foyt and earned three top-10 finishes.
- Suffered leg and pelvis injuries in practice accident at Toronto that ended his season.

1993
- Won Indy Lights championship, driving for Tasman Motorsports Group.
- Earned seven victories, a series-record eight poles and completed 99 percent of the laps for the season.

1992
- Finished fifth in Indy Lights championship as a rookie. Won at Toronto and added three podium finishes.

1991
- Won the Barber Saab Pro Series championship with four victories and two poles.
- Selected to represent the United States in the Formula Ford Festival World Cup event, leading the team to an 11th-place finish out of 193 cars.

1990
- Finished fifth in rookie season of Barber Saab Pro Series.

1989
- Earned 14 victories in 18 races en route to winning the Skip Barber Formula Ford Series.

1986-88
- Competed in World Karting Association events.

1985
- Finished second in the World Karting Association season point championship and third in the Karting World Championship.

1982-84
- Competed in karting events and was the season champion each year.


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2005 drivers


A.J. Foyt Enterprises

A.J. Foyt IV

Andretti Green Racing

Dario Franchitti
Bryan Herta
Tony Kanaan
Dan Wheldon

Delphi
Fernandez Racing


Scott Sharp

Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing


Roger Yasukawa

Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing

Paul Dana

Malboro Team Penske

Helio Castroneves
Sam Hornish Jr.

Panther Racing

Tomas Enge
Tomas Scheckter

Rahal-
Letterman Racing


Vitor Meira
Danica Patrick
Buddy Rice

Red Bull
Cheever Racing


Alex Barron
Patrick Carpentier

Super Aguri
Fernandez Racing


Kosuke Matsuura

Target Chip
Ganassi Racing


Scott Dixon
Ryan Briscoe
Darren Manning

Vision Racing

Ed Carpenter



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