- Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an auto racing driver who has won championships in sprint cars, Indy cars, and stock cars. He currently drives the #20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and Chevrolet Impala SS in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and is sponsored by Home Depot. He also drives in the NASCAR Busch Series part-time in multiple cars, most notably, the #33 Old Spice Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Kevin Harvick Inc. - Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Hamilton (born January 7, 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England) is a British Formula One (F1) driver. Hamilton started racing karts at the age of eight. When he was nine, he approached McLaren F1 team boss Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony and told him he would drive for McLaren one day; four years later, Hamilton was signed to the McLaren driver development support programme. - Denny Hamlin
James Dennis "Denny" Hamlin, Jr. (born November 18, 1980) is a race car driver currently contracted to Joe Gibbs Racing. He was born in Chesterfield, Virginia, and currently lives in Davidson, North Carolina with his long time girlfriend Kristin Buntain. Kristin and Denny have been dating since high school. - Danica Patrick
Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American auto racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series. She is from an Irish-American family and was raised in Roscoe, Illinois. Danica Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. In May 2006, she published her autobiography, "Danica: Crossing the Line". - Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American race car driver. Jarrett currently races in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series exclusively, driving the #44 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing. He is the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National champion Ned Jarrett, and the father of former Busch Series racer Jason Jarrett. Upon graduation from Newton-Conover High School in 1974, … - Paul Tracy
Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough (now part of Toronto), Ontario) is a professional automobile racer in the Champ Car World Series. He also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill". - A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935 in Houston, Texas), is considered by many as the greatest American automobile racing driver of all time. He holds the all-time USAC career wins record with 159 victories. - Dan Wheldon
Daniel Clive Wheldon (born 22 June 1978 in Emberton, England) is a successful English auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League champion and Indy 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida. - Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania) is an American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti-Green Racing in the Indy Racing League. He is the son of 1991 IndyCar World Series champion Michael Andretti and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti. Andretti finished second in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in the second closest finish in the race's history. Andretti resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. - Ryan Briscoe
Ryan Briscoe (born September 24, 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. </small> - Roger Penske
Roger S. Penske , Chairman - Sarah Fisher
Sarah Marie Fisher (born October 4, 1980) is an American auto racing driver originally from Commercial Point, Ohio. As of 2007 she competes in the Indy Racing League (IRL) IndyCar Series for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. She became the first woman to win the pole in a major auto racing series in the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in 2002. - Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli (born 13 July, 1974) is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently in the employ of the Toyota team - George Lynch
George John Lynch, Sr. (June 20, 1918-May 7, 1997) was an American race car driver. George John Lynch was born in Miles City, Montana to John James Lynch and Violet Parks. Enduring a rough childhood that saw his parents divorce, he was reared by his mother's grandparents in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, where Mr. Lynch bought a used open-wheel race car for $100 and began racing, even before obtaining his civilian driver's license. - Adam Jones
Adam Jones is an auto racing driver from Birmingham, England. He competed successfully in Formula 3 and Formula Renault in France, before switching to GT racing. Three years of irregular drives in both the FIA and British GT championships where followed by a stint in the Le Mans Endurance series alongside Sascha Maassen, winning his class at the Nürburgring. In 2005 he raced historic cars as well as the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone, … - Nicklaus Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld (born May 10, 1977) is a German Formula One auto racing driver for the BMW Sauber factory team. He lives in Stafa, Switzerland with his girlfriend Patricia and baby daughter, Juni. BMW- Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld When Nick Heidfeld hits the dance floor, people rub their eyes in amazement. The internet download sequence runs for around 20 seconds: an excerpt from a television broadcast showing him in rave mode. - Alex Tagliani
Alexandre Tagliani (born October 18 1972) is a Canadian auto racing driver from Montreal, Quebec. He has raced in the Champ Car series since 2000, when it was still known officially as CART. In 2005 he joined Team Australia, which was essentially a rebranding of Derrick Walker's long-running team with the support of Australian businessman Craig Gore, and his currently 7th in the championship despite lacking a race engineer. - Buddy Rice
Buddy Rice (born January 31, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an auto racing driver best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as part of Rahal Letterman Racing. - Colin Braun
Colin Braun (born September 22, 1988) is an American racing driver, who competes for Krohn Racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. He is the youngest person to have ever won a major professional auto race in the United States. He was recently signed to a development driver contract for Roush Fenway Racing, in which he will compete in a limited ARCA season this year, while switching to the series full-time in 2008. - Ryan Hunter-Reay
Ryan Hunter-Reay (born December 17, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American auto racing driver, best known for spending three years (2003-2005) in the Champ Car World Series. He drove for three different teams and won two races, but did not compete in the series in 2006. He now drives for A1 Team USA. - Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal (born January 10, 1953 in Medina, Ohio) is an American auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the CART open-wheel series, winning three championships there. He has won the Indianapolis 500 as both a driver and an owner. As a driver, Rahal raced in Formula 1 and CART, including owning the team he drove for during most of his career. That team is now known as Rahal Letterman Racing. - Vitor Meira
Vitor Meira is an auto racing driver. After participating in an open test for Panther Racing at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002, he made his Indy Racing League debut with Team Menard on August 11, 2002 at Kentucky Speedway. A little over a month later, Vitor won his first career pole at Texas Motor Speedway just after four starts and finished a very respectable third. - Cristiano da Matta
Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born September 19, 1973) is a Brazilian auto racing driver, winner of the American CART Championship in 2002, and former Toyota Formula One driver. - Bryan Clauson
Bryan Clauson, born in Sacramento, California on June 15, 1989, is an American auto racing driver. He now resides in Noblesville, Indiana and competes full-time in the USAC National Sprint and Midget Series as part of the Keith Kunz Motorsports stable. Clauson made his USAC National Sprint Series debut just two days after his 16th birthday on June 17, 2005 at Limaland Motorsports Park, Ohio garnering a third place podium finish. - Jim Clark
Jim (or Jimmy) Clark OBE (4 March, 1936 - 7 April, 1968) was a Scottish Formula One racing driver. He was the dominant driver of his era, winning two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. At the time of his death, he had won more Grand Prix races (25) and more pole positions (33) than any driver up to that time. He also competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, and won it once, in 1965. - Katherine Legge
Katherine Legge (pronounced 'leg') (born 12 July, 1980 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a British auto racing driver, currently racing in the Champ Car World Series. In 2005, Legge competed in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. She won the series opener at Long Beach in her first career Toyota Atlantic start. In doing so, she became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America. - Marty Roth
Marty Roth (born December 15, 1958 in Toronto) is a Canadian race car driver in the Indy Racing League. He is one of the few true owner-drivers left in open wheel auto racing, as he owns his Indycar team. Roth was a successful land developer in the Toronto area before becoming involved in professional motorsports. He made starts in both the 2004 and 2005 Indy 500 races, … - Dan Gurney
Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. The son of a Metropolitan Opera star, he was born in Port Jefferson, New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958. He is one of only four US-born drivers (Richie Ginther, Phil Hill, Peter Revson, … - Bobby East
Bobby East, born in Torrance, California on December 17, 1984, is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in the United States Auto Club. He currently resides in Brownsburg, Indiana. In 2001, East became the youngest driver in USAC history to win a feature when he won a USAC National Midget event at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana at the age of 16 years, six months, and 25 days in 2001. - Bill France Jr.
William Clifton France (April 4 1933 - June 4 2007), nicknamed "Bill Jr." and "Little Bill," was an American motorsports executive who served from 1972 to 2000 as the head of NASCAR, the sanctioning body of United States-based stock car racing. - Arie Luyendyk
Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk (born September 21, 1953) is a Dutch auto racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500. Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles. In 1977, he won the European Super Vee championship, and switched to Formula 3. Success continued to elude him until he moved to the United States in 1984, where he immediately won the Super Vee championship. - Doug Kalitta
Doug Kalitta (b. August 20 1964, Ypsilanti, Michigan) is an American auto racing driver. He was the 1994 USAC National Sprint Car Champion and is a current NHRA top fuel drag racer. Doug Kalitta is the nephew of Hall of Fame driver Connie Kalitta. He owns the airline Kalitta Charters. - Paul O'Neill
Paul O'Neill is a Liverpudlian auto racing driver of Irish parentage, infamously the half-brother of 'Sporty Spice' Mel C. He was originally attracted to racing after seeing Nigel Mansell win the 1987 British Grand Prix, but did not pursue a career initially, studying for A-Levels but not completing them. After attending the Jim Russell racing school, he began racing in the MGF cup in 1999 and 2000, before entering the production class of the BTCC in 2001. - Kevin Kalkhoven
Kevin Kalkhoven, born Kevin Oscar Newton Kalkoven, former CEO of JDS Uniphase, is an Australian venture capitalist and auto racing magnate based in Menlo Park, California. He is a partner in the Kalkhoven, Pettit, Levin and Johnson Venture capital firm (KPLJ llc) based in Menlo Park. He is currently one of three men (with Gerald Forsythe and Paul Gentilozzi) who own the Champ Car World Series. - Alex Gurney
Alex Gurney (born September 6, 1974 in Newport Beach, California) is an American professional auto racing driver, currently driving for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Gurney drives the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley, pairing with Jon Fogarty. He won the pole for the 2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and won his first Grand-Am race, the 2007 Mexico City 400k, in March 2007. The youngest son of former Formula 1 driver Dan Gurney, … - Fireball Roberts
Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, Jr. was one of the pioneering race car drivers of NASCAR. - Tom Kristensen
Tom Kristensen (born 7th July 1967 in Hobro) is a Danish racing driver. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the first person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times, six of which have been consecutive. In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing team, driving a Tom Walkinshaw Racing-designed and Porsche-powered WSC95, … - Dave Despain
Dave Despain (born May 20, 1946) is an American motor sports journalist. He is the host of two Speed Channel programs: "WindTunnel with Dave Despain" and "NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup". A native of Fairfield, Iowa, Despain was a former motorcycle racer who joined the American Motorcycle Association in the public-relations department. - Ned Jarrett
Ned Jarrett (born October 12, 1932 in Newton, North Carolina) is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR champion. Jarrett was best known for his calm demeanor, and he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett". Yet he was an intense competitor when he put his two hands on the steering wheel of a NASCAR Grand National stock car. - Tracy Hines
Tracy Lee Hines, born on May 1, 1972 in New Castle, Indiana is an American auto racing driver. He was the 2000 USAC Silver Crown Champion and 2002 USAC National Sprint Car Champion. He currently does not have a full-time ride. Hines made his first attempt at a Busch race in 2000, when he attempted to qualify for the Cheez-It 200 in a car owned by Jimmy Spencer. He did not make the field.
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