- Chip Ganassi
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi (born May 24, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and educated at local Duquesne University) is a former American racecar driver and current racecar owner. He is currently the owner and president of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates which operates teams on both the IndyCar and NASCAR circuit. Ganassi began his CART (Champ Car) racing career in 1981 and competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, with a best finish of 8th in 1983. - 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. - Sam Hornish Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio) is an American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 champion, currently driving in the Indy Racing League and the NASCAR Busch Series for Penske Racing. He also competes in the invitation-only International Race of Champions. He first raced in the IRL in 2000 with the PDM Racing team, with a best finish of third. - 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. - Juan Pablo Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is a former Formula One driver. He was born in Bogotá where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father Pablo, an architect and motorsport enthusiast. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series. The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART Championship Series in 1999, … - Al Unser
Alfred Unser (born May 29, 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a former American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser, Jr.. He is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and is the only person to have both a sibling (Bobby) and child (Al Jr.) as fellow winners. - Mario Andretti
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racecar driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. He has competed and won in many different types of auto racing, including stock cars, midget cars, sprint cars, IndyCars, drag racing cars, sports cars, and single-seater Formula One cars. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles, … - Michael Andretti
Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a American retired CART and Formula One driver. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League. He qualified eleventh for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 after finishing third in the 2006 Indianapolis 500. He is the son of Mario Andretti who is one of the most successful auto racing drivers of all time. - 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. - Al Unser Jr.
Alfred Unser, Jr. (born April 19, 1962 in Albuquerque, New Mexico), nicknamed "Little Al" or "Al Junior" is an American race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner. - 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. - Graham Rahal
Graham Rahal (born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver. He currently drives in the Champ Car World Series. He is the son of Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal and was born in Columbus, Ohio. He has stated that his ultimate goal is to race in Formula One. - Tony George
Tony George, born Anton Hulman George on December 30, 1959, is the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is also the president of Hulman & Co. George is the grandson of Tony Hulman, who purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after the end of World War II. His mother (and Hulman's daughter), Mari Hulman George, serves as the speedway's chairman of the board and currently delivers its famed "ladies and gentlemen, … - Casey Mears
Casey James Mears (born March 12, 1978 in Bakersfield, California) is the driver of the #25 National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports. He also drives the #24 National Guard Chevrolet in the NASCAR/Busch Series for Hendrick Motorsports. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears, … - Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, he is the son of Gilles Villeneuve - another racing driver. Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship. Alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, the Canadian is one of the only drivers to achieve all three. - Patrick Carpentier
Patrick 'Pat' Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec) is a Canadian racing driver from Quebec. He has spent 2005 driving for the Red Bull-sponsored team ran by Eddie Cheever in the Indy Racing League. Before this he spent nearly a decade in the rival Champ Car series, with Bettenhausen as a rookie but subsequently always in the team ran by Gerry Forsythe. In his early years he was prone to missing races through injuries, … - Buddy Lazier
Robert Buddy Lazier is an American open-wheel racecar driver born in Vail, Colorado on 31 October, 1967. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times. Both his father Bob Lazier and brother Jaques Lazier are veterans of the Indy 500 as well. Lazier first appeared in CART beginning in 1989 driving for Gary Trout Motorsports and also participated in The Indy 500 as a rookie. - Scott Sharp
Scott Sharp (born February 14, 1968 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American race car driver in the Indy Racing League. He is the son of SCCA multiple champion Bob Sharp. Early in his career he was 1991 Trans-Am champion, also taking 7 poles the next season. Sharp then competed in one NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Nextel Cup) event, coming in 1992 at Watkins Glen. Starting 22nd in the thirty-nine car field, Sharp completed all 51 laps in route to a solid 19th place effort. - Tomas Scheckter
Tomas Scheckter (born September 21, 1980) is a South African racing driver, born in Monte Carlo, currently competing in the Indy Racing League and the A1 Grand Prix series. He is the son of 1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter and the nephew of racer Ian Scheckter. Tomas contested several F3000 races in 2000, finishing second at Hockenheim behind future IRL team-mate Tomas Enge. - Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991), and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991). Mears is also a three-time Indy Car national champion (1979, 1981 and 1982). Mears was raised in Bakersfield, California, and began his racing career in off-road racing. - John Andretti
John Andretti from Indianapolis, Indiana is a one of the most versatile race car drivers in American history, winning in Indy car, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters, endurance racing and NASCAR racing. - Gil de Ferran
Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967) in Paris, France to Brazilian parents, is a former racing driver. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500. Inspired by the success of fellow Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, de Ferran began his career in kart racing in the early 1980s. He graduated to Formula Ford level in 1987 and Formula Three in 1991. - Eddie Cheever
Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. (born January 10, 1958) is an American racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports cars, CART and the Indy Racing League, and now owns an IRL team. Cheever participated in 143 World Championship Formula One races and started 132, more than any other American, driving for nine different teams from 1978 through 1989. - Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice - Bruno Junqueira
Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian racecar driver and veteran of the Champ Car World Series. Junqueira started racing go-karts in Brazil and dominated Formula Three Sudamericana before moving to Formula 3000. He tested for the Williams Formula 1 team for many years, and came close to landing a race drive in 2000, losing out to Jenson Button. He rebounded from this setback, winning that year's International Formula 3000 Championship. - 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. - Graham Hill
Norman Graham Hill was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London. Graham Hill is the only driver to win the so-called "Triple Crown of Motorsport": * the Indianapolis 500 (1966) * the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1972) * the Monaco Grand Prix (1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969) - Johnny Rutherford
John (Johnny) Sherman Rutherford, III (born March 12, 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas) is a retired U.S. automobile racer. The Texas-raised "Lonestar J.R." is one of eight drivers to win the prestigious Indianapolis 500 mile race at least three times: in 1974, 1976, and 1980. The others are Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose (credited with only two by official speedway records), A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, and Rick Mears. Rutherford also won three poles at the 500, … - Jeff Simmons
Jeff Simmons (born August 8, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American race car driver in the Indy Racing League for Rahal Letterman Racing. Simmons began his professional career in Indy Lights in 2000, finishing 7th. He was the Infiniti Pro Series runner up in 2003, capturing 2 wins. In 2004, Mo Nunn gave him a chance to qualify his second car for the Indianapolis 500, which he did and finished 16th in the race. - Jimmy Vasser
Jimmy Vasser (born November 20 1965 in Canoga Park, California) is an American racing driver. Vasser was the 1996 Champ Car champion, driving for Chip Ganassi, and has scored ten victories in the category. He won 4 of the first 5 races in 1996 and did enough to maintain a lead in the standings, although rookie team-mate Alex Zanardi outperformed him in the second half of the season, and over the next 2 years. He had a poor 1999 season teamed with Juan Pablo Montoya, … - Parnelli Jones
Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana, Arkansas), is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his 1963 Indianapolis 500 win, and almost winning the 1967 Indy 500 in a turbine car. He is also remembered for bringing the stock block engine to USAC Sprint car racing as one of the "Chevy Twins" with Jim Hurtubise. In his career, Parnelli Jones won races in many types of vehicles: sports cars, IndyCars, … - Townsend Bell
Townsend Bell is a motor racing driver. He won the last Indy Lights championship in 2001 and was given two starts in a Champ Car in a joint effort between Patrick Racing and Dale Coyne as a test for a full-time seat in 2002. He earned Roberto Moreno's seat at Patrick that year and while much was expected, he underachieved scoring a best finish of 4th before he was dropped midseason for Oriol Servia. - Bobby Unser
Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was a U.S. automobile racer. He is the brother of Al Unser and Jerry Unser, the father of Robby Unser, and the uncle of Al Unser, Jr. and Johnny Unser. He is one of seven drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 three times, and one of only two to have won the 500 in three different decades (1968, 75, 81). - Kosuke Matsuura
Kosuke Matsuura is a race car driver in the Indy Racing League. - Janet Guthrie
Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer and after graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked with Republic Aviation. She began racing in 1963 on the SCCA circuit in a Jaguar XK 140 and by 1972, she was racing on a full-time basis. In 1976, Guthrie got her first big break in racing, … - Brian Barnhart
Brian Barnhart is the Chief Operating Officer of the Indy Racing League. Having previously served as director of race operations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IRL, he is ultimately charged with not only the financial wellbeing of the league and producing a good product, but the safety and competition of the racing itself. Brian's most well-known on-camera role has been giving final instructions to every Indianapolis 500 qualifying attemptee before their run. - 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, … - Sam Schmidt
Sam Schmidt (born August 15, 1964 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a former Indy Racing League driver and current IRL and Indy Pro Series team owner. After graduating from Pepperdine University, he became a successful businessman, eventually purchasing his father's parts company in 1989 at the age of 25. He raced at a competitive amateur level, supported by his business income, but dreamed of someday driving in the Indianapolis 500. - Roger Yasukawa
Roger Yasukawa is an Japanese-American auto racing driver born October 10, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. Starting out in go-karts in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA. He moved to car racing in 1997 in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in England, before winning the West Coast Skip Barber Formula Dodge 2-Liter Championship in 1998. - Greg Ray
Greg Ray (born August 3, 1966 Dallas, Texas) is a former IRL IndyCar Series driver. After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994. In 1997 he made his Indy Racing League debut driving for Thomas Knapp in an unsponsored black #97 car. He made his mark on the series a year later during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.
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