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THE YEAR IN VIEW
FACTS & FIGURES
TRACK PILGRIMAGE
RESOURCES & LINKS
2006 IRL IndyCar Series
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| Andretti Green Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Jim Beam, Vonage (Mi Andretti); XM, Forsythe (Herta); 7 Eleven, Motorola (Kanaan); NYSE, Alpine (Mc Andretti); Klein Tools, Jim Beam, Canadian Club (Franchitti) |
| 1 |
Michael Andretti (USA) |
Atlantic 1983, CART 1991 |
| 7 |
Bryan Herta (USA) |
Indy Lights 1993 |
| 11 |
Tony Kanaan (BR) |
| 26 |
Marco Andretti (USA) |
| 27 |
Dario Franchitti (GB) |
| AJ Foyt IV (USA) |
IPS 2002 |
| Vision Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Vision |
| 2 |
Tomas Scheckter (ZA) |
| 20 |
Ed Carpenter (USA) |
| Roberto Moreno (BR) |
F3000 1988 |
| 22 |
TBA |
| 90 |
Townsend Bell (USA) |
Indy Lights 2001 |
| Marlboro Team Penske |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Marlboro, Mobil, United Auto |
| 3 |
Helio Castroneves (BR) |
| 6 |
Sam Hornish Jr (USA) |
IRL 2001 & 2002 |
| Panther Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Pennzoil |
| 4 |
Vitor Meira (BR) |
SudAm F3 2000 |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Escort |
| 5 |
Buddy Lazier (USA) |
IRL 2000 |
| Sarah Fisher (USA) |
| 31 |
Al Unser Jr (USA) |
CART 1990, 1994 |
| Delphi Fernandez Racing |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Dallara-Honda IR3 (from Indy on), Firestone |
| Sponsors: Delphi, Futaba |
| 8 |
Scott Sharp (USA) |
IRL 1996 |
| Target Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Target, Fuji Film, Energizer |
| 9 |
Scott Dixon (NZ) |
Indy Lights 2000, IRL 2003 |
| 10 |
Dan Wheldon (GB) |
IRL 2005 |
| 33 |
TBA |
| Playa Del Racing |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 12 |
Jon Herb (USA) |
| 21 |
Jaques Lazier (USA) |
| AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| Dallara-Honda IR3 (Giaffone), Panoz-Honda GF09C (Foyt), Firestone |
| Sponsor: ABC Supply Co. |
| 14 |
Felipe Giaffone (BR) |
| 41 |
Larry Foyt (USA) |
| 48 |
TBA |
| Rahal-Letterman Racing |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Dallara-Honda IR3 (from Texas on), Firestone |
| Sponsors: Argent (Rice, Patrick); Meijer (Patrick); Ethanol (Dana/Simmons) |
| 15 |
Buddy Rice (USA) |
Atlantic 2000 |
| 16 |
Danica Patrick (USA) |
| 17 |
Paul Dana (USA) |
| Jeff Simmons (USA) |
| PDM Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 18 |
Thiago Medeiros (BR) |
IPS 2004 |
| Roth Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 25 |
Marty Roth (USA) |
| C+S Motorsport |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 36 |
TBA |
| Cheever Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 51 |
Eddie Cheever (USA) |
| Tomáš Enge (CZ) |
| 52 |
Max Papis (I) |
Grand-Am 2004 |
| Super Aguri Fernandez Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Panasonic, Autobacs |
| 55 |
Kosuke Matsuura (J) |
| Luyendyk Racing |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 61 |
Arie Luyendijk Jr (NL) |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Octane, Sanitec, SSM |
| 88 |
Airton Daré (BR) |
| Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Carmelo (Chesson), Investment Properties of America (Bucknum) |
| 91 |
PJ Chesson (USA) |
| 92 |
Jeff Bucknum (USA) |
| 93 |
TBA |
| Team Leader Motorsports |
| Agajanian & Beck |
| Panoz-Honda GF09C, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Effen Vodka, CURB Records |
| 97 |
Stéphan Grégoire (F) |
| 98 |
PJ Jones (USA) |
