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THE YEAR IN VIEW
FACTS & FIGURES
TRACK PILGRIMAGE
RESOURCES & LINKS
2008 IRL IndyCar Series
Author
Revision date
| Vision Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Menards, Vision, Joost; Hitachi Power Tools (Carpenter) |
| 2 |
AJ Foyt IV (USA) |
IPS 2002 |
| 20 |
Ed Carpenter (USA) |
| 22 |
Davey Hamilton (USA) |
| Paul Tracy (CDN) |
Indy L 1990, CART 2003 |
| Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone; Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsors: McDonald's (Wilson); Hole in the Wall Camps (Rahal) |
| 02 |
Justin Wilson (GB) |
F3000 2002 |
| 06 |
Graham Rahal (USA) |
| Forsythe-Pettit Racing |
| Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsor: Indeck |
| 3 |
Paul Tracy (CDN) |
Indy L 1990, CART 2003 |
| 7 |
Franck Montagny (F) |
| 37 |
David Martínez (MEX) |
| Team Penske |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Mobil, Kodak, Penske |
| 3 |
Helio Castroneves (BR) |
| 6 |
Ryan Briscoe (AUS) |
EURF3 2003 |
| 77 |
TBA |
| Panther Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: National Guard, Delphi |
| 4 |
Vitor Meira (BR) |
SudAm F3 2000 |
| Dan Wheldon (GB) |
IRL 2005 |
| 83 |
TBA |
| HVM Racing |
| Philippe and Moreno entered at Long Beach by Minardi/HVM Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone (no.33); Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01 |
| Sponsor: PDVSA |
| 4 |
Nelson Philippe (F) |
| 14 |
Roberto Moreno (BR) |
F3000 1988 |
| 33 |
Ernesto Viso (YV) |
GBF3-S 2003 |
| KV Racing Technology |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone (nos.5 and 8); Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsors: Plantronics, HP (Servià, Vasser); Aussie Vineyards (Power) |
| 5 |
Oriol Servià (E) |
Indy L 1999 |
| 8 |
Will Power (AUS) |
F Holden 2002 |
| 12 |
Jimmy Vasser (USA) |
CART 1996 |
| Andretti Green Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Argent, Motorola (Patrick); 7 Eleven (Kanaan); NYSE, Alpine (Andretti); Panasonic, Formula Dream (Mutoh) |
| 7 |
Danica Patrick (USA) |
| 11 |
Tony Kanaan (BR) |
| 26 |
Marco Andretti (USA) |
| 27 |
Hideki Mutoh (J) |
FD 2003 |
| 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 |
| Dario Franchitti (GB) |
IRL 2007 |
| Rocketsports |
| Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsor: |
| 9 |
António Pizzonia (BR) |
GBF3 2000 |
| 10 |
Juho Annala (FIN) |
| Luzco Dragon Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Symantec |
| 12 |
Tomas Scheckter (ZA) |
| AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: ABC Supply Co. |
| 14 |
Darren Manning (GB) |
| Vitor Meira (BR) |
SudAm F3 2000 |
| 41 |
Jeff Simmons (USA) |
| Franck Perera (F) |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Roll Coster, TeamUSA (Rice); Citgo (Duno); William Rast (Bell) |
| 15 |
Buddy Rice (USA) |
Atlantic 2000 |
| 23 |
Milka Duno (YV) |
| Townsend Bell (USA) |
Indy Lights 2001 |
| 99 |
Townsend Bell (USA) |
Indy Lights 2001 |
| Walker Racing |
| Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsor: CEC Wheels |
| 15 |
Alex Tagliani (CDN) |
| Rahal Letterman Racing |
| No.16 entered by Rahal Letterman with Chip Ganassi |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Ethanol (Hunter-Reay) |
| 16 |
Alex Lloyd (GB) |
IPS 2007 |
| 17 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) |
| Dale Coyne Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone; Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsors: Z-Line (Junqueira); Sonny's (Moraes) |
| 18 |
Bruno Junqueira (BR) |
SudAm F3 1997, Int F3000 2000 |
| 19 |
Mario Moraes (BR) |
| Roth Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Fountain |
| 24 |
Jay Howard (USA) |
IPS 2006 |
| John Andretti (USA) |
| 25 |
Marty Roth (USA) |
| Pacific Coast Motorsports |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone (no.96); Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01, Bridgestone |
| Sponsor: Imperial Capital Bank |
| 29 |
Alex Figge (USA) |
| 96 |
Mario Domínguez (MEX) |
| Conquest Racing |
| With support from Forsythe Performance Research |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone; Long Beach: Panoz-Cosworth DP01 |
| Sponsor: Opes Prime; Ares (Perera); Sangari (Bernoldi) |
| 34 |
Franck Perera (F) |
| Jaime Camara (BR) |
| 36 |
Enrique Bernoldi (BR) |
FRE 1996 |
| Alex Tagliani (CDN) |
| Rubicon Race Team/Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Lifelock |
| 44 |
Max Papis (I) |
Grand-Am 2004 |
| Sarah Fisher Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: ResQ, Gravity Entertainment, Apex, AAA Hoosier, TAG Heuer |
| 67 |
Sarah Fisher (USA) |
| CURB/Agajanian/Beck Racing |
| No.77 entered by Wellman Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Interush, Phytter |
| 77 |
Roger Yasukawa (J) |
| 98 |
Roger Yasukawa (J) |
| American Dream Racing |
| Formerly Playa Del Racing |
| Panoz-Honda GF09, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| 88 |
Phil Giebler (USA) |
| Hemelgarn-Johnson Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: |
| 91 |
Buddy Lazier (USA) |
IRL 2000 |
