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THE YEAR IN VIEW
FACTS & FIGURES
TRACK PILGRIMAGE
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2011 IZOD IndyCar Series
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| Newman-Haas Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Telemundo (Servià); Eric Sprott & Sprott Inc. (Hinchcliffe) |
| No.06 not present at St. Petersburg |
| 2 |
Oriol Servià (E) |
| 06 |
James Hinchcliffe (CDN) |
| Team Penske |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Guidepoint, Shell V-Power, Pennzoil Ultra (Castroneves); PPG, IZOD (Briscoe); Verizon, Mazak |
| 3 |
Helio Castroneves (BR) |
| 6 |
Ryan Briscoe (AUS) |
EURF3 2003 |
| 12 |
Will Power (AUS) |
F Holden 2002 |
| Panther Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: National Guard, Delphi, Fisher House |
| Limited programme: Rice (Indianapolis) |
| 4 |
JR Hildebrand (USA) |
Indy Lights 2009 |
| 44 |
Buddy Rice (USA) |
| KV Racing Technology-Lotus |
| No.07 entered by KV Racing Technology-SH Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Lotus, Cosworth (Sato, Viso); PDVSA, Jet Aviation, Herbalife, SBA, Plantronics (Viso); GEICO (Kanaan); Redline (Scheckter) |
| Limited programme: Scheckter (Indianapolis) |
| 5 |
Takuma Sato (J) |
GBF3 2001 |
| 59 |
Ernesto Viso (YV) |
GBF3-S 2003 |
| 82 |
Tony Kanaan (BR) |
| 07 |
Tomas Scheckter (ZA) |
| Andretti Autosport |
| No.43 entered by Richard Petty/Andretti Autosport |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: GoDaddy.com, 7 Eleven (Patrick); Venom Energy, Comfort Revolution, OneAmerica, Palms, Dr.Pepper (Mc Andretti); GoDaddy.com (Conway); IZOD, DHL, Sun Drop (Hunter-Reay); Window World (J Andretti) |
| 7 |
Danica Patrick (USA) |
| 26 |
Marco Andretti (USA) |
| 27 |
Mike Conway (GB) |
GBF3 2006 |
| 28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) |
| 43 |
John Andretti (USA) |
| Dragon Racing |
| Tung entered by Schmidt-Dragon Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: HP, McAfee, Bell Micro |
| Limited programme: Long Beach, Texas, Toronto, Edmonton, Sears Point (Tracy); Indianapolis, Las Vegas (Speed); Indianapolis (Tung, Carpentier) |
| 8 |
Paul Tracy (CDN) |
Indy L 1990, CART 2003 |
| Ho-Pin Tung (CN) |
DF3 2006 |
| 20 |
Scott Speed (USA) |
FRE 2004 |
| Patrick Carpentier (CDN) |
T Atl 1996 |
| Target Chip Ganassi Racing |
| No.38 entered by Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing, no.83 entered by Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Target, Fuji Film, Energizer; T-Mobile, TomTom, Air Wick (Franchitti); Service Central (Rahal); Novo Nordisk (Kimball) |
| 9 |
Scott Dixon (NZ) |
Indy Lights 2000, IRL 2003 |
| 10 |
Dario Franchitti (GB) |
IRL 2007, 2009 & 2010 |
| 38 |
Graham Rahal (USA) |
| 83 |
Charlie Kimball (USA) |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: HP (Hamilton); Z-Line Designs, Piloti, WIX (Wilson); WIX (Tracy); Ipiranga (Beatriz) |
| Limited programme: Hamilton (Indianapolis, Texas); Tracy (Indianapolis); Pagenaud (Barber, Mid-Ohio); Scheckter (New Hampshire); Pantano (Sears Point, Baltimore, Motegi) |
| 11 |
Davey Hamilton (USA) |
| 22 |
Justin Wilson (GB) |
F3000 2002 |
| Simon Pagenaud (F) |
Atl 2006, ALMS 2009 |
| Tomas Scheckter (ZA) |
| Giorgio Pantano (I) |
DF3 2000, GP2 2008 |
| 23 |
Paul Tracy (CDN) |
Indy L 1990, CART 2003 |
| 24 |
Ana Beatriz 'Bia' Figueiredo (BR) |
| Simon Pagenaud (F) |
Atl 2006, ALMS 2009 |
| AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: ABC Supply Co., GAF ELK |
| Limited programme: Junqueira (Indianapolis) |
| 14 |
Vitor Meira (BR) |
SudAm F3 2000 |
| 84 |
Bruno Junqueira (BR) |
SudAm F3 1997, Int F3000 2000 |
| AFS Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Automatic Fire Sprinklers |
| 17 |
Raphael Matos (BR) |
Atlantic 2007, Indy Lights 2008, IRL RotY 2009 |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
| No.17 entered by AFS/Sam Schmidt Motorsports, no.88 entered by Sam Schmidt-RLL Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: AFS (Plowman), Bowers & Wilkins (Tagliani); Service Central (Howard); Herbalife (Bell) |
| Limited programme: Plowman (Mid-Ohio), Howard (Indianapolis, Texas), Bell (Indianapolis) |
| 17 |
Martin Plowman (GB) |
| 77 |
Alex Tagliani (CDN) |
| 88 |
Jay Howard (USA) |
IPS 2006 |
| 99 |
Townsend Bell (USA) |
Indy Lights 2001 |
| Dale Coyne Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Acorn Stairlifts (Jakes); Boy Scouts of America (Bourdais) |
| 18 |
James Jakes (GB) |
| 19 |
Sébastien Bourdais (F) |
FF3 1999, Int F3000 2002, Champ Cars 2004 |
| Alex Lloyd (GB) |
IPS 2007 |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Quick Trim |
| Limited programme: Baguette (Indianapolis); Mann (New Hampshire, Kentucky, Las Vegas); Howard (Las Vegas) |
| 30 |
Bertrand Baguette (B) |
WSR 2009 |
| Pippa Mann (GB) |
| 31 |
Jay Howard (USA) |
IPS 2006 |
| Conquest Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: |
| Limited programme: Mann (Indianapolis); De Oliveira (Motegi); Battistini (Kentucky) |
| 34 |
Sebastian Saavedra (CO) |
| 36 |
Pippa Mann (GB) |
| João De Oliveira (BR) |
GF3 2003, JF3 2005, F Nippon 2010 |
| Dillon Battistini (GB) |
ASF3 2007 |
| Sarah Fisher Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Dollar General, Direct Supply, Tire Kingdom |
| Limited programme: Carpenter (Indianapolis, Texas, Milwaukee, Iowa, Mid-Ohio, Kentucky, Las Vegas; Scheckter (Las Vegas) |
| 57 |
Tomas Scheckter (ZA) |
| 67 |
Ed Carpenter (USA) |
| HVM Racing |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Entergy |
| 78 |
Simona De Silvestro (CH) |
| Bryan Herta Autosport |
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone |
| Sponsors: William Rast |
| Limited programme: Indianapolis, Kentucky, Las Vegas |
| 98 |
Dan Wheldon (GB) |
IRL 2005 |