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Jimmy Vasser
Vasser at Long Beach, 2008
Born
(1965-11-20) November 20, 1965 (age 58) Canoga Park, California, U.S.
Championship titles
1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Champion
Champ Car career
233 races run over 16 years
Years active
1992–2006, 2008
Team(s)
Hayhoe/Cole Racing (1992–1994) Target Chip Ganassi Racing (1995–2000) Patrick Racing (2001) Rahal Letterman Racing (2002) American Spirit Team Johansson (2003) PKV Racing (2004–2006) KV Racing (2008)
Best finish
1st (1996)
First race
1992 Dailkyo IndyCar Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise)
Last race
2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
First win
1996 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last win
2002 The 500 Presented by Toyota (California)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
10
33
8
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish
97th (2003)
First race
2003 Koolerz 300 (Daytona)
Last race
2003 GNC Live Well 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
0
0
James "Jimmy" Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the CART series and Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the 1996 CART championship with Chip Ganassi Racing.[1] Vasser was the last American to win the CART title. Vasser won the 1996 U.S. 500, and had a best finish of 4th at the Indianapolis 500 twice (1994 and 2001).
Vasser and business partner Kevin Kalkhoven won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 as a car owners of KV Racing Technology, with driver Tony Kanaan.
^"Vasser might be taking his last laps". Las Vegas Sun. September 23, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
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winning four consecutive CART championships from 1996 to 1999 with drivers JimmyVasser, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya, in 2000 Ganassi became the first...
disastrous start with a twelve-car crash, delaying the race for an hour. JimmyVasser, who won by 11 seconds, quipped "Who needs milk?" while exiting his car...
Brooklyn, Michigan. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was JimmyVasser, whose Honda/Reynard won four of the first six races, including the inaugural...
veteran driver JimmyVasser replaced Pollock as co-owners. The team also expanded to field two cars for Vasser and rookie Roberto González. Vasser scored the...
day at Laguna Seca. JimmyVasser won the race, and Alex Zanardi who finished third, clinched the 1997 CART championship. Vasser led the final 58 laps...
1994, Michael Andretti and Brazilian Maurício Gugelmin. The team signed JimmyVasser from Hayhoe Racing and Bryan Herta from A. J. Foyt Racing. Eddie Cheever...
CART-based team to compete at the race since 1995. The Ganassi team of JimmyVasser and Juan Pablo Montoya competed as a one-off entry, and were well received...
few years, the team would employ Bryan Herta, Max Papis, Kenny Bräck, JimmyVasser and Michel Jourdain Jr., getting closest to another title in 2001,[citation...
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The leaders were now JimmyVasser, Scott Pruett, and Scott Goodyear. Jacques Villeneuve was now up to 6th place. After Vasser pitted while leading on...
Ganassi Racing Reynard 98i Honda HRK F 1 Alex Zanardi All Target 12 JimmyVasser All Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-27 Mercedes IC108E G 2 Al Unser Jr...
by Bryan Herta in 2001 for lack of sponsorship. 1996 series champion JimmyVasser, one of two former champions in the 2002 field (the other being Michael...
turbocharger hose came loose, and de Ferrans's car suddenly began to slow. JimmyVasser led the final four laps, holding off Parker Johnstone for the victory...
team, entered a pair of cars for CART drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and JimmyVasser with Montoya starting second to Ray. Because of this Ray and Montoya...
Retrieved 31 May 2019. "Vasser, Sullivan partner with Dale Coyne Racing". Racer.com. February 5, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2019. JimmyVasser and James "Sulli"...
Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. "Fastest-ever 500 won by Vasser". Charlotte Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 4, 2002. "California...
Ganassi Racing's fourth straight title with three drivers (also including JimmyVasser in 1996 and Alex Zanardi in 1997–1998. On lap 9, Greg Moore lost control...
Gordon Jeff Gordon Alex Zanardi Darrell Waltrip JimmyVasser Mark Martin Robby Gordon Jeff Gordon JimmyVasser Al Unser Jr. Terry Labonte Randy LaJoie Dale...
Comptech Racing Spice SE91P driven by Parker Johnstone, Steve Cameron, JimmyVasser, and Dan Marvin. The GTS class was won by the No. 15 Roush Racing Ford...
a four-year run of winning championships in CART, winning 1996 with JimmyVasser, 1997 and 1998 with Alex Zanardi, and 1999 with Juan Pablo Montoya. Ganassi...
missed several races over the summer. Mario Andretti, Rick Mears, and JimmyVasser all sat out the race at Detroit while they recovered from injuries. In...
fastest drivers who had yet to qualify were JimmyVasser (228.275 mph) and Alex Barron (227.714 mph). Vasser missed the first weekend of time trials due...
6th DNF in the season. At lap 14, the top 6 was: Maurício Gugelmin, JimmyVasser, Bryan Herta, Michel Jourdain Jr., Michael Andretti and Mark Blundell...
the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and missed the rest of the season, replaced by Jimmy Kite. He returned to the series to race for Rahal Letterman Racing after...
pole positions, finishing third in the championship behind teammate JimmyVasser and Michael Andretti. He and Andretti were level on points but Andretti...
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