 Jimmy Vasser is one of the most recognized names in Champ Car racing.
He was the 1996 Series Champion and 1998 Runner-Up. He ranks first among active drivers
and is third overall with 165 starts. This year, Jimmy Vasser joins American Spirit Team
Johansson and is teamed with rookie sensation Ryan Hunter-Reay.
In 2002, Jimmy Vasser earned his 10th career victory and his first
since winning at Houston in 2000 (a span of 41 events) in The 500 Presented by Toyota.
He led a race-high total of 148 laps, which also moved him into 18th place on the all-time
CART Lap Leaders list. He has scored championship points in ten of his last 11 starts.
His previous best result of the season was a second place run after
qualifying on the pole position at Long Beach. The Long Beach pole was his first since he
took the Number One starting spot at Michigan in 1999. Jimmy Vasser also took a third place
result in Miami, back-to-back fifth place finishes at Elkhart Lake and Montreal, back-to-back
sixth place results at Toronto and Cleveland, eighth at Mid-Ohio, seventh at Rockingham,
and 12th in Australia.
Jimmy Vasser joined Team Rahal as the driver of the Shell car for the
2002 CART FedEx Championship Series, his 11th season in Champ Car racing. With nine career
CART wins and 26 podium finishes in 167 career starts, he captured the 1996 CART championship
with four victories and four pole positions and by scoring points in 15 of the 16 races
on the schedule that season. Jimmy Vasser became the first driver in CART history to finish
every race in a season.
Popular with fans everywhere, Jimmy Vasser is a winner on and off the track.
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