Indycar Championships 1999 vs 2015

In the 2015 Verizon Indycar Series Championship,

Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) tied in season points with Juan Montoya (Penske Racing).  The tie was broken based on wins, Dixon had 3 wins to Montoya's 2.

Ironically, in 1999, Juan Montoya (racing for Chip Ganassi Racing) tied with Dario Franchitti (Team Kool Green) for the season championship. Juan Montoya won his only Indycar title based on his 6 wins to Dario's 3 that season.

 

 
In the same year that Juan won the Championship, Scott Dixon was a rookie in Indy Lights, and had just won his first Lights race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juan Montoya gave Chip Ganassi his 4th Indycar title in 1999.

 



Scott Dixon gave Ganassi Racing it's 11th Indycar title in 2015.
(It was Scott's 4th title)



Indycars at Milwaukee Oval

Paging through one of our pappy's USAC magazines from 1972 we found this great article about the Milwaukee Mile.

 

Cars have been racing there since 1903, and Indycars will be racing there again this weekend, July 12, 2015.

 

We are just hoping it's not for the last time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catch the Indycars at Milwaukee

in the

ABC Supply Wisconsin 250

 

on NBCSN Sunday, July 12 at 5:00 EST.

 

58 Days till Indycars at Pocono Raceway

We're counting the days till the Indycars invade Pocono for the ABC Supply 500.

 

 Just 58 Days to go!

The number 58 car was driven by Eldon Rasmussen in the 1976 Schaeffer 500 at Pocono Raceway.

 

 

In 1976 Eldon Rasmussen lined up between George Snider and Sheldon Kinser in Row 9 of the Schaeffer 500 at Pocono. 

 He finished 20th.

 

He raced in a chassis he built himself and he called it the 'Rascar'.

 

Signing autographs at Indianapolis in 2014. 

 He raced in  three Indy 500's from 1975 to 1979 and his best finish was 13th.

 

His Indycar career spanned from 1973 to 1979 with a best finish of 7th in the California 500 at Ontario Speedway in 1975.

 

 

Originally from Alberta, Canada,

Eldon Rasmussen was inducted into

the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001.