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Team Scandia

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Team Scandia was a team in the Indy Racing League owned by Andy Evans that fielded a record 7 cars in the 1996 Indianapolis 500. Evans bought the team from Dick Simon during the 1996 season and Simon was listed as the owners of some of Scandia's cars in the 1996 "500". The team tried to achieve a similar feat with five cars in the 1997 Indy 500, but with higher expenses brought by new chassis, the venture was less successful. Later that season, the team captured its only IRL victory with a car driven by Eliseo Salazar at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The team shut down in 1999 due to lack of sponsorship after scaling back heavily from 1998 onwards.

Team Scandia drivers

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IRL Race Results

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(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1996 WDW PHX INDY
Lola T95
Lola T94[N 1]
Lola T93[N 2]
Reynard 95I[N 3]
Ford Cosworth Chile Eliseo Salazar 7 Wth 6
Spain Fermín Vélez 19
34 21
Italy Alessandro Zampedri 8 4
Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 22 20 13
Italy Michele Alboreto 33 4 8 30
United States Joe Gosek[N 4] 43 22
United States Lyn St. James 90 8 21
United States Racin Gardner 25
1996–97 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV
Lola T95[N 5]
Reynard 95I[N 6]
Lola T94[N 7]
Dallara IR7
Ford Cosworth[N 5]
Oldsmobile
Chile Eliseo Salazar 7 9 7 Wth 24 7 12 10 4 1*
France Stéphan Grégoire 8 26
22 8
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri (R) 8 17 9
22 6 20 2 22
Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 2
Brazil Marco Greco 8 4 16 26
Italy Michele Alboreto 33 3 5
Spain Fermín Vélez (R) 9 14 10 25
United States Jimmy Kite (R) 20 15 23 6
Brazil Affonso Giaffone (R) 34 10
Italy Alessandro Zampedri 35 12
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 United States Jimmy Kite 7 16 18 11 23
United States Joe Gosek 29 DNQ
United States Billy Roe 33 30
1999 WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPIR LSV TXS
G-Force GF01C Oldsmobile Aurora V8 United States Jim Guthrie[N 8] 34 DNQ
  1. ^ Used by Alessandro Zampedri, Joe Gosek and Racin Gardner.
  2. ^ Used by Lyn St. James at Walt Disney World
  3. ^ Used by Michele Alboreto at Walt Disney World and Lyn St. James at Phoenix.
  4. ^ Switched from Tempero-Giuffre Racing (car #15) during practice for the Indy 500.
  5. ^ a b Used in the 1996 races.
  6. ^ Used by Michele Alboreto.
  7. ^ Used by Affonso Giaffone.
  8. ^ In conjunction with Coulson Racing.

IndyCar win

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# Season Date Sanction Track / Race No. Winning Driver Chassis Engine Tire Grid Laps Led
1 1996-97 October 11 IRL Las Vegas Motor Speedway (O) 7 Chile Eliseo Salazar Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Goodyear 5 70