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.

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Team Scandia drivers

IRL Race Results

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

YearChassisEngineDriversNo.1234567891011
1996 WDW PHX INDY
Lola T95
Lola T94 [N 1]
Lola T93 [N 2]
Reynard 95I [N 3]
Ford Cosworth Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar 7Wth6
Flag of Spain.svg Fermín Vélez 19
3421
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zampedri 84
Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. 222013
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto 334830
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Gosek [N 4] 4322
Flag of the United States.svg Lyn St. James 90821
Flag of the United States.svg 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
Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar 797Wth247121041*
Flag of France.svg Stéphan Grégoire 826
228
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Sospiri (R)8179
22620222
Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. 2
Flag of Brazil.svg Marco Greco 841626
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto 3335
Flag of Spain.svg Fermín Vélez (R)9141025
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Kite (R)2015236
Flag of Brazil.svg Affonso Giaffone (R)3410
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zampedri 3512
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Kite 716181123
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Gosek 29DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Roe 3330
1999 WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPIR LSV TXS
G-Force GF01C Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Guthrie [N 8] 34DNQ
  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. 1 2 Used in the 1996 races.
  6. Used by Michele Alboreto.
  7. Used by Affonso Giaffone.
  8. In conjunction with Coulson Racing.

IndyCar win

#SeasonDateSanctionTrack / RaceNo.Winning DriverChassisEngineTireGridLaps Led
1 1996-97 October 11 IRL Las Vegas Motor Speedway (O)7 Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Goodyear 570


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