Project Indy

Project Indy was a car racing team owned by Andreas Leberle that competed in the CART Championship Car series and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Leberle was a former chief mechanic for Euromotorsport^[1] and like Euromotorsport, Project Indy's cars were often driven by pay drivers. The team was founded in 1994 and operated through the 1998 CART season. Their only appearance in the IRL was with Johnny Unser for two of the three races of the 1996 season and the two 1996 races of the 1996–1997 season which were competed with CART-spec equipment. The best race finish registered by a Project Indy driver was 7th place by Christian Danner in the 1995 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami.^[2] In 1998 the team was known as Project CART due to not being allowed to use the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's "Indy" trademark as the team by then only participated in CART.

The team attempted the Indianapolis 500 several times but only succeeded in making the field in 1996 with Unser; their car did not start due to a broken transmission.

Drivers

• Christian Danner (1994–1995)
• Franck Fréon (1994–1995)
• Buddy Lazier (1995)
• Arnd Meier (1997)
• Andrea Montermini (1994)
• Roberto Moreno (1998)
• Domenico Schiattarella (1994–1995, 1998)
• Hubert Stromberger (1995)
• Johnny Unser (1996)
• Dennis Vitolo (1996–1997)

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1994	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Franck Fréon	64			12				15
			Didier Theys					DNQ
			Christian Danner							12		Wth						12
			Domenico Schiattarella										26		16		Wth
			Andrea Montermini																	9
1995	Lola T93/00 Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t			MIA	SFR	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
			Christian Danner	64	7							22
	Reynard 94i		Buddy Lazier			21									15
			Franck Fréon					15
			Johnny Parsons, Jr.							DNQ
			Hubert Stromberger											16		Wth		DNQ
			Domenico Schiattarella																	18	21
1996	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t			MIA	RIO	SFR	LBH	NAZ	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG
			Dennis Vitolo	64				17
1997	Lola T97/00	Ford XD V8t			MIA	SFR	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON
			Dennis Vitolo	64	23		Wth	DNS											27	20
			Arnd Meier			16			25	DNS		18	18	22	24	12	16	19			25
1998	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
			Roberto Moreno	15	15	26
			Domenico Schiattarella				16

Complete Indy Racing League results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1996	Reynard 94i Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t			WDW	PHX	INDY
			Johnny Unser	64		9	33
	Lola T93/00		Rob Wilson	46			DNQ
1996–1997	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t			NHA	LSV	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LSV
			Johnny Unser	64	DNQ	22

References

1. Eurointernational returns to Champ Car, Checkpoint 10, September 2, 2005
2. Project Indy - CART World Archived July 19, 2011 at the Wayback Machine