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.^[3]

Drivers

CART

•   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)
•   Dennis Vitolo (1996–1997)

IRL

•   Johnny Unser (1996)

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1994						SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG
	Lola T93/06	Ford XB V8t	G	Franck Fréon	64			12				15
				Didier Theys					DNQ
				Christian Danner							12		Wth						12
				Domenico Schiattarella										26		16		Wth
				Andrea Montermini																	9
1995						MIA	SFR	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
	Lola T93/06 Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t	G	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						MIA	RIO	SFR	LBH	NAZ	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG
	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	G	Dennis Vitolo	64				17
1997						MIA	SFR	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON
	Lola T97/00	Ford XD V8t	G	Dennis Vitolo	64	23		Wth	DNS											27	20
				Arnd Meier			16			25	DNS		18	18	22	24	12	16	19			25
1998						MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t	G	Roberto Moreno	15	15	26
				Domenico Schiattarella				16

Complete Indy Racing League results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1996						WDW	PHX	INDY
	Reynard 94i Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	G	Johnny Unser	64		9	33
	Lola T93/00			Rob Wilson	46			DNQ
1996–1997						NHA	LSV	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA2	LSV2
	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	G	Johnny Unser	64	DNQ	22

References

1. Eurointernational returns to Champ Car, Checkpoint 10, September 2, 2005
2. Project Indy - CART World July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Unser tradition falters". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 27 May 1996. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.