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Encyclopedia > Andretti Green Racing
Dario Franchitti's car being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 Indianapolis 500
Dario Franchitti's car being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 Indianapolis 500

Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 327 KB) w:Andretti Green Racings #27 car driven by w:Dario Franchitti being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 w:Indianapolis 500 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 327 KB) w:Andretti Green Racings #27 car driven by w:Dario Franchitti being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 w:Indianapolis 500 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... Dario Franchitti (born May 19, 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British race car driver, formerly a competitor in the Champcar series (between 1997 and 2002) and currently driving in the Indy Racing League. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... The term IndyCar has multiple uses: Indycar (sometimes spelled Indy car) is a generic name used in the United States for a type of open wheel race car. ...


Founded in 1995 by Barry Green as Team Green, he and his brother Kim Green fielded two cars for Teo Fabi and 1995 Indianapolis 500 and CART champion Jacques Villeneuve in conjunction with Gerry Forsythe. In 1996 the Greens broke off and became known as the Brahma Sports Team for a season, with driver Raul Boesel. In 1997 KOOL tobacco took over as a major sponsor with Parker Johnstone, before switching back to a two-car effort in 1998 with temperamental yet talented Paul Tracy and rising youngster Dario Franchitti. Well known US orchestral and solo Double Bass player and teacher. ... Teo Fabi was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... A simple wooden cart in Australia A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ... Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve [IPA: ʒak vilnɶv] (born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, and winner of Formula One (1997) and Champ Car (1995) championships and the Indianapolis 500, one of only three drivers to accomplish all three feats (the others being Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario... Gerald (Gerry) Forsythe (born in Marshall, Illinois) is an American businessman and auto racing magnate, best known for being one of the three men (Kevin Kalkhoven and Paul Gentilozzi are the other two) that own the Champ Car World Series. ... Raul de Mesquita Boesel (born 4 December 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) was a Formula One driver who raced for the March and Ligier teams. ... Kool may refer to: // Robert Kool Bell, frontman of Kool and the Gang Kool DJ Herc, pioneer of break-beat deejaying Kool Keith, a hip hop musician Kool Moe Dee, a rapper KOOL-FM KOOL-TV Kool FM a UK pirate radio station KOOL 108 is the slogan for KQQL... Parker Johnstone (born March 27, 1961) is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from Redmond, Oregon. ... Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a professional automobile racer in the Champ Car World Series. ... Dario Franchitti (born May 19, 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British race car driver, formerly a competitor in the Champcar series (between 1997 and 2002) and currently driving in the Indy Racing League. ...


Those two stayed on as teammates for five seasons, the latter in 2002 when the team produced a striking new livery to coincide with their switch from Reynard to Lola chassis. The year before Michael Andretti joined the team in a separate effort headed by Kim Green, known as Team Motorola. Andretti won his last race as a driver at the '02 Long Beach Grand Prix. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Reynard Motorsport was at one time the worlds largest racing car manufacturer. ... For other meanings, see Lola (disambiguation) Lola Racing Cars (also Lola Cars International) is a racing car engineering company founded by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, United Kingdom. ... Michael Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional racing driver who now runs a team in the Indy Racing League. ... Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is an American international communications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. ... The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the premier circuit in the Champ Car World Series. ...


After a major problems in CART surfaced (leading to the organisation's bankruptcy after the 2003 season and sale of interests to another team owner), Andretti, who had purchased majority interest in the team, switched the newly-renamed Andretti Green Racing in 2003 to the rival IRL series, as Honda and Toyota had exited CART for the IRL, mostly because of formula (normally aspirated vs turbocharged engines) and a format which does not favour "franchise" teams. Tracy stayed in Champ Car with Franchitti joining Tony Kanaan and Andretti. Andretti retired after the 2003 Indianapolis 500, with Dan Wheldon taking his place. AGR has ran four cars since the beginning of '04, with Bryan Herta behind the wheel of the additional car. Kanaan and Wheldon won consecutive IRL titles in 2004 and 2005, with Wheldon winning the Indianapolis 500 in 2005, leading to Andretti referring to the win as his very own, as an owner, as good as if he had won it as a driver, because of the nuances of car ownership and building his own team. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... Champ Car, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... Tony Kanaan in a May 24, 2004 photo [[1]]. Tony Kanaan (born December 31, 1974) is a race car driver of Lebanese heritage from Salvador, Brazil. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... Daniel Clive Wheldon (born June 22, 1978 in Emberton, England) is a successful racing driver. ... Bryan Herta (born on May 23, 1970 in Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver in the Indy Racing Leagues IndyCar Series. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ...


Wheldon's championship was his last before free agency, and joining the Target Chip Ganassi Racing team in 2006. He was replaced by Marco Andretti. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902 as the In 1962, the first Target store was opened in Roseville, Minnesota. ... Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is a racing organization with teams in NASCAR, Champ Cars, and the IRL. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. ... Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania) is an American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti-Green Racing in the Indy Racing League. ...


Michael Andretti came out of retirement to qualify for the 2006 Indy 500 to help his team defend their championship.


It was announced the week of the Firestone Indy 500, on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006, Danica Patrick would join the team for the 2007 IndyCar season. [1]


The team has been compared as the IRL's version of NASCAR's Roush Racing, for it being the largest team in the League. Roush Racing is one of NASCARs premier racing teams. ...

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CART drivers

Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Raul de Mesquita Boesel (born 4 December 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) was a Formula One driver who raced for the March and Ligier teams. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Teo Fabi was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Parker Johnstone (born March 27, 1961) is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from Redmond, Oregon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a professional automobile racer in the Champ Car World Series. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve [IPA: ʒak vilnɶv] (born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, and winner of Formula One (1997) and Champ Car (1995) championships and the Indianapolis 500, one of only three drivers to accomplish all three feats (the others being Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario...

IRL drivers

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania) is an American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti-Green Racing in the Indy Racing League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Michael Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional racing driver who now runs a team in the Indy Racing League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Dario Franchitti (born May 19, 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British race car driver, formerly a competitor in the Champcar series (between 1997 and 2002) and currently driving in the Indy Racing League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Bryan Herta (born on May 23, 1970 in Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver in the Indy Racing Leagues IndyCar Series. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Tony Kanaan in a May 24, 2004 photo [[1]]. Tony Kanaan (born December 31, 1974) is a race car driver of Lebanese heritage from Salvador, Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... The cover of Danica: Crossing the Line by Danica Patrick with Laura Morton Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver competing in the Indy Racing League (IRL). ...

Current sponsors

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External links

  • Andretti purchases majority interest of Team Green
  • AGR Home page


 
 

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