Jimmy Vasser

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Jimmy Vasser
Vasser at Long Beach, 2008
Born	(1965-11-20) November 20, 1965 (age 58) Canoga Park, California, U.S.
Championship titles
1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Champion
Champ Car career 233 races run over 16 years Years active 1992–2006, 2008 Team(s) Hayhoe/Cole Racing (1992–1994) Target Chip Ganassi Racing (1995–2000) Patrick Racing (2001) Rahal Letterman Racing (2002) American Spirit Team Johansson (2003) PKV Racing (2004–2006) KV Racing (2008) Best finish 1st (1996) First race 1992 Dailkyo IndyCar Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise) Last race 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) First win 1996 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead) Last win 2002 The 500 Presented by Toyota (California) Wins Podiums Poles 10 33 8
NASCAR driver NASCAR Xfinity Series career 2 races run over 1 year Best finish 97th (2003) First race 2003 Koolerz 300 (Daytona) Last race 2003 GNC Live Well 250 (Milwaukee) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

James "Jimmy" Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the CART series and Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the 1996 CART championship with Chip Ganassi Racing.^[1] Vasser was the last American to win the CART title. Vasser won the 1996 U.S. 500, and had a best finish of 4th at the Indianapolis 500 twice (1994 and 2001).

Vasser and business partner Kevin Kalkhoven won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 as a car owners of KV Racing Technology, with driver Tony Kanaan.