INDY 500: Gregoire entered in 84th Indianapolis 500; Driving for Dick Simon
25 February 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
INDIANAPOLIS- Longtime Indianapolis 500
participant Dick Simon filed an entry Feb. 24 for driver Stephan Gregoire
for the 84th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" on May 28.Gregoire, a native of France living in Indianapolis, will drive the Dick Simon Racing-Mexmil-Tokheim-Viking Air Tools G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone. He will attempt to make his fifth Indy start. Gregoires best Indy finish was 17th in 1998 for Chastain Motorsports.
Dick Simon Racing also entered an identical backup machine for Gregoire, the teams full-time driver in the Northern Light Indy Racing Series. Richie Simon, Dick Simons son, is the chief mechanic. Emmanuel Lupe is the team manager.
Simon drove in 17 Indianapolis 500s between 1970 and 1988, with a best finish of sixth in 1987. Simon has fielded his own cars and worked for other teams since his retirement as a driver. He re-formed Dick Simon Racing in 1999 to compete in the Indy Racing League with Gregoire as his driver.
Gregoires relationship with Simon dates to his American racing debut at the 1993 Indianapolis 500. Simon worked with the Formula Project team that fielded a car for Gregoire as a rookie at the Speedway. Gregoire also drove a Simon entry in practice at Indy in 1994 and drove for Team Scandia, for which Simon worked, in two Indy Racing League events in 1996.
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