FOYT, BRACK JOIN FORCES FOR INDIANAPOLIS 500 ENTRY
4 March 2000
FOYT, BRACK JOIN FORCES FOR INDIANAPOLIS 500 ENTRY
Four-time Indy winner also fields entries for Ward, Salazar
INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, March 3, 2000 - Four-time Indianapolis 500
winner A.J. Foyt filed three entries for the 84th Indianapolis 500 on March 3,
one of which is a partnership between Foyt and 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner
Kenny Brack.
Foyt's regular Northern Light Indy Racing Series drivers Jeff Ward and
Eliseo Salazar are listed as drivers for the other two entries. Ward will
drive the #14 Harrah^s-A.J. Foyt Racing G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone, and
Salazar will drive the #11 Rio-A.J. Foyt Racing G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone.
No driver has been named yet for the #41 A.J. Foyt/Kenny Brack
Motorsports G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone. Backup machines have been entered for all
three teams.
"Kenny Brack and I decided to enter a car together," Foyt said. "We
don't know who^s going to drive yet."
Brack won the 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1998 Indy Racing League
championship while driving for Foyt. Brack now drives for Team Rahal in
CART.
Ward, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., is now in his fourth year of
Northern Light Indy Racing Series competition. He won Indianapolis 500 Bank One
Rookie of the Year honors in 1997 by finishing third. He placed 13th in
1998 and tied his career-best league finish with a second place in 1999 at
Indy.
Salazar started the 2000 Indy Racing season, his 26th year of
motorsports competition, by finishing fifth in the Delphi Indy 200 at Walt Disney
World Speedway on Jan. 29 in his debut race with Foyt's team.
Salazar, of Santiago, Chile, first raced in the Indianapolis 500 in
1995 for team owner Dick Simon and scored his best Indy finish, fourth, that
year. He has one Northern Light Indy Racing Series win, at Las Vegas in
1997.
David Milby is chief mechanic for Ward^s entry, Bill Spencer is chief
mechanic for Salazar, and Craig Baranouski will fulfill chief mechanic
duties for the Foyt-Brack entry.
Baranouski is team manager for Ward and Salazar, and Tommy LaMance is
the team manager on the Foyt-Brack entry.
2000 INDIANAPOLIS 500 ENTRIES (as of March 3)
Driver Entrant Car C/E/T Entry Date
Scott Goodyear Panther Racing #4, #4T Pennzoil Panther Dallara D/O/F
Feb. 14
Jeret Schroeder Tri Star Motorsports #6, #6T Armour Swift
Ekrich-Tristarmall.com D/O/F Feb. 23
Jack Miller Tri Star Motorsports #21, #21T Milk Chug-Opalescence-
Century 21-Tristarmall.com D/O/F Feb. 23
Stephan Gregoire Dick Simon Racing #7, #7T Dick Simon Racing-Mexmil-
Tokheim-Viking Air Tools G/O/F Feb. 24
Jimmy Vasser Target/
Chip Ganassi Racing #15, #15T Target G/O/F Feb. 28
Juan Montoya Target/
Chip Ganassi Racing #10, #10T Target G/O/F Feb. 28
Al Unser Jr. Galles ECR Racing #3, #3T Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com
Starz Encore Superpak G/O/F Feb. 29
Tyce Carlson Hubbard-Immke Racing #20, #20T Hubbard Photographics-
Immke Auto Group-Dallara D/O/F Feb. 29
Robbie Buhl Dreyer & Reinbold #24, #24T Team Purex Racing Dreyer &
Reinbold Racing G/TBA/F March 1
Eliseo Salazar A.J. Foyt Enterprises #11, #11T Rio-A.J. Foyt Racing
G/O/F
March 3
Jeff Ward A.J. Foyt Enterprises #14, #14T Harrah^s-A.J. Foyt Racing
G/O/F
March 3
TBA A.J. Foyt/Kenny Brack
Motorsports #41, #41T Foyt/Brack Motorsports G/O/F March 3
Key: C/E/T-Chassis/engine/tire; D-Dallara; F-Firestone; G-G Force;
O-Oldsmobile; TBA - To be announced
ENTRY SUMMARY
DRIVERS (11)
Former race winners: Al Unser Jr., 2 (1992, 1994).
Former pole winners: Al Unser Jr., 1 (1994).
Rookie (1): Juan Montoya.
U.S. born (6): Robbie Buhl, Tyce Carlson, Jack Miller, Jeret Schroeder, Al
Unser Jr., Jimmy Vasser.
Foreign born (5): Scott Goodyear, Canada; Stephan Gregoire, France; Juan
Montoya, Colombia; Eliseo Salazar, Chile; Jeff Ward, Scotland.
Youngest: Juan Montoya, 24.
Oldest: Eliseo Salazar, 44.
Most previous starts: Al Unser Jr., 12.
CARS (24)
Chassis: G Force 16, Dallara 8.
Engines: Oldsmobile 22; TBA 2.