KENNY BRACK
Nationality: Swedish
Born: March 21, 1966
Team: Team Rahal
Career highlights: 1999 Indy 500 winner and 1998 IRL champion. Four
wins in 45 starts. Also scored five victories in CART from 2000-2002.
Best finish in '03 was second at Motegi, Japan.
DARIO FRANCHITTI
Nationality: Scottish
Born: May 19, 1973
Team: Andretti Green Racing
Career highlights:Runner-up in 1999 CART championship after losing
tie-breaker for title to Juan Montoya. Earned 10 wins in CART from
1997-2002. Made three IRL starts in 2003 before season-ending back
surgery.
BRYAN HERTA
Nationality: American
Born: May 23, 1970
Team: Andretti Green Racing
Career highlights:Drove to victory at Kansas City last year in only
third IRL start and tacked on three more podiums to wind up 13th in
points despite only competing in 11 of 16 races. Also won twice in
nine-year CART career.
TONY KANAAN
Nationality: Brazilian
Born: Dec. 31, 1974
Team: Andretti Green Racing
Career highlights:Led IRL standings for most of 2003 before finishing
fourth in points. Captured Honda's initial IRL race victory at
Phoenix in only third start and also had a trio of seconds and three
poles. Also had one win in CART.
KOSUKE MATSUURA
Nationality: Japanese
Born: September 4, 1979
Team: Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
Career highlights:IndyCar Rookie owns experience in the Japan Formula
Dream series - where he won the 2000 championship - as well as the
German Formula 3 and Formula Renault V6 series. Runnerup in the 2002
Formula 3 series; third last year in Formula Renault V6.
GREG RAY
Nationality: American
Born: Aug. 3, 1966
Team: Access Motorsports
Career highlights: Captured 1999 IRL championship with three wins and
four poles. Owns IRL record 13 pole positions. Has five wins in 67
Indy-car starts. Didn't begin racing until he was 25 years old.
BUDDY RICE
Nationality: American
Born: Jan. 31, 1976
Team: Rahal
Career highlights:Started and finished second in IRL debut at
Michigan in 2002. Also ran fourth at Gateway that year. Earned the
2000 Toyota Atlantic championship with five victories. Made 13 IRL
starts in 2003.
DAN WHELDON
Nationality: British
Born: June 22, 1978
Team: Andretti Green Racing
Career highlights:Finished 2003 IRL season with two fourths and first
podium (third at Texas finale), boosting him to IRL's Rookie of the
Year Award. Captured 1999 U.S. F2000 championship. Runner-up in 2000
Toyota Atlantic and 2001 Indy Lights Championships.