Tomas Scheckter

Tomas Scheckter is a driver in the Indy Racing League and the son of Formula 1 legend Jody Scheckter.

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Indy Racing League - Formula 1 - Jody Scheckter

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He contested several F3000 races in 2000, finishing second at Hockenheim behind future IRL team-mate Tomas Enge. After being fired from his testing role with the Jaguar Racing Formula 1 team in in 2001 for off-track misdemeanours, he raced in the Telefonica World Series, finishing as championship runner-up.

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F3000 - Tomas Enge - Jaguar Racing - 2001

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Tomas was signed to drive for Eddie Cheever's Red Bull Cheever Racing for the 2002 IRL season. He was the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the year after leading 85 laps of the race and won his first career race in his rookie season at Michigan International Speedway. In 2003 he moved to Target Ganassi Racing with mixed results, often being criticized for his inconsistency and frequency of crashing, finishing well behind title-winning team-mate Scott Dixon.

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Eddie Cheever - Red Bull - Cheever Racing - Indianapolis 500 - Michigan International Speedway - Target - Ganassi Racing - Scott Dixon

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In 2004 he moved to Panther Racing to replace double champion Sam Hornish, Jr.. In 2004 and 2005 Scheckter and Panther have been the dominant Chevrolet powered team, greatly outpacing other teams powered by what most consider the weakest engine in the series. Scheckter broke through a horrendous string of bad luck, defeating Sam Hornish Jr. to win the Bombardier Learjet 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in June 2005 for his second career IRL victory.

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Panther Racing - Sam Hornish, Jr. - Chevrolet

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