2006 IRL Drivers

THE BEST DRIVERS IN THE WORLD OF 2006 RACING

Tomas Scheckter has only won 2 races in his career at Texas Motor Speedway and at Michigan International Speedway. but has not won a championship in his career.

Helio Castroneves is the Spiderman of the IRL and is also a 2-time Indy 500 Champion.

Vitor Meira is an IRL Driver who hasn't had the best of luck with winning because he has finished 2nd five times in his career.

Buddy Lazier is an IRL driver who won the Indy 500 in 1996 edging Davy Jones by just a little bit.

Sam Hornish Jr. is the 2006 Indy 500 Champion and beat Marco Andretti on the final lap getting to the line. He has also won 2 Championships in his career.

Bryan Herta is a native of Michigan and in 2005 he won his 2nd career race at his favorite place "Michigan International Speedway."

Scott Sharp was the first ever Champion in the INDY Racing League in 1996 and won his Ninth race of his career at the Kentucky Speedway last year.

Scott Dixon won the 2003 Championship and is also the only driver to win at Watkins Glen International Road Course with 2 wins in 2 races.

Dan Wheldon is the only driver in the IRL to win the IRL Championship and the Indy 500 in the same year in 2005 along with the most wins of 6 total victories.

Tony Kanaan won the Championship in 2004 and also is a very sneaky driver when it's a Green flag on the start or a restart because he'll just take away 3 or 4 positions before the first turn.

Felipe Giaffone has only one win in his career that came at Kentucky Speedway in 2002.

Buddy Rice is the 2004 Indy 500 Champion and also had a scary flip at Chicagoland Speedway that he survived and still drives to this day from it.

Danica Patrick is the most popular driver in the IRL because everywhere fans look at a racetrack most of them are by Danica Patrick getting autographs.

Jeff Simmons won at the Milwaukee Mile last year for the Indy Pro Series and now is in the IRL.

Ed Carpenter is not the best driver in the IRL but he did get a best finish of sixth this year at Watkins Glen International.

Marco Andretti is the son of the great Michael Andretti and the grandson of 1969 Indy 500 Champ Mario Andretti. He also almost became the youngest driver in history at 19 years old to win an Indy 500 but instead got beat by Sam Hornish Jr.

Dario Franchitti is an IRL driver who has won 4 races in his career the most recent one came at a very close finish at California in 2005.

Eddie Cheever Jr. won the Indy 500 in 1998 and was a car owner of two race teams from 2003-2005.

Kosuke Matsuura was the 2004 Bombardier Rookie of the Year for the IRL

P.J. Chesson is competing for the Bombardier rookie of the year in 2006.