Jimmy Vasser

Vasser at the 2008 Long Beach Champ Car

Jimmy Vasser (born November 20, 1965 in Canoga Park , Los Angeles ) is a former American automobile racing driver and overall winner of the 1996 Champ Car season.

Career

After he had previously competed in the Toyota Atlantic Series , Vasser completed his first champ car season in 1992 with a seventh place overall. After a total of 232 races and the overall victory in this series in 1996, he is now the co-owner of the KV Racing team , for which Mario Moraes and Paul Tracy will be drivers in the IndyCar Series in the 2009 season . Even at the wheel, Vasser was last in January 2009, together with Jimmie Johnson and others, seventh overall in the Daytona 24 Hours on a Pontiac .

Vasser now lives in Las Vegas .

literature

Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Web links

Commons : Jimmy Vasser - collection of images, videos and audio files

KV Racing Technology Team KV Racing

Individual evidence

↑ Vasser: The ChampCar title is decided in the head. www.motorsport-total.com, July 20, 2007, accessed on January 31, 2009 .
↑ About KV Racing Technology. KV Racing , archived from the original on February 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 31, 2009 .
↑ Daytona thriller: Porsche power wrestles Montoya down! www.motorsport-total.com, January 25, 2009, accessed January 31, 2009 .

personal data
SURNAME	Vasser, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Canoga Park , California, USA

[mot_tot-1] Vasser: The ChampCar title is decided in the head. www.motorsport-total.com, July 20, 2007, accessed on January 31, 2009 .

[2] About KV Racing Technology. KV Racing , archived from the original on February 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 31, 2009 .

[3] Daytona thriller: Porsche power wrestles Montoya down! www.motorsport-total.com, January 25, 2009, accessed January 31, 2009 .