2014 Honda IndyCar Teams and Drivers Andretti Autosport Owner: Michael Andretti Director of Racing Operations: Kyle Moyer Drivers: Marco Andretti James Hinchcliffe Ryan Hunter-Reay Carlos Munoz One of the most successful teams in IndyCar racing, and one that can date its association with Honda back to 1997, Andretti Autosport returns to Honda power for the 2014 season with a strong, four-driver lineup – and each one capable of winning the Verizon IndyCar Series championship. Led by racing legend Michael Andretti, the Indianapolis-based team has won three previous IndyCar titles with Honda (2004, 2005, 2007), and twice triumphed at the Indianapolis 500 (2005, 2007). Founded as Team Green in the mid-1990’s by veteran team manager Barry Green, the team began its association with Honda in 1997, and was a race winner and championship contender in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition through 2002. Anchored for many years by the driver pairing of Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy, the team added Michael Andretti as a third driver in 2001, scoring his final victory as a driver at the 2002 Grand Prix of Long Beach. When the team – and Honda – moved to the Indy Racing League for 2003, Andretti took on a team ownership role in the newly-renamed Andretti Green Racing. Six years later, Andretti assumed sole ownership and Andretti Autosport was launched in 2009. For 2014, Andretti Autosport seeks to add to the 57 IndyCar race victories and three previous championships won with Honda. The impressive driver lineup includes returning veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay – the 2012 IndyCar Series champion – race winners Marco Andretti and James Hinchcliffe – and promising series rookie Carlos Munoz, who starred last year in Indy Lights championship and make a sensational debut at the Indianapolis 500.

Marco Andretti #25 Snapple/Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

March 13, 1987 Nazareth, PA Nazareth, PA Single www.marcoandretti.com @marcoandretti

Career Highlights: • Finished fifth in the 2013 IndyCar drivers’ championship, with two poles, two podiums and six top-five finishes. • Has two career IndyCar victories, has led 907 laps and recorded 65 top-ten finishes in his career. • Became the youngest IndyCar pole winner at age 21 years, 79 days (Milwaukee, 2008); became at the time the youngest IndyCar race winner at 19 years, 5 months, 14 days (Sonoma, 2006). • Was 2006 IndyCar Rookie of the Year; and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year

James Hinchcliffe #27 United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

December 5, 1986 Toronto, Ont., Canada Indianapolis, IN Single www.hinchtown.com @hinchtown

Career Highlights: • Enjoyed a breakout season in 2013 with three race wins (St. Petersburg, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Iowa Speedway. • Also scored two podium and five top-five finishes in 2013. • Voted “Most Popular Driver” by IndyCar fans in 2013. • Recorded three top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 2011 to be named IndyCar Rookie of the Year, despite missing the season-opening race. • Finished second in the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Championship and won the Greg Moore Legacy Award as the series rising star.

Ryan Hunter-Reay #28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

December 17, 1980 Dallas, TX Fort Lauderdale Married, one child www.ryanracing.com @ryanhunterreay

Career Highlights: • Scored two wins (Barber Motorsports Park and Iowa) and four podiums to finish 7th in the 2012 IndyCar drivers’ championship. • Won four times, including three consecutive victories (Milwaukee, Iowa, Toronto, Baltimore) and scored four more top-10 finishes to win the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Championship. Was the first American driver to win the title in a unified IndyCar series since Al Unser Jr. in 1994. • Has led 889 laps and recorded 74 top-10 finishes in his IndyCar career. • Was IndyCar series Rookie of the Year in 2007. • Prior to joining IndyCar, was a regular in the Champ Car World Series, scoring his first victory in 2003 (Surfers Paradise, Australia) and recorded his first oval track win in 2004 (Milwaukee).

Carlos Munoz #34 Cinsay Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

January 2, 1993 Bogata, Columbia Miami, FL Single www.carlosmunozracing.com/en @carlosmunoz034

Career Highlights: • Took part in three IndyCar races in 2013, maintaining his rookie status for 2014. • Started and finishes second at the Indianapolis 500, names race Rookie of the Year; also competed at Toronto Race Two and the season finale at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. • Scored four wins, five podiums and five poles to finish third in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights Championship. • Was named 2013 Columbia “Driver of the Year”.

A.J. Foyt Racing Owner: A.J Foyt Team Director: Larry Foyt Driver: Takuma Sato The oldest IndyCar Series team in continuous operation, A.J. Foyt Racing is headed by its 76-year-old namesake, who founded the organization in 1965. As an owner/driver, Foyt scored two of his four Indianapolis 500 victories and three national championships in the late 1960s and throughout the ‘70s. Retired from the cockpit in since 1993, Foyt and his team have continued their winning ways, claiming IndyCar Series championships in 1996 with driver Scott Sharp and in 1998 with driver Kenny Brack; and the 1999 Indianapolis 500 with Brack. Today, A.J. Foyt Racing continues to operate out of facilities in the Houston suburb of Waller, Texas. The team’s 2,600-square foot showroom features historic race cars, trophies and photographs from Foyt’s legendary career. The senior Foyt continues to play an active role in the operation of his team, while his son, Larry, serves as team director. The 36-year-old Larry Foyt had his own career as a driver in both IndyCar and NASCAR, including three Indianapolis 500 starts from 20042006, before taking on a management role with his father’s team in 2007.

Takuma Sato #14 ABC Building Supply A.J. Foyt Racing Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

January 28, 1977 Tokyo, Japan Denver, Colorado Married, two children www.takumasato.com @takumasatoracer

Career Highlights: • Scored his first IndyCar race victory in 2013 at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. • Challenged for victory at the 2012 Indianapolis 500, when he spun on the final lap while attempting to pass eventual victor Dario Franchitti for the win. • Featured in several races in 2011, and was unlucky not to win at least one event. Dominated in changing conditions in both Brazil and New Hampshire. Qualified on the pole at Iowa and Edmonton. • Made the jump from Formula 3 to Formula 1 in 2002 with Jordan Grand Prix. Continued in Formula 1 with several teams through 2008, with a best finish of third at the U.S. Grand Prix in 2004.

Bryan Herta Autosport Owners: Bryan Herta, Steve Newey Team Manager: Don Lambert Driver: Jack Hawksworth Founded by veteran driver Bryan Herta and noted race engineer Steve Newey, Bryan Herta Autosport began operations as an Indy Lights team in 2009. The team moved up to the IndyCar Series at the 2010 Indianapolis 500, and made headlines in 2011 with the late Dan Wheldon’s charge to victory in the final laps of the “500”. Bryan Herta Autosport is a partnership of two complementary personalities, whose combined backgrounds and strengths makeup the backbone of a very effective team. Herta is a successful graduate of the North American open-wheel ladder system of the early 1990s, going on to score two wins and seven poles in IndyCar competition. He joined with Andretti Green Racing teammates Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan behind the wheel of a Honda Performance Development Acura ARX-01a to win LMP2 at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2007, the new car’s debut race. Co-owner Steve Newey’s career spans more than two decades to include design and race engineering positions in Formula One, and with Bobby Rahal’s championshipwinning 1992 CART program. Newey was instrumental in the establishment of the Patrick Racing and Mo Nunn Racing IndyCar teams, and in the set up of Andretti Green Racing’s successful Acura program in the American Le Mans Series. For 2014, Bryan Herta Autosport will field promising rookie Jack Hawksworth, a graduate of the Indy Lights Championship and European open-wheel racing competition.

Jack Hawksworth #98 LegalShield Bryan Herta Autosport Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

February 28, 1991 Bradford, England Indianapolis, IN Single www.jackhawksworth.co.uk @jackhawk91

Career Highlights: • Won three races in the 2013 Indy Lights Championship, battling Carlos Munoz and Sage Karam for the series championship. • Dominated in IndyCar ladder series competition in 2012, setting records for poles and race wins. • Started in karting at age 13, winning numerous championships as a youth. Graduated to cars in the Formula Renault UK series in 2010.

Dale Coyne Racing Owner: Dale Coyne Driver: Justin Wilson A mainstay in IndyCar competition for nearly 30 years, Dale Coyne Racing started out as a single-car, owner/driver operation in 1984; but has grown first into a team known for introducing new drivers, and in more recent years as a race-winning team. After racing for five years as a driver/owner in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition, Dale Coyne stepped out of the cockpit in 1990 and turned his attentions toward developing up-and-coming IndyCar drivers. The list of drivers benefitting from Coyne’s experience includes future series champion Paul Tracy, Oriol Servia, Katherine Legge, Michel Jourdain Jr., “supersubs” Roberto Moreno and Memo Gidley, Atlantic and sports-car star Ryan Dalziel. In addition to operating his race team, Coyne was also the driving force behind the creation of Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, just down the road from his team’s long-time base in nearby Plainfield. In recent seasons, Coyne began a program to upgrade his team’s engineering capabilities and overall competitiveness. Justin Wilson recorded the team’s inaugural IndyCar Series victory at Watkins Glen in 2009, followed by a second win, also with Wilson at the wheel, at Texas World Speedway in 2012.

Justin Wilson #19 Boy Scouts of America Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

July 31, 1978 Sheffield, England Longmont, CO Married, two children www.justinwilson.co.uk @justinwilson22

Career Highlights: • Scored his sixth IndyCar victory, and second with Dale Coyne Racing, at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012. • In 2009, gave Dale Coyne Racing the team’s first indyCar race victory in 24 years of competition, at Watkins Glen. Wilson joined the IndyCar Series with the Newman Haas Racing team in 2008, winning the Detroit Grand Prix that year. • Prior to the unification of North American open-wheel racing, Wilson was a race winner and championship contender in the Champ Car World Series, recording four victories from 2004-07, finishing third in the 2005 series championship, and second in both 2006 and ‘07.

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Raced in Formula One in 2003, starting the season with Minardi and moving to Jaguar Racing for the final five races of the season, scoring his first championship point in the U.S. Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Owners: Bobby Rahal, David Letterman, Mike Lanigan Team Manager: Ricardo Nault Drivers: Graham Rahal Oriol Servia The original Honda-powered IndyCar team in the Championship Auto Racing Team (CART) series, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing returned as a partner team with Honda as manufacturer competition made its own welcome return to IndyCar racing in 2012. Founded in 1992 by three-time IndyCar champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal and late St. Louis businessman Carl Hogan, the team joined with Honda in 1993 as the manufacturer began its IndyCar program, conducting an extensive test program that year and adding a second car, driven by Mike Groff, for the ‘94 season. CBS Late Show host David Letterman became a co-owner following the 1995 season, and the team took on the Rahal Letterman Racing moniker as it continued to compete in CART through 2003. That same year, the team reunited with Honda to take part in the IRL IndyCar Series. With driver Buddy Rice, Rahal Letterman Racing scored Honda’s first Indianapolis 500 victory in 2004 and played a major role in Honda’s first IRL manufacturers’ championship. Businessman Mike Lanigan joined the ownership group in 2011 as the team became Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. For 2012, the team opened a second base of operations for its expanded IndyCar Series operations, located in the Indianapolis suburb of Brownsburg. In 2014 the team will be led by third-generation racer Graham Rahal, son of Bobby; partnered with veterab race winner Oriol Servia for a partial season.

Graham Rahal #15 National Guard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

January 4, 1989 New Albany, Ohio New Albany, Ohio Single www.grahamrahal.com @grahamrahal

Career Highlights: • Joined his father’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing organization for 2013, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. • Joined the Chip Ganassi Racing organization in 2011 and scored three top-five finishes, leading 29 laps, during the 17-race IZOD IndyCar Series season. • In his second year with Newman Haas, Rahal became the youngest winner – and pole qualifier – in IndyCar Series history at the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, at the age of 19 years, 93 days. • Graduated to the Champ Car World Series with Newman Haas Racing in 2007, finishing fifth as a rookie with a best result of second at Houston. • Starting in karting, rose rapidly through the training ground ranks with his first title in 2003. Became the youngest driver to win a Star Mazda race in 2005 and scored five Formula Atlantic wins the following season, finishing second in the 2006 championship to future Honda-powered IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud.

Oriol Servia #16 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

July 13, 1974 Pals, Catalonia, Spain Los Angeles, CA Single www.oriolservia.homestead.com @oriolservia

Career Highlights: • Started the 2013 season with Panther/DRR Racing, finished fourth at Sao Paulo, Brazil and 11th at the Indianapolis 500. Moved over to the main Panther team for a partial season after Indianapolis, highlighted by seventh-place finishes at Iowa and Houston Round Two. • Driving for Newman Haas Racing in 2011, combined three podium results with six top-six finishes to end the season fourth in the drivers’ chamionship. • CART drivers’ championship runner-up in 2005, scoring his first race victory at Montreal with six podium finishes, driving for Newman Haas Racing • Moved up to CART competition after winning the 1999 Indy Lights Championship, driving for Dorricott Racing.

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Owners: Sarah Fisher, Wink Hartman Team Manager: Andy O’Gara Driver: Josef Newgarden One of the most popular IndyCar drivers in recent history, Sarah Fisher formed her own IndyCar team in 2008, becoming the first female owner/driver in the series and also the youngest. Prior to starting her team, in 2000, Fisher became the third woman to start the Indianapolis 500. She went on to become the first woman to earn an IndyCar Series pole, competed in nine Indianapolis 500s and was voted “most popular driver” four times by series fans. Fisher announced her retirement at the end of the 2010 season, and Ed Carpenter joined the team as driver in 2011, taking part in a nine-race schedule highlighted by his and the team’s first IndyCar Series victory at Kentucky Speedway. For 2012, the team name changed to Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, reflecting the new role of businessman Wink Hartman as a full partner. Hartman, whose Wichita-based Hartman Oil Company operates more than 600 wells in Kansas and Oklahoma, was one of the first sponsors of the Fisher team, and now has increased his participation to a full partnership role. Also joining the team for 2012 was driver Josef Newgarden, who came to IndyCar after several years of racing in various European training ground series, then returning to the U.S. to win the Firestone Indy Lights Championship with five race victories in 14 races during the 2011 season. Newgarden returns for his third season with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in 2014. Honda power became the final piece of the puzzle for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, with the addition of the team to Honda’s IZOD IndyCar Series lineup completing the manufacturer’s full-season effort for 2012, and the combination returns intact for 2013.

Josef Newgarden #67 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

December 22, 1990 Nashville, TN Indianapolis, IN Single www.josefnewgarden.com @josefnewgarden

Career Highlights: • Reinforced his reputation as a rising IndyCar star by challenging for the win in the final laps at Sao Paulo, and a second-place finish behind fellow Honda racer Simon Pagenaud at Baltimore.

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Won the Firestone Indy Lights Championship in 2011, scoring five race wins and 10 podium finishes in 14 races while driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Took part in the British Formula F Championship in 2009, winning nine times and finishing second in the series championship. Moved up to GP3 in 2010, scoring a pole at Hockenheim and a fifth-place finish at Monza. Started car racing in 2007, and in 2008 finished second in the Skip Barber National Championship with three wins. Also took part in the annual British Formula Ford Festival as part of Team USA, winning the Kent Class event. Started in karting in 2006 at age 16, won two Kart Racers of America titles, and the Junior TAG World Championship for two consecutive years.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Owners: Sam Schmidt, Ric Peterson Team Manager: Rob Edwards Drivers: Simon Pagenaud Mikhail Aleshin As with all other Honda-powered teams in the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports is run by a former IndyCar driver with decades of experience. Sam Schmidt started his team in 2001, the year after he was paralyzed in an IndyCar crash at Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando, Florida. Inspired by the similarlyinjured Formula One team owner Frank Williams, Schmidt has utilized his unique background – in addition to his racing experience, he holds a Masters Degree in International Finance from Pepperdine University – to both advance his team and promote the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. With Alex Tagliani at the wheel of the team’s full-season entry in 2011 under the FAZZT banner, Sam Schmidt Motorsports claimed the pole for the Indianapolis 500, and garnered additional success through its technical partnership with Bryan Herta Autosport, winner of the dramatic 100th anniversary ‘500’, the late Dan Wheldon’s final triumph. Late in the season, the two teams “traded” drivers, and Wheldon was driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports at Las Vegas, where he died as a result of injuries suffered in a massive, multi-car crash. Wheldon’s death deeply affected the entire Sam Schmidt Motorsports organization. But the team regrouped for 2012, signing former Champ Car driver and American Le Mans Series champion Simon Pagenaud to lead the team, and has expanded to a two-car operation the following year, and rookie Mikhail Aleshin will join Pagenaud for 2014. Since 2013, team founder Sam Schmidt has been partnered with Canadian businessman and former Atlantic racer Ric Peterson, with another former IndyCar driver, Davey Hamilton as a minority partner in the #77 entry of Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud #77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

May 18, 1984 Poitiers, France Indianapolis, Indiana Single www.simon-pagenaud.com @simonpagenaud

Career Highlights: • Posted two race wins (Detroit Race 2, Baltimore) and seven top-six finishes in 2013 to end the season third in the drivers’ championhip. • Scored four podium finishes, highlighted by a second-place run at Long Beach, to finish fifth in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series and win Rookie of the Year. • Made his IndyCar debut in 2011 substituting for Simona de Silvestro at Barber Motorsports Park, and for an injured Justin Wilson with Dreyer & Reinbold at MidOhio; finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for Peugeot. • Began his association with Honda and HPD with a move to the American Le Mans Series in 2008, driving an Acura ARX-01b for de Ferran Motorsports. Moved up to LMP1 with de Ferran in the new ARX-02a the following season, winning five times and finishing second. Moved to fellow HPD team Highcroft Racing for 2010 and won the LMP title with four race victories. • Moved to the Champ Car World Series in 2007, still with Walker’s Australia Racing program as teammate to Will Power, and continued his friendly rivalry with Rahal as series rookies.

Mikhail Aleshin #7 SMP Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda Dallara Birthdate: Hometown: Resides: Personal: Website: Twitter:

May 22, 1987 Moscow, Russia Indianapolis, IN Single TBA @mikhailaleshin

Career Highlights: • Will be making his IndyCar Series debut in 2014, after competing in the FIA Formula Renault 3.5 Series and GP2 in 2011-13. • Won the Formula Renault 3.5 Series title in 2010, besting future Formula One driver Daniel Riccardo for the championship in a season-long battle. • Became the first Russian driver to win a major open-wheel race, finishing first at Monza in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. • Won multiple karting championships as a youth from 1996-2002, began car racing in the Russian Formula 3 Championship in 2002, while just 14 years old.