Jimmy Vasser

Jimmy Vasser has been one of America's best pure auto racers for well over a decade. However, his rootes go back to childhood, when his father Jim, who restores and sells cars, put him into a quater-midget (a lighter, less powerful version of a midget racing car) at the age of 6. The two took their racing seriously, and soon Vasser began dominating the short oval tracks of the southwest and then the nation on the way to three national quater midgets by the age of 13. However, in high school, he took off from racing. In 1983, Jimmy Vasser returned to racing, this time in Formula Ford cars around road courses in the US and Canada. During the 80's Vasser raced in numerous open-wheel series, winning races and championships. In 1991, he finished as the runner-up in the Toyota Atlantic Series with 6 wins and 8 poles. In 1992, Vasser joined the CART series with Hayhoe Racing and made his first Indianapolis 500 start. After three years at Hayhoe, Vasser joined the Target/Chip Ganassi racing