Project Indy was a car racing team owned by Andreas Leberle that competed in the CART Championship Car series and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Leberle was a former chief mechanic for Euromotorsport,[1] and like Euromotorsport, Project Indy's cars were often driven by pay drivers. The team was founded in 1994 and operated through the 1998 CART season. Their only appearance in the IRL was with Johnny Unser for two of the three races of the 1996 season and the two 1996 races of the 1996–1997 season, which were competed with CART-spec equipment. The best race finish registered by a Project Indy driver was 7th place by Christian Danner in the 1995 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami.[2] In 1998 the team was known as Project CART due to not being allowed to use the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's "Indy" trademark as the team by then only participated in CART.
The team attempted the Indianapolis 500 several times but only succeeded in making the field in 1996 with Unser; their car did not start due to a broken transmission.[3]
Christian Danner (1994–1995)
Franck Fréon (1994–1995)
Buddy Lazier (1995) Arnd Meier (1997)
Andrea Montermini (1994)
Roberto Moreno (1998) Domenico Schiattarella (1994–1995, 1998)
Hubert Stromberger (1995) Dennis Vitolo (1996–1997) Johnny Unser (1996)(key)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | SFR | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | ROA | NAZ | LAG | ||||||||
| Lola T93/06 | Ford XB V8t | G | Franck Fréon
|
64 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Didier Theys
|
DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian Danner
|
12 | Wth | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Schiattarella
|
26 | 16 | Wth | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Montermini
|
9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | MIA | SFR | PHX | LBH | NAZ | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | ROA | TOR | CLE | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | LAG | |||||||
| Lola T93/06 Reynard 94i |
Ford XB V8t | G | Christian Danner
|
64 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reynard 94i | Buddy Lazier
|
21 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Franck Fréon
|
15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Parsons, Jr.
|
DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Stromberger
|
16 | Wth | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Schiattarella
|
18 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | MIA | RIO | SFR | LBH | NAZ | 500 | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | ||||||||
| Reynard 95i | Ford XB V8t | G | Dennis Vitolo
|
64 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | MIA | SFR | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | FON | |||||||
| Lola T97/00 | Ford XD V8t | G | Dennis Vitolo
|
64 | 23 | Wth | DNS | 27 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Arnd Meier
|
16 | 25 | DNS | 18 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | HOU | SFR | FON | |||||
| Reynard 97i | Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t | G | Roberto Moreno
|
15 | 15 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Schiattarella
|
16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(key)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | WDW | PHX | INDY | ||||||||||||
| Reynard 94i Reynard 95i |
Ford XB V8t | G | Johnny Unser
|
64 | 9 | 33 | |||||||||
| Lola T93/00 |  Rob Wilson
|
46 | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | NHA | LSV | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHA2 | LSV2 | |||||
| Reynard 95i | Ford XB V8t | G | Johnny Unser
|
64 | DNQ | 22 | |||||||||