Dick Simon Racing

CART

The team finished its years in CART without winning a race, but captured two poles, both by Boesel at the Milwaukee Mile in 1993 and 1994. The team had six second-place finishes, one with Arie Luyendyk in 1988, and the rest with Boesel.

As an owner, Simon had a stellar record of his rookie drivers successfully qualifying for the Indy 500. As a tradition, Simon cars frequently made the effort to be "first car(s) on the track" at Indy on the opening day of practice, a popular ceremonial honor.

Indy Racing League

In 1996 Dick Simon sold much of the team's cars and assets to Team Scandia founder Andy Evans and Simon was listed on many of the team's entries in the new Indy Racing League as Simon/Scandia Racing. It was during that year that Scandia set a race record by having 7 of their cars qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

Dick Simon returned to the IRL in 1999 with Stephan Gregoire who competed in a full schedule but failed to qualify for the Indy 500 and finished 15th in points. Gregoire returned in 2000 and finished 14th in points and was joined in the Indianapolis 500 by Lyn St. James who began her IndyCar career with Simon 8 years earlier. Both cars made the race and while St. James wrecked early in the race, Gregoire finished 8th. Gregoire was set to return for a full season in 2001, but after the team again failed to qualify for the Indy 500, the team shut down in May of that year.

When his own team failed to qualify at the 2001 Indy 500, on race day Simon was hired to be the team strategist for Robby Gordon at A. J. Foyt Enterprises.

NASCAR

At the 1994 Brickyard 400, Dick Simon was the co-owner of Jim Sauter's entry. The car failed to qualify.

Drivers

CART

• GBR Ian Ashley (1986–1987)
• ITA Fulvio Ballabio (1988)
• BRA Raul Boesel (1985–1986, 1992–1994)
• AUS Gary Brabham (1993)
• USA Scott Brayton (1989–1993)
• SUI Jean-Pierre Frey (1988)
• FRA Philippe Gache (1992)
• FRA Bertrand Gachot (1993)
• BRA Marco Greco (1995)
• MEX Carlos Guerrero (1995)
• BRA Maurício Gugelmin (1993)
• USA Dean Hall (1995)
• CAN Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (1987)
• PER Jorge Koechlin (1983)
• NED Arie Luyendyk (1988–1989, 1995)
• JPN Hideshi Matsuda (1994)
• JPN Hiro Matsushita (1990, 1992, 1994)
• USA Mike Nish (1984)
• FIN Tero Palmroth (1988–1990)
• USA Tom Phillips (1986)
• USA Scott Pruett (1988)
• USA John Richards (1987)
• USA Chip Robinson (1986)
• CHI Eliseo Salazar (1995)
• USA Dick Simon (1983–1988)
• USA Joe Sposato (1990)
• USA Lyn St. James (1992–1995)
• BEL Didier Theys (1988)
• USA Dennis Vitolo (1994)
• USA Jeff Wood (1987)

IRL

• ITA Michele Alboreto (1996*)
• USA Racin Gardner (1996*)
• FRA Stephan Gregoire (1999–2001)
• USA Joe Gosek (1996*)
• MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. (1996*)
• USA Lyn St. James (1996*, 2000)
• ESP Fermin Velez (1996*)
• ITA Alessandro Zampedri (1996*)

• indicates car was entered as Simon/Scandia Racing

Complete Racing Results

PPG CART Indycar World Series

(key)

Indy Racing League results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

1. Run in conjunction with Team Scandia.
2. The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.