Driver of the # 4 Pennzoil Chevrolet Indy
Racing Leauge IRL
Overall: In two seasons in the Indy
Racing League Tomas
has earned One Win, Five Pole positions,
7 Top Five finishes, 13 Top 10 finishes,
14 races led for a total of 934 leader
laps. At Indy he has led 148 laps (of
400) in two races, nearly twice as
many laps as the next leading driver.
Has had the Fastest Lap of the race
in eight separate races (2003: Japan
and Richmond, 2002: Nazareth, Indy,
Kansas, Nashville, Michigan and Kentucky.)
2003 Indy Racing
League – 16
IndyCar starts. Two Pole Awards – Texas
(June race) and Michigan. Top Five
Qualifier at 8 races. Five Top Five
finishes. Ten Top 10 finishes. Led
9 different races for a total of 491
laps, second only to 2003 IRL Champion
Scott Dixon. Led 63 laps at Indianapolis.
Completed 3041 laps of competition
(4th highest completion rate.) Finished
7th in Indy Racing League points championship.
2002 Indy Racing
League – 12
IndyCar starts. Scored his first IndyCar
win at Michigan after starting on the
Pole and leading 122 of 200 laps. Drove
from 11th to first in the final 26
laps to claim the victory. Three Pole
Awards – Texas (June race), Kansas,
and Michigan. Top Five Qualifier at
8 races. Two Top Five finishes. Three
Top 10 finishes. Led 5 different races
for a total of 443 laps, third highest
behind Sam Hornish Jr. and Gil de Ferran.
Named Bank One Co-Rookie of the Year
at Indy with Alex Barron. Finished
second in IRL Bombardier Rookie of
the Year behind Laurent Redon although
only having 12 starts. Finished 14th
in Indy Racing League points championship.
2001 – Runner-up
in the Formula Nissan Championship
with four victories and eight Poles.
Served as test driver for the Jaguar
Racing Formula One team from January
through May.
2000 – Runner-up
in the British Formula 3 championship
with two victories and two Poles.
Finished third in prestigious Marlboro
Masters F3 race at Zandvoort. Competed
in final four races of FIA Formula
3000 championship, with one runner-up
finish.
1999 – Won
Formula Opel Euroseries championship
with a record eight victories and
eight poles. Competed in the last
two races of the Formula Nissan championship,
winning one of them and winning the
Pole at both events.
1998 – Finished
Third in the British Formula Vauxhall
Junior series with one victory and
one Pole. Named series Rookie of
the Year.
1997 – Scored
two wins in the South African Formula
Ford series.
1995 – Won
the South African karting championship.
1992- 1994 – Racing
go karts, South Africa
Tomas is the son of 1979 Formula One
World Champion Jody Scheckter. |