Buddy Rice
Winner of the 2004 Indianapolis 500

• Competed in final five races of the IRL IndyCar Series season with Red Bull Cheever Racing.
• Started and finished second at Michigan in his first IRL IndyCar Series event, finishing behind rookie teammate Tomas Scheckter. Led 15 laps.
• Scored four top-10 finishes and two top-five finishes in five starts.
• Led at Michigan and Kentucky for a total of 37 laps.
• Announced Nov. 25 that he had signed a multiyear contract to drive for Red Bull Cheever Racing.

• Tested with Red Bull Cheever Racing in November at California.

• Won Toyota Atlantic championship for DSTP Motorsports, scoring five wins.

• Finished fifth in Toyota Atlantic points driving for Lynx Racing.
• Received Michael Rosen Memorial Award.

• Won from the pole at Nazareth and finished seventh in Toyota Atlantic points driving for Lynx Racing.
• Won Gilles Villeneuve Memorial Award.

• Drove in U.S. F2000 for Lynx Racing/DSTP Motorsports, finishing fourth in points and winning at Phoenix.
• Won 1997 Valvoline Team USA Scholarship, where he represented the United States in Europe’s prestigious Nations Cup.

• Drove in one U.S. F2000 event, finishing eighth after starting second in a 6-year-old car.
• Also drove in Dodge Shelby Pro Series, winning from the pole at Las Vegas.

• Hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, karting.
• Drives a full-size customized Chevrolet truck and has a 1967 Chevy 2 Nova Hot Rod.
• First became interested in racing because his father built and drove drag racing cars when Buddy Rice was a child.
• Drives a full-size customized Chevrolet truck and has a 1967 Chevy 2 Nova Hot Rod.
• Parents, Bud and Nancy, and sister, Alyssa, travel to watch Rice race.

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