Panther Racing

Panther Racing is the oldest continuing opperating IRL team still in the Indycar Series.

History
The team began in late 1997 with Scott Goodyear as the driver. Goodyear got the teams first two victories at Phoenix and Texas in 1999.

In 2001 Sam Hornish replaced Goodyear after he retired. Hornish won 3 races and captured the IRL championship for the team. Hornish won the championship in 2002 as well. After not winning in 2003 Hornish left the team for Penske Racing.

In 2004 they hired Mark Taylor and Tomas Scheckter to drive for the team. Scheckter won 1 race at Texas in 2005. Vitor Meria and Kosuke Matsuura joined the team in 2006 and 2007 but both failed to win. In 2009 former Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon joined the team. Wheldon finished 2nd at Indy in 2009 and 2010.

In 2011 the team hired JR Hildebrand to drive. Hildebrand came within one turn of winning the Indy 500 but crashed and former Panther driver Dan Wheldon passed him to win.