IndyCar Series: Indy Racing League’s final round

By LukeBro | Nov 9, 2017

WATKINS GLEN, NY - JULY 7: Sam Hornish Jr. driver of the #6 Team Penske Dallara honda during practice for the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Camping World Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix at the Watkins Glen International July 7, 2007 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

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WATKINS GLEN, NY – JULY 8: Tomas Scheckter drives the #2 Vision Racing Dallara Honda (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

WATKINS GLEN, NY – JULY 8: Tomas Scheckter drives the #2 Vision Racing Dallara Honda (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

Vision Racing

The 2007 season for Vision Racing saw the expansion to add A.J. Foyt IV to the team roster. Foyt IV would fill in for the #22 car while Tomas Scheckter, #2, and Ed Carpenter, #20, would return from the 2006 season. Surprisingly enough, it would be Foyt IV to post the best finish of the team for the season with a 3rd place at Kentucky.

Scheckter’s best finishes would be 5^th place at both Kansas and Kentucky, largely similar ovals in design. Ed Carpenter had a difficult year with best finishes of 6^th at Homestead and Iowa. Scheckter would round out the top ten in the final standings in 10^thwith Foyt IV finishing 14^th and Carpenter in 15^th.

Scheckter would not be retained for the 2008 season, as he would move to Luczo-Dragon racing on a six-race contract.

Dreyer and Reinbold Racing:

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Dreyer and Reinbold Racing (DRR) would field two entries for the 2007 season. Sarah Fisher would drive car #5 with Buddy Rice alongside her in car #15. Rice had respectable finishes of 4th place at Iowa and 5th place at both Richmond and Michigan.

Fisher had a season to forget with a best finish of 7th place at Iowa and only one other top 10 finish. Rice would finish 9th in the final standings and Fisher would finish last among full-time drivers in 17^th.

Rice would return for the 2008 season alongside Milka Duno, who had a poor 2007 season racing for SAMAX Motorsport.

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