Stephan Gregoire
77 G Force/Aurora
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1996-97 Season in Review
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Gregoire finished a respectable 11th in the season standings, with a top finish of second at Pikes Peak. He followed up a fifth place at Phoenix with a 13th-place qualification at Indianapolis. However, a tangle with two other cars on the pace lap ended his day before completing a lap. He returned with the close second at Pikes Peak before two more top-10 finishes -- Charlotte (eighth) and Las Vegas (ninth). He returns to Chastain Motorsports for the 1998 season.
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Career
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Gregoire earned the French go-kart championship in 1987. He won 10 races in the Porsche 944 French Cup series and the French Citroen AX Berline champion in 1988. He drove the French Formula Renault series in 1989 and won the French Formula Three B title with nine victories in 1990. Drove in Formula Three A series in 1991-92.
Gregoire was the fastest rookie qualifier for the 1993 Indy 500 when he finished 19th, having led one lap.
Sources: Star/News and SpeedNet staff reports.
Courtesy SpeedNet, from the Indianapolis Star/News
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Driver Stats
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Team: Chastain Motorsports
Series: Indy Racing League
Car: #77 G Force / Aurora / Goodyear
Sponsor: Chastain Motorsports
Car Owner: Tom Chastain
Chief Mechanic: Darrell Soppe
Resides: Indianapolis
D.O.B: 5/14/69
Top IRL finish: 2nd (Pikes Peak, 1997)
IRL points (standing): 1996 - 165 (13th); 1996-97 - 192 (11th)
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