1995 IndyCar season
| 1995 CART IndyCar season | |
|---|---|
| PPG Indy Car World Series | |
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| Season | |
| Races | 17 |
| Start date | March 5 |
| End date | September 10 |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion |
 Jacques Villeneuve
|
| Constructors' Cup |
 Reynard
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| Manufacturers' Cup |
 Ford XB |
| Nations' Cup |
United States |
| Rookie of the Year |
 Gil de Ferran
|
| Indianapolis 500 winner |
Jacques Villeneuve
|
The 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series season, the seventeenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 17 races, beginning in Miami, Florida on March 5 and concluding in Monterey, California on September 10. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Jacques Villeneuve. Rookie of the Year was Gil de Ferran. This was the last season before the formation of the Indy Racing League by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner, Tony George, and the last time the USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 would appear in the Series.
1994 IndyCar Rookie of the Year Jacques Villeneuve won the season opener at Miami, a foreshadowing of things to come for the French Canadian. After a penalty to Scott Goodyear, Villeneuve won the Indianapolis 500 despite also receiving a penalty in the race that put Villeneuve down two laps. Villeneuve also won at Road America and Cleveland enroute to the 1995 IndyCar Championship and an offer from Frank Williams to drive in Formula One in 1996. Though Marlboro Team Penske scored five wins (four by 1994 IndyCar champion Al Unser, Jr.), they were nowhere near the juggernaut that they were in 1994, with a low point being that both team drivers (Unser, Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi) failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. The Honda engine that was abandoned at Indianapolis the previous year led most of the Indy 500 in 1995. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company returned to the series and Indianapolis for the first time since 1974. Danny Sullivan's racing career came to an end after a hard crash at Michigan.
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