Stéphan Grégoire

Stéphan Grégoire (born May 14, 1969 in Neufchâteau, Vosges) is a French race car driver currently living in Zionsville, Indiana.

Stéphan Grégoire
Nationality	France
Born	(1969-05-14) May 14, 1969 (age 55) Neufchâteau, Vosges
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996–2001, 2006–2007
Teams	Hemelgarn Racing Team Scandia Chastain Motorsports Dick Simon Racing CURB/Agajanian/Beck/Team Leader Motorsports
Starts	45
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	11th in 1996–1997
Previous series
2005, 2007 1993–1994 1993 1990–1992	Rolex Grand-Am CART British Formula Two French Formula Three Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003, 2008 – 2010
Teams	Courage Compétition, Rollcentre Racing, Luc Alphand Aventures
Best finish	7th (2003)
Class wins	0

Gregoire is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex Sports Car Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Racing League. He made 44 IRL starts between 1996 and 2001 with a best finish of 2nd at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 1997. In that season he also recorded his best ever points finish of 11th. In his 6 Indy 500 starts he has a best finish of 8th in 2000. Gregoire was in an accident late in the 2000 season at the Texas Motor Speedway during a test run which caused him to have bruises to his left knee and ankle.^[1] He returned to the IRL and the "500" for the 2006 race in a car fielded by Team Leader Motorsports and finished 29th.

Gregoire was set to return to the Indy 500 in 2007 for Chastain Motorsports, the team he drove for in 1997 and 1998. A crash in practice on May 17, ended his chances.^[2]

Racing record

American open–wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1993	Formula Project	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 19	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHM	ROA	{VAN	MDO	NZR	LS	46th	0	[3]
1994	McCormack	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR	LS	NC	-	[4]

IRL

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points	Ref
1996	Hemelgarn Racing	WDW 16	PHX 7	INDY 27															13th	165	[5]
1996–97	Team Scandia	NHM 8	LVS 26																11th	192	[6]
	Chastain Motorsports			WDW 19	PHX 5	INDY 31	TXS Wth	PPIR 2	CLT 8	NH2 15	LV2 9
1998	Chastain Motorsports	WDW 4	PHX 4	INDY 17	TXS 25	NHM 24	DOV 5	CLT 8	PPIR 4	ATL 20	TX2 26	LVS 17							12th	201	[7]
1999	Dick Simon Racing	WDW 16	PHX 10	CLT C	INDY DNQ	TXS 4	PPIR 11	ATL 24	DOV 14	PPI2 14	LVS 8	TX2 15							15th	162	[8]
2000	Dick Simon Racing	WDW 18	PHX 8	LVS 28	INDY 8	TXS 11	PPIR 8	ATL 7	KTY 5	TX2 20									14th	171	[9]
2001	Dick Simon Racing	PHX 21	HMS 22	ATL 15															35th	34	[10]
	Heritage Motorsports				INDY 28	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2
2006	Team Leader Motorsports	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY 29	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				37th	10	[11]
2007	Chastain	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY Wth	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	NC	0	[12]

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1993	Lola	Chevrolet	15th	19th
1994	Lola	Chevrolet	Failed to Qualify
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	13th	27th
1997	G-Force	Oldsmobile	13th	31st
1998	G-Force	Oldsmobile	31st	17th
1999	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	20th	8th
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	29th	28th
2006	Panoz	Honda	30th	29th
2007	Panoz	Honda	Injury

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	Courage Compétition	Jonathan Cochet Jean-Marc Gounon	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	360	7th	5th
2008	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa Vanina Ickx	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	352	11th	10th
2009	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Patrice Goueslard	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	99	DNF	DNF
2010	Luc Alphand Aventures	Jérôme Policand David Hart	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	327	15th	2nd

References

1. "Motor Racing Notes". Los Angeles Times. October 10, 2000. Retrieved 2010-12-22. Stephan Gregoire, driver for Dick Simon Racing of Dana Point, will be in a backup car Sunday for the Excite 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Gregoire escaped with bruises to his left knee and ankle in an accident while ...
2. JOSEPH SIANO (May 27, 1997). "Another Rainout On Indy Parade". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-22. But before the green flag waved, Kenny Brack of Sweden, Affonso Giaffone of Brazil and Stephan Gregoire of France – the entire fifth row of the 12-row starting grid – collided with one another in Turn 4 on the third and final pace lap. I was on the bottom, Gregoire said. I was running my line. Giaffone touched me and I then I went right into the wall.
3. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
4. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
6. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
7. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
8. "Stéphan Grégoire – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
9. "Stéphan Grégoire – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
10. "Stéphan Grégoire – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
11. "Stéphan Grégoire – 2006 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
12. "Stéphan Grégoire – 2007 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

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