Firestone Champ Car Challenger Series
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Indycar National Driver's Championship Standings
Full-Time Drivers
1st) Rachel Koivuniemi
Hometown | Pori, FIN
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
1-time Champ Car race winner
2nd) Felicia Zappa
Hometown | Rome, Lazio, ITA
Team | Swift Autosport - Chevrolet
1-time Champ Car race winner
3rd) Aspasia Megalos
Hometown | Eresos, West Lesbos, GRE
Team | Phaesporia Racing Team - Toyota
1-time Champ Car race winner
4th) Nera Takurasi
Hometown | Ljubljana, SVN
Team | Frostfire Racing - Honda
2012 Indianapolis 500 Champion
5th) Maria Chavez
Hometown | Chihuahua, MEX
Team | Escuderia Aguila - Ford
2021 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
6th) Jake Carter
Hometown | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Team | Crystal Cove Racing - Chevrolet
1-time Champ Car race winner
7th) Isabel Espinoza
Hometown | Orlando, Florida, USA
Team | Striker Motorsports - Chevrolet
3-time Champ Car race winner
8th) Katarina Milenkovic
Hometown | Neum, Herzegovina-Neretva, BIH
Team | Striker Motorsports - Chevrolet
1-time Champ Car race winner
9th) Kira Moore
Hometown | Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
Team | Frostfire Racing - Honda
10th) Matheus Michelin
Hometown | Sao Paulo, BRA
Team | Striker Motorsports - Chevrolet
3-time Champ Car race winner
11th) Thomas Rogers
Hometown | Rocky Top, Tennessee, USA
Team | Verizon Team Impulse - Toyota
8-time Champ Car race winner
12th) Simona Leroux
Hometown | Geneva, SUI
Team | Red Bull Highlight Racing - Chevrolet
Best finish | 2nd (Kentucky, 2024)
13th) Camyron Jackson
Hometown | Dallas, Texas, USA
Team | Dragon Motorsports - Honda
5-time Champ Car race winner
14th) Andrew Draco
Hometown | San Francisco, California, USA
Team | Phantom Motors - Ford
2017, 2020 Indycar World Champion
15th) Natalia Vulicevic
Hometown | Izola, SVN
Team | Atomic Autosport - Ford
2023 World Series Rookie of the Year
16th) Alicja Kowalkiewicz
Hometown | Katowice, Silesian, POL
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
8-time Champ Car race winner
17th) Katherine Hart
Hometown | Coober Pedy, Tasmania, AUS
Team | Phantom Motors - Ford
2024 World Series rookie
18th) Kage Kobayashi
Hometown | Tokyo, JPN
Team | Vantare Racing - Ford
1 career Champ Car race win
19th) Julia Takani
Hometown | Cherokee, North Carolina, USA
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
2024 World Series rookie
20th) Shufen Zhang
Hometown | Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Team | Dragon Motorsports - Honda
Best finish | 3rd (Melbourne, 2024)
21st) Anastasius von Sonnen
Hometown | Salzburg, AUT
Team | Kearny-Fuchida Drive Force - Honda
Best finish | 2nd (Pocono, 2021)
22nd) Kunimitsu Kinoshita
Hometown | Kyoto, JPN
Team | Cat Devil Racing - Ford
2022 Indycar World Champion
23rd) Marcus Petrovic
Hometown | Belgrade, SRB
Team | Vantare Racing - Ford
Best finish | 8th (Mexico City, 2023)
24th) Astrid Krane
Hometown | Alesund, Sunnmore, NOR
Team | Goodsmile Razgriz Racing - Honda
4-time Champ Car race winner
25th) Bianca Lucero
Hometown | Acquaviva, SNM
Team | Obsidian Racing Team - Chevrolet
2-time Atlantic Driver's Champion
26th) Esther Hoffson
Hometown | Miami, Florida, USA
Team | Dragon Motorsports - Honda
2-time Champ Car race winner
27th) Hazel Lyon
Hometown | Auckland, NZL
Team | Cat Devil Racing - Ford
2021 Indycar World Champion
Part-Time Drivers
For drivers with less than six starts.
28th) David Wessel
Hometown | Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Team | Phantom Motors - Ford
2-time Champ Car race winner
29th) Siri Lundqvist
Hometown | Gothenburg, Bohuslan, SWE
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
2-time Champ Car race winner
30th) Jamie Ngaire-Jardine
Hometown | Auckland, NZL
Team | Verizon Team Impulse - Toyota
2015, 2019 Indycar World Champion
31st) Jace Clarke
Hometown | Cheyanne, Wyoming, USA
Team | Atomic Autosport - Ford
1 career Champ Car race win
32nd) Miia Vitsut
Hometown | Juri, Raine, EST
Team | Cat Devil Racing - Ford
Best finish | 2nd (Motegi, 2023)
33rd) Rachel Koivuniemi
Hometown | Pori, FIN
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
Challenger Series competitor
34th) Keisha Fox
Hometown | Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Team | Arrowhead Racing - Toyota
Challenger Series competitor
35th) Isabelle Lontra
Hometown | Valletta, MTA
Team | Phoenix Motorsports - Toyota
Challenger Series competitor
36th) Roberto Crown, Jr.
Hometown | Stanford, Connecticut, USA
Team | Atomic Autosport - Ford
Challenger Series competitor
37th) Sonya Walker
Hometown | Griffin, Georgia, USA
Team | Cat Devil Racing - Ford
Challenger Series competitor
38th) Valerie Feng
Hometown | Un Chao, HKG
Team | Phoenix Motorsports - Toyota
Challenger Series competitor
39th) Katarina Milenkovic
Hometown | Neum, Herzegovina-Neretva, BIH
Team | Striker Motorsports - Chevrolet
Challenger Series competitor
40th) Maria da Matta
Hometown | Itumbiara, Goias, BRA
Team | Atomic Autosport - Ford
Challenger Series competitor
41st) Rikka Venalainen
Hometown | Turku, FIN
Team | Obsidian Racing Team - Chevrolet
Challenger Series competitor
42nd) Karina Sakurauchi
Hometown | Night City, California, USA
Team | Verizon Team Impulse - Toyota
Challenger Series competitor
43rd) Seth Smith, Jr.
Hometown | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Team | Swift Autosport - Chevrolet
Challenger Series competitor
44th) Kira Moore
Hometown | Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
Team | Frostfire Racing - Honda
Challenger Series competitor
Updated as of the 2024 FedEx 300 at Gateway Motorsports Park.
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