May 19, 2025

One of the best auto racers to ever drive an open wheel race car was Jacques Villeneuve who was born to race.

His father Gilles Villeneuve past away when Jacques was very young in 1982 driving for Ferrari.  That took the racing bug out of Jacques for just a little while.

By 1994 he was driving a CART Forsythe/Team Kool Green Indy Car.  In 1995 he was driving for Team Kool Green and won the Indy Car Series Championship and the Indy 500!

1996 he moved to F1 and won the F1 Championship in 1997 for Team Williams.

Seemed like he could win in anything and tried NASCAR, Sports Cars and more.

Born in Canada but moved to Monaco when he was 7 and was raised in a Swiss boarding school until the racing bug took over at 17.

I had the pleasure to watch him drive in the Indy Lights and then the 1994 and 1995 seasons in an Indy Car.

Enjoy a few years of some great memories of a great racer and beautiful race car.

Thanks,

Rich