SAM SCHMIDT RUMORS & GOSSIP
2013 Indianapolis 500: Katherine Legge to run No. 81 Schmidt Entry for 500
INDIANAPOLIS- It has been confirmed, Katherine Legge will attempt to qualify for this year’s 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
Legge will pilot the No. 81 Sam Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports entry that was originally entered last Saturday on opening day as the No. 99 entrant.
They changed the number to No. 81 as she will attempt to make her second career Indianapolis 500 start...
Schmidt trying to get 2 cars in before adding car
Sam Schmidt is content to wait another day before hiring a third driver for the Indianapolis 500.
The owner of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports told The Associated Press on Friday he has not hired a driver for the No. 99 car but might if his two other drivers safely qualify Saturday. Schmidt's other drivers are Simon Pageland, last year's IndyCar rookie of the year, and rookie...
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2 days ago
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Davey Hamilton sticks with SPM
After helping Sam Schmidt and his driver Simon Pagenaud charge to a top-5 finish in last year's IZOD IndyCar Series championship, Davey Hamilton will be back at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports to help field Pagenaud's No. 77 Honda, which will once again feature backing from HP.
With the addition of Ric Peterson to the ownership side of the team -- which has expanded to a...
Indy Lights champ moving up to bigs
Indy Lights champion Tristan Vautier is stepping up to the IndyCar Series with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
The signing announced Tuesday makes Sam Schmidt's organization a two-car IndyCar Series team. Vautier will team with Simon Pagenaud, last year's IndyCar rookie of the year.
The two French drivers worked together in December during a test at Sebring.
Vautier won...
Via AP on Fox
January 29, 2013
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Schmidt looking for more success
IndyCar team owner signs Lights champion Tristan Vautier to form two-car lineup alongside Simon Pagenaud
You don't have to field a multi-car program to succeed in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Sam Schmidt knows this, because his single-car effort last season managed to become Honda's No. 2 team behind the Chip Ganassi Racing juggernaut thanks to a fifth-place effort in...
Tristan Vautier joins Sam Schmidt's IndyCar team
Indy Lights champion Tristan Vautier is stepping up to the IndyCar Series with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
The signing announced Tuesday makes Sam Schmidt's organization a two-car IndyCar Series team. Vautier will team with Simon Pagenaud, last year's IndyCar rookie of the year.
The two French drivers worked together in December during a test at Sebring.
Vautier won...
Via AP on Fox
January 29, 2013
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Tristan Vautier Delivers Sam Schmidt Motorsports Their 50th Win at Milwaukee
After coming up short two weeks ago at Belle Isle, Tristan Vautier crossed the finish line first in the Milwaukee 100 to give Sam Schmidt Motorsports their 50th Firestone Indy Lights victory. SSM has been around in the series since its inception in 2002, winning five championships.
“It was a great race; we were in control,” Vautier says. “The end was a little harder with the...
France's Pagenaud to drive for Schmidt in IndyCar
Sam Schmidt Motorsports has hired Simon Pagenaud to drive in the 2012 IndyCar season.
The 27-year-old French native was a factory driver last season for Honda at the 12 Hours of Sebring and for Peugeot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and made three IndyCar starts, replacing different injured drivers.
In 2006, Pagenaud won the Champ Car Atlantic title with Derrick Walker's team,...
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December 08, 2011
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INDYCAR: Pagenaud To Drive For Schmidt In 2012
Frenchman Simon Pagenaud will be the driver of the Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) Honda-powered Dallara in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series.
Via Speed Network
December 08, 2011
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Dan Wheldon's death hits Sam Schmidt hard
LAS VEGAS - As a driver, Sam Schmidt understood the inherent danger of driving a car at more than 200 mph....
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October 18, 2011
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