The 1996 CART IndyCar champion Jimmy Vasser says the IndyCar Series “has come through the valley”, having learned its lessons and recovered from the acrimonious split of CART and the IRL. Vasser, the ‘V’ of KV Racing which shut down at the end of the 2016, has renewed his partnership with James Sullivan as co-entrant of the #18 Dale Coyne Racing-Honda which won last month at St. Petersburg in the hands of Sebastien Bourdais. The American rose to prominence in the 1990s, scoring 12 wins from ’96 to 2002 and clinching Chip Ganassi Racing’s first championship. However, Indy car racing’s 1996 split between Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) and the splinter group Indy Racing...
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