Stéphan Grégoire

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

Grégoire 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 second at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 1997. In that season, he also recorded his best ever points finish of eleventh. In his six Indy 500 starts, he has a best finish of eighth 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. He returned to the IRL and the "500" for the 2006 race in a car fielded by Team Leader Motorsports and finished 29th.

Grégoire 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.

Racing record

American open–wheel (key)

CART

IRL

Indy 500 results Year Chassis Engine Start Finish 1993 Lola Chevrolet 15th 19th 1994 Lola ChevroletFailed to Qualify 1996 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 13th 27th 1997 G-Force Oldsmobile 13th 31st 1998 G-Force Oldsmobile 31st 17th 1999 G-Force OldsmobileFailed to Qualify 2000 G-Force Oldsmobile 20th 8th 2001 G-Force Oldsmobile 29th 28th 2006 Panoz Honda 30th 29th 2007 Panoz HondaInjury

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