 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akatamira kuCART Champ Car racing muna 1996 somutsivi waJeff Krosnoff, uyo akaurayiwa munhangemutange yapfuura muToronto. Muna 1999, akabatana nechikwata chakakwikwidza Rahal, akapotsa akunda US 500 asati apera mafuta, uye akapedza wechishanu mumutambo. Akatanga gore rakatevera nekukunda 2000 mwaka-kuvhura, asi akakundikana kupedzisa mumakwikwi eChikwata chepamusoro 10. Muna 2001, akahwina kaviri uye akapedza ari wechitanhatu, asi akadonhedzwa nechikwata, kunyanya nekuda kwekurovera kaviri newaaitamba naye Kenny Bräck. Muna 2002, akakwikwidza neSigma Autosport, achiwana nzvimbo mbiri dzechitatu kuLong Beach neMilwaukee, timu isati yapetwa nekuda kwematambudziko emari. MuItaly akaita chikamu chemwaka nePK Racing muna 2003, aine mugumisiro wakanaka wechina paMugwagwa weAmerica. Papis akamhanyawo mu2002uye 2006 Indianapolis 500 yeCheever Racing, achibata nzvimbo yechi14 mukuratidzwa kwake kwechipiri. Akanyanya kuisa pfungwa pamitambo yemitambo kubvira 2001, achitaura kuti Champ Car inoda ini kupfuura zvandinoda sezvo nhevedzano yakatambura kuzadza giredhi rayo ra2003 mushure mekunge zvikwata zvakawanda zvanyengerera kuIRL. 