 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuparara kweMastercard-Lola, Sospiri akatendeukira kuIndy Racing League IndyCar Series uko akasaina neChikwata cheScandia kumhanya mu1997Indianapolis 500. Sospiri akaisa Scandia Dallara-Oldsmobile yechitatu pane yekutanga grid mune yake yekutanga IndyCar kutanga uye akapedza 17th mujaho. Gare gare mumwaka iwoyo akapedza wechipiri paNew Hampshire Motor Speedway. Akapedza 21st mumakwikwi pasinei nekukwikwidza chete mumatanhatu emakwikwi gumi emwaka wa1996-1997. Muna 1998 Sospiri akaunzwa kuDan Gurneys All American Racers timu semuchengeti wekupedzisira-mwaka weP. J. Jones uye akatyaira mumakwikwi mana ekupedzisira emwaka wechikwata. Akapedza zviri nani ari wechi15 muHouston neSurfers Paradise uye akakundikana kupedzisa mumapoinzi sezvo kurwira kwechikwata kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi. Akatumidzwa kunyorwa kweISM Racing ye1999 Indianapolis 500 asi mota yakatyairwa naBrian Tyler pachinzvimbo, uyo akatadza kukwikwidza. 