G-Force GF05

So I scored myself a genuine G-Force GF05 Indy car.  I didn’t have any idea what I was going to do with it really.  But I knew that it would be cool to be the only kid on the block with his own Indy car.  I knew that it had been sitting too long and was too neglected to ever be turned back into a serious race car, but I had visions of putting some kind of engine in it to make it mobile.  I have also seen chassis turned into video game simulators or just hung on the wall or from the ceiling.  The truth is that for years I didn’t do anything with it other than clean it up and have the wheels painted.

Now for the history.  The car raced for three seasons in the IRL from 2000 to 2002 for 310 Racing and Team Extreme, both of which have long ago closed up shop so I haven’t been able to find any documentation of its race history.  I do know that 310 Racing ran the 2002 season with driver George Mack and the car still wears the Tech sticker from the last race of the season at Texas Motor Speedway.

2000 and 2001 with Team Extreme are more of a mystery.  All I know about that time period is that their drivers included Davey Hamilton, Airton Daré and Jaques Lazier and that their best finish in the Indy 500 was 8^th place in 2001 with Airton Daré.