Villeneuve to run Indy 500 (2nd Update)

UPDATE #2 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement.

02/26/14 The Indianapolis Star has confirmed that Jacques Villeneuve, who won the 1995 Indy 500 and finished second in his only other appearance in 1994, will drive the third car for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the May 25 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Villeneuve, 42, will join Simon Pagenaud and Mikhail Aleshin, a series rookie, on the team led by former IndyCar Series driver Sam Schmidt.

Jacques Villeneuve at Long Beach in 1995 in the Players Champ Car in an era when IndyCar racing was threatening F1 for top dog in the world before Anton George created the IRL and destroyed everything

Villeneuve won the CART title in 1995, the last CART IndyCar World Series champion before the 1996 CART/IRL split created by Tony George that destroyed the sport. He competed in 33 CART races as a full-time driver in 1994-95, winning five times.

02/24/14
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will make an announcement Wednesday, Feb. 26, regarding the addition of a major championship-winning driver to its lineup for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

According to AR1.com sources that championship winning driver is none other than Jacques Villeneuve who has a Champ Car title (1995), Indy 500 win (1995) and F1 title (1997) to his credit.