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Player's Forsythe Racing

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1994 our first Player's model was built, commissioned by Mr. Gerald R. Forsythe, of "Forsythe Green Racing". The major sponsor on the car was Player's Ltd. and the driver was Jacques Villeneuve. Jacques was awarded the "1994 PPG Indy Car Rookie of the Year" and a series of 1/10th. scale commemorative models were commissioned by Mr. Forsythe, along with two 1/5th. scale, one of which he presented to the Imperial Tobacco Company in Montreal, Canada.

1/5th. scale Jacques Villeneuve
1994 Player's Ltd. #12 being shipped to
Imperial Tobacco in Montreal

1/10th. scale Jacques Villeneuve
1994 "Rookie of the Year"commemoratives .

1995 Mr. Forsythe and Mr. Green formed their own teams, Forsythe Racing with the CE #33 car driven by Teo Fabi, and Team Green with Player's Ltd #27, driven by Jacques Villeneuve. Jacques won the "1995 PPG Indy Car Championship", and also the "1995 Indianapolis 500". Commemorative models in both 1/10th. and 1/5th. scale, were commissioned for both the #33, and the #27 cars.
(photographs of the CE #33 cars can be seen on the Forsythe Racing Page)

Jacques Villeneuve #27
1995 PPG Indy Car Championship car

1994 "Rookie of the Year"
1/10th. models, ready to go

1995 was also the year that a young Greg Moore, won the "PPG Firestone Indy Lights Championship" for the Player's Forsythe Racing Team. Once again, a 1/5th. scale model, and a series of 1/10th. scale models were commissioned for this Lola Buick, by Gerald Forsythe.

Greg Moore

1995 PPG Firestone Indy Lights Champion

David Empringham

1996 PPG Firestone Indy Lights Champion

1996 Greg Moore moved from Indy Light, to Indy Car, where he drove the #99 Reynard Mercedes-Benz for Player's Forsythe Racing, and a series of models were commissioned to mark his "Debut to Indy Car". Also that year, the Player's Forsythe Racing, Indy Lights, #33 driven by David Empringham, won the "1996 PPG Firestone Indy Lights Championship", and a series of 1/10th. and a 1/5th. model was commissioned.

1995 1/10th. scale Indy Lights
under construction

Greg Moore ...... in our driveway ?
no ... just our 1/5th. scale model

1997 Greg Moore got his "First Indy Car Win" at the "Milwaukee Mile", Mr. Forsythe commissioned a series of 1/10th. models to mark that event. These were the first Brinkworth models to be signed by Greg Moore and Gerald Forsythe. There was also a 1/5th. scale model of this car built

1998
Greg Moore got his "First 500 Mile Win" at the "U.S. 500" in 1996, and Commemoratives models were built.

1/10th. scale

1998
Greg Moore with Tony Kanaan on the "1998 / 1999 Back to Back U.S. 500 Wins " 1/5th. commemorative

see more of this model on the

1998
Lee Bentham won the "Kool Toyota Atlantic Championship" in his Forsythe Racing #33 - Swift 008a Toyota.

1/5th. scale

Forsythe Championship Racing Page

1998
Patrick Carpentier partnered with Greg Moore on the Player's Forsythe Champ Car Team, and 3 only, special edition models were commissioned by Player's Racing in Montreal. A two Car Team Model", with both cars, mounted on a stepped base, and signed by both drivers. One model was auctioned at the "Toronto Molson Indy", the second at the "Vancouver Molson Indy", and the third went to the Player's Racing executive offices in Montreal.

There has been no "Brinkworth" model built to date of the Greg Moore 1999 #99 Champ Car

2001 Patrick Carpentier had his first Champ Car win. To commemorate this event, Player's Ltd. commissioned
a build of 25 1/10th. scale models of his #33

2003 To commemorate Paul Tracy's first Champ Car win for Player's. they commissioned 20 ... 1/10th. scale models of his Player's Forsythe Racing - Lola #3

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