Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I tiimata ia ki te whai waahi ki te Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) i te tau 1994 mo Forsythe-Green Racing i te waka Nama 12 Reynard 94I-Ford XB i muri i te whiwhinga a Green. I tiimata a Villeneuve i te whakatuwheratanga o te wa o te FAI Indycar Grand Prix o Ahitereiria i te Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, i tiimata i te tuawaru ka mutu i te 17 i muri i tana tukinga ki a Stefan Johansson. I te rauna e whai ake nei o te wa, ko te Valvoline 200 i Phoenix International Raceway, i uru ia ki tetahi aitua e rima-kaari i kite ia i te tukinga taha ki a Hiro Matsushita, ka patua e Dominic Dobson. I tohu a Villeneuve mo tana tuatahi Indianapolis 500
Ko ia te tuawha, ko ia te tuarua ki te riro i te Indianapolis 500 Rookie o te Tau hei rookie teitei-oti. I mutu a Villeneuve kaore i raro i te tuaiwa i roto i te ono o nga rauna e iwa e whai ake nei, i mua i te whiu i a Al Unser Jr. me Emerson Fittipaldi i te &lt;a href="1994%20Texaco/Havoline%20200"&gt;Texaco/Havoline 200&lt;/a&gt; i te huarahi huarahi o Road America i tana wikitoria tuatahi CART. I mutu ia i te whitu me te tuatoru i nga rauna e rua whakamutunga mo te tuaono o te Whakataetae Kaihauturu me nga tohu 94 ka wini i nga honore Rookie o te Tau.