Dale Coyne

Dale Coyne
Dale Coyne
Nationality	American
Born	July 8, 1954 (age 68); Minooka, Illinois
Retired	1991
CART World Series
Years active	1984-1989, 1991
Teams	Dale Coyne Racing
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	34th in 1986 & 1988

Last updated September 28, 2022

Dale Coyne (born July 8, 1954 in Minooka, Illinois) is an IndyCar Series team owner and former Champ Car auto racing team owner and driver.

Driving career

Coyne made his CART debut in 1984 at Portland and failed to qualify. He attempted to make 5 other races that year but only made the field in one of them, the race at Mid-Ohio where he finished 14th in his first race.

He returned in 1985 and again failed to qualify or had mechanical issues that prevented him from qualifying in the first five races he attempted. The first race that season that he made was his first oval start, at Michigan International Speedway and he was knocked out after 40 laps due to engine trouble. Coyne made four more starts that season and was sidelined in all of them by mechanical problems.

Dale Coyne and his team built their new proprietary chassis, the DC-1, for 1986 but results did not substantially improve. The car missed the field in its first attempt at Phoenix and caught on fire in pit lane at Long Beach. It wasn't until September that the car managed to finish a race, with Coyne bringing home a 12th-place finish at Sanair Super Speedway. Coyne was earlier credited with 12th place at Cleveland even though he was taken out of the race by a broken half-shaft. The 2 points that he earned for these races would be the most he would earn in a season in his career and he was credited with 34th place in the championship standings.

The DC-1 was disposed of for 1987 and Coyne switched to the more reliable year-old March 86C chassis. However, Coyne again missed the first three races of the season and made his first start in June at Portland. He made 8 starts but only finished one race and did not earn any championship points.

Coyne returned with the same now two-year-old March in 1988 and after failing to qualify for the Phoenix race, Coyne made his first attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, in 1988 but he failed to make that race as well. He made 9 starts in 14 attempts that year and finished two of them. He was credited with a single point and 12th place in the Miami race despite being knocked out by engine failure.

Coyne attempted to make the Indy 500 again in 1989 but missed the field. He also drove in the Pocono Raceway race but was knocked out after 4 laps by gearbox failure.

He returned to the cockpit in 1991 when he had no pay driver to fill his seat and made two starts in 3 attempts but again suffered mechanical issues in both races.

Team ownership

Coyne largely retired from competition in 1989 to field other drivers and formed Payton Coyne Racing in 1988 with Walter Payton. In his early years of team ownership, Coyne launched some impressive careers, including that of Paul Tracy (1991) and Michel Jourdain Jr. (1997). The perennial hopeful never had substantial funding and scored a then-best finish of 3rd at the 1996 U.S. 500 at Michigan International Speedway with veteran Roberto Moreno. The result was matched in 2004 when Oriol Servia accomplished the feat at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Servia also scored the team's best finish in the points with 10th.

2007 was a breakout year for Dale Coyne Racing. With driver Bruno Junqueira behind the wheel, he posted three consecutive podium finishes (Zolder, Belgium; Assen, the Netherlands & Surfer Paradise, Australia) for the team and gave Dale Coyne Racing its highest finish ever with a second place in Zolder, Belgium in August.

With open wheel unification prior to the 2008 season, Dale Coyne Racing made the transition to the IndyCar Series for 2008 with Junqueira joined by rookie Mario Moraes

In 2009 season, Dale Coyne Racing entered one driver into the Indycar series, Justin Wilson in the #18. On July 5 Wilson won the Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen and gave Coyne his first championship-level victory as either driver or owner.

In the current season, 2018, Dale Coyne Racing fields two cars. The number 18 entry is entered under the Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan banner and is driven by Sebastian Bourdais. The number 19 entry is shared between Brazilian driver Pietro Fittipaldi and Canadian Zachary Claman de Melo. In addition, Dale Coyne Racing intends to field further entries for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 for Pippa Mann and Conor Daly.

Racing record

American Open Wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1984	Dale Coyne Racing	Eagle 81	Chevrolet V8	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR DNQ	MEA DNQ	CLE DNQ	MIS DNQ	ROA DNQ	POC	MDO 14	SAN	MIS2	PHX2 DNQ	LS DNQ	CEA		NC	0
1985	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T900	Chevrolet V8	LBH DNQ	INDY	MIL DNS	POR DNQ	MEA DNQ	CLE DNS	MIS 24	ROA 23	POC 27	MDO 28	SAN	MIS2 DNS	LS 27	PHX DNQ	MIA DNQ			NC	0
1986	Dale Coyne Racing	Coyne DC-1	Chevrolet V8	PHX DNQ	LBH 23	INDY	MIL	POR 21	MEA DNQ	CLE 12	TOR DNQ	MIS DNQ	POC 26	MDO 23	SAN 12	MIS2 DNQ	ROA 17	LS DNS	PHX2 DNQ	MIA 25	34th	2
1987	Dale Coyne Racing	March 86C	Chevrolet V8	LBH DNS	PHX DNQ	INDY	MIL DNQ	POR 17	MEA 15	CLE 25	TOR 18	MIS DNS	POC 24	ROA 17	MDO 20	NAZ DNQ	LS 21	MIA DNQ			40th	0
1988	Dale Coyne Racing	March 86C	Chevrolet V8	PHX DNS	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL 13	POR 24	CLE 25	TOR 16	MEA 22	MIS 27	POC DNQ	MDO 24	ROA DNS	NAZ DNQ	LS 27	MIA 12			34th	1
1989	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	POC 27	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS			51st	0
1991	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T90/00	Cosworth DFS V8 t	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL 21	DET DNQ	POR 23	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS	46th	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1988	March 86C	Chevrolet 6.5L V8	DNQ		Dale Coyne Racing
1989	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	DNQ		Dale Coyne Racing

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