Dominic Dobson

Dominic Dobson
Born	(1957-09-14) September 14, 1957 (age 67) Stuttgart, Germany
CART
Years active	1985–1995
Teams	Leader Card Racing (1985–1986) Dobson Motorsports (1987–1988) Dale Coyne Racing (1988) Bayside Disposal Racing (1989–1990) Burns Racing Team (1991–1993) PacWest Racing (1993–1995)
Starts	55
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 1994
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
10 races run over 1 year
Best finish	35th (1998)
First race	1998 Chevy Trucks NASCAR 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	1998 Lund Look 275K (Topeka)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Dominic Dobson (born September 14, 1957) is an American former racing driver who made seven starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition, with a best finish of third at the Michigan 500 in 1994. Dobson also drove numerous IMSA and other Sport car races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 in a Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a second place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van der Merwe and Klaus Ludwig.

Life and career

Dobson was born in Germany, and was raised and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

During the early 1980s, Dobson worked as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant Driving School, then based at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. In the mid-1980s, he started Zephyr Racing with Ron Nelson, another Bondurant instructor. Zephyr originally had its shops in San Rafael, California but moved to a new facility built at Sears Point Raceway in the spring of 1985. Zephyr rented out, maintained, and provided race support for a stable of formula and sports racing cars. Cars were rented on a race-by-race or season long basis. Zephyr's customers competed in SCCA regional and National events as well as the American City racing League.

In the late 1990s Dobson was involved in a short lived North American Touring Car Championship's Dodge Stratus factory team that ran in conjunction with CART race weekends. He also made ten starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best start of third in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway.

From 2000 to 2003, Dobson presided over a multi million dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war race cars and rare road cars called the Cavallino Collection. From 2007 to 2015, he was the Chief Development Officer for the LeMay - America's Car Museum, in Tacoma, Washington.

In 2005, Dobson competed in the Baja 100 with co-driver Frank Everett in a Baja Challenge car and in 2015, Dobson won the "Unlimited" Class at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb and was awarded the coveted "Rookie of the Year" as a result. He continues to race occasionally in vintage car races in the U.S. and abroad.

Dobson owns and operates Dobson Motorsport, a high-end automobile brokerage and management service, and Gerber Motorsport, a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Championship Auto Racing Teams

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points	Ref
1985	Leader Card Racing	March 84C	Ford Cosworth DFX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA DNS	CLE Rpl1	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH						38th	2	[1]
		March 85C														LAG 18	PHX	MIA 11
1986	Leader Card Racing	March 86C	Ford Cosworth DFX	PHX	LBH 12	INDY	MIL	POR 19	MEA 11	CLE 18	TOR 16	MCH	POC	MDO 19	SAN	MCH	ROA 18	LAG 21	PHX	MIA 13	31st	3	[2]
1987	Dobson Motorsports	March 86C	Ford Cosworth DFX	LBH	PHX	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA			NC	-	[3]
1988	Dale Coyne Racing	March 86C	Chevrolet V8	PHX	LBH 26																43rd	0	[4]
	Dobson Motorsports	Lola T87/00	Ford Cosworth DFX			INDY 18	MIL	POR 21	CLE	TOR	MEA	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG 18	MIA
1989	Bayside Disposal Racing	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	PHX 23	LBH 19	INDY 18	MIL	DET 7	POR 18	CLE	MEA 17	TOR 11	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG 11			19th	10	[5]
1990	Bayside Disposal Racing	Lola T90/00	Ford Cosworth DFS	PHX 23	LBH 15	INDY 22	MIL	DET 26	POR 24	CLE	MEA 8	TOR 8	MCH	DEN 25	VAN 11	MDO	ROA 19	NAZ	LAG 20		19th	12	[6]
1991	Burns Racing Team	Lola T89/00	Judd AV	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY 13	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	35th	0	[7]
1992	Burns Racing Team	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 12	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		35th	1	[8]
1993	Burns Motor Sports	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet 265A	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 23	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA						39th	0	[9]
	PacWest Racing															VAN 14	MDO DNQ	NAZ	LAG 18
1994	PacWest Racing	Lola T94/00	Ford XB	SRF 12	PHX 24	LBH 17	INDY 29	MIL 13	DET 25	POR 17	CLE 25	TOR 11	MCH 3	MDO 15	NHA 6	VAN 19	ROA 11	NAZ 19	LAG 10		18th	30	[10]
1995	PacWest Racing	Reynard 94I	Ford XB	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY Wth2	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG	NC	-	[11]

¹ Replaced by Phil Krueger

² Did not appear

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1987	March 86C	Ford Cosworth DFX	DNQ		Dobson Motorsports
1988	Lola T87/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	21	18	Dobson Motorsports
1989	Lola T88/00	Ford Cosworth DFX	29	18	Bayside Disposal Racing
1990	Lola T90/00	Ford Cosworth DFS	11	22	Bayside Disposal Racing
1991	Lola T89/00	Judd AV	30	13	Burns Racing Team
1992	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A	29	12	Burns Racing Team
1993	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet 265A	27	23	Burns Motor Sports
1994	Lola T94/00	Ford XB	12	29	PacWest Racing
1995	Reynard 94I	Ford XB	Wth		PacWest Racing

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1989	Team Schuppan	Will Hoy Jean Alesi	Porsche 962C	C1	69	DNF	DNF

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1998	PacWest S/T Motorsports	78	Dodge	WDW	HOM DNQ	PHO 19	POR 29	EVG 22	I70 25	GLN 34	TEX 17	BRI 35	MLW 31	NZH 33	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT 23	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	35th	842	[12]

References

1. "Dominic Dobson – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
2. "Dominic Dobson – 1986 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
3. "Dominic Dobson – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
4. "Dominic Dobson – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. "Dominic Dobson – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
6. "Dominic Dobson – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
7. "Dominic Dobson – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
8. "Dominic Dobson – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
9. "Dominic Dobson – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
10. "Dominic Dobson – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
11. "Dominic Dobson – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
12. "Dominic Dobson – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

External links

• Dominic Dobson driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Dobson Motorsport
• Gerber Motorsport
• VR Motion Corp