Kelley Racing

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Kelley Racing is a former Indy Racing League team founded by Fort Wayne, Indiana-based car dealer Tom Kelley that fielded a Delphi sponsored car for Scott Sharp during its entire existence from 1998 to 2004. The team was based in Indianapolis and captured 9 wins (7 with Sharp, 1 with Mark Dismore, and 1 with Al Unser Jr.) before shutting down when Sharp decided to leave the team with his sponsorship after a poor 2004 season. The assets of the team were bought by Tony George, who transformed it into Vision Racing.

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Former drivers

All drivers were Flag of the United States.svg American.

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversNo.12345678910111213141516Pts PosPos
1996–97 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV
Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 282811111911517th158
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 86116531*18111823124th272
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 28516272181815197101515th180
1999 WDWPHXCLT INDY TXSPPIRATLDOVPPIRLSVTXS
Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 84*8C 1 28108122224198th220
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 2867C 1 168211715*32013rd240
2000 WDWPHXLSV INDY TXSPPIRATLKTYTXS
Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 8155*271013*1624247th196
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 2816162*11641811145th202
2001 PHXHMSATL INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 8482331851752*82523rd355
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 282572616201361116222172314th205
2002 HMSPHXFONNAZ INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 82016812714521689418746th332
Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. 719511121226517672207th311
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Renna 10424th121
78724159
2003 HMSPHXMOT INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHGATKTYNAZCHIFONTXS
Dallara IR-03 Toyota Indy V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 8571201611171613410131211868th351
Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. 3113459114101489204619996th374
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Renna 32730th26
2004 HMSPHXMOT INDY TXSRIRKANNSHMILMCHKTYPPIRNAZCHIFONTXS
Dallara IR-04 Toyota Indy V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp 89139131892014159171519911813th282
Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Fisher 392131st12
  1. ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

IndyCar wins

#SeasonDateSanctionTrack / RaceNo.Winning DriverChassisEngineTireGridLaps Led
1 1998 March 22 IRL Phoenix International Raceway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Goodyear 830
2July 19IRL Dover Downs International Speedway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (2)Dallara IR8Oldsmobile Aurora V8Goodyear4145
3 1999 July 17IRL Atlanta Motor Speedway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (3)Dallara IR9Oldsmobile Aurora V8Goodyear642
4October 17IRL Texas Motor Speedway (O)28 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore Dallara IR9Oldsmobile Aurora V8Goodyear231
5 2000 June 11IRLTexas Motor Speedway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (4)Dallara IR-00Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Firestone 1238
6 2001 June 9IRL Texas Motor Speedway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (5)Dallara IR-01Oldsmobile Aurora V8Firestone233
7 2002 April 21IRL Nazareth Speedway (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (6)Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 Firestone1133
8 2003 April 13IRL Twin Ring Motegi (O)8 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp (7)Dallara IR-03 Toyota Indy V8 Firestone726
9June 7IRLTexas Motor Speedway (O)31 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Dallara IR-03Toyota Indy V8Firestone754

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