Mark Dismore | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Greenfield, Indiana | October 12, 1956
Retired | 2002 |
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series | |
Years active | 1996-2002 |
Teams | Team Menard PDM Racing Kelley Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
Starts | 58 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 4 |
Best finish | 3rd in 1999 |
Previous series | |
1989, 1991-1992 1992-1995 | CART Toyota Atlantic |
Championship titles | |
1990 | North American Formula Atlantic |
Awards | |
1993 | 24 Hours of Daytona Overall win |
Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956 in Greenfield, Indiana) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion [1] as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P. J. Jones. [2] He made 3 CART starts in 1991 but was badly injured in a practice crash for the Indianapolis 500, when his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road at the exit of Turn 4 and back-ended the fence, only to careen across the pit lane and smash virtually head on at sizeable speed against the edge of pit wall; this second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Mark's legs exposed. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck. [3] He was largely out of open wheel racing until the 1996 Indy 500 where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick. In 1997 he drove a second car at the Indy 500 for Kelley Racing and would become a full-time fixture there until the 2001 season. He returned to Menard for a partial season in 2002. Dismore has a single IRL win coming in the fall 1999 Texas Motor Speedway race and also finished a career-best third in points that season. Among his 62 career IRL starts he won four poles. He also represented the IRL in the International Race of Champions in 2000 and 2001.
He now owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana, [4] he is also vice president of Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana [5] the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since. [6] New Castle Motorsports Park is the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge. The Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge is a tribute and Fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing. [7] The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four year hiatus. [4]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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1989 | Mann Motorsports | Lola T87/00 | Buick 3300 V6 t | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO 24 | ROA | NAZ | LAG | 49th | 0 | ||
1991 | Arciero Racing | Penske PC17 | Buick 3300 V6 t | SRF 20 | LBH 21 | PHX 15 | INDY DNQ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | 39th | 0 |
1992 | Mann Motorsports | Lola T90/00 | Buick 3300 V6 t | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | DET | POR | MIL | NHA | TOR | MCH | CLE | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | NC | - |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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1993 | Team Leisy | PHX | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | NHA | VAN | MDO 18 | NAZ | LS 9 | 20th | 4 |
Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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1996 | Team Menard | Lola T95/00 | 30 | Menard V6 t | WDW | PHX | INDY 19 | 32nd | 16 | [8] | ||||||||||||
1996-97 | 3 | NHA 20 | LVS 17 | WDW | PHX | 17th | 158 | [9] | ||||||||||||||
Kelley Racing-PDM | Dallara IR7 | 28 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | INDY 28 | TXS 11 | PPIR 11 | CLT 19 | NHA 11 | LVS 5 | |||||||||||||
1998 | Kelley Racing | Dallara IR8 | WDW 5 | PHX 16 | INDY 27 | TXS 21 | NHA 8 | DOV 18 | CLT 15 | PPIR 19 | ATL 7 | TXS 10 | LVS 15 | 15th | 180 | [10] | ||||||
1999 | Dallara IR9 | WDW 6 | PHX 7 | CLT C | INDY 16 | TXS 8 | PPIR 21 | ATL 17 | DOV 15 | PPIR 3 | LVS 20 | TXS 1 | 3rd | 240 | [11] | |||||||
2000 | Dallara IR-00 | WDW 16 | PHX 16 | LVS 2 | INDY 11 | TXS 6 | PPIR 4 | ATL 18 | KTY 11 | TXS 14 | 5th | 202 | [12] | |||||||||
2001 | Dallara IR-01 | PHX 25 | HMS 7 | ATL 26 | INDY 16 | TXS 20 | PPIR 13 | RIR 6 | KAN 11 | NSH 16 | KTY 22 | GAT 2 | CHI 17 | TXS 23 | 14th | 205 | [13] | |||||
2002 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | Dallara IR-02 | 99 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | HMS | PHX | FON | NAZ | INDY 32 | TXS | 29th | 73 | [14] | |||||||||
Team Menard | 2 | PPIR 11 | RIR 11 | KAN 20 | NSH 18 | MIS 18 | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS |
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) | Top 10s (Non-podium) | Indianapolis 500 Wins | Championships |
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7 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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1991 | Penske PC17 | Buick 3300 V6 t | Practice Crash | Arciero Racing | |
1992 | Lola T90/00 | Buick 3300 V6 t | DNQ | Mann Development | |
1996 | Lola T95/00 | Menard V6 t | 14 | 19 | Team Menard |
1997 | Dallara IR7 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 25 | 28 | Kelley Racing |
1998 | Dallara IR8 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 12 | 27 | Kelley Racing |
1999 | Dallara IR9 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 5 | 16 | Kelley Racing |
2000 | Dallara IR-00 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 11 | 11 | Kelley Racing |
2001 | Dallara IR-01 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | 4 | 16 | Kelley Racing |
2002 | Dallara IR-02 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | 33 | 32 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
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Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
2000 | Pontiac | DAY 12 | TAL 12 | MCH 10 | IND 11 | 12th | 15 | [15] |
2001 | DAY 8 | TAL 7 | MCH 11 | IND 9 | 11th | 25 | [16] |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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1996 | Canaska Southwind Motorsport | Price Cobb Shawn Hendricks | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | LMGT1 | 320 | 10th | 8th |
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