Dale Coyne Racing

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Dale Coyne Racing is a racing team in the Champ Car World Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne that was founded in 1986. The team currently fields cars for Jan Heylen and Andreas Wirth.

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[edit] The Team

With Coyne's technical expertise, the team built their own chassis in 1986, which is known as the DC-1. 1988 saw the Coyne's retirement as a driver to concentrate on managing the team as well as tutoring newer, younger drivers.

Michel Jourdain, Jr. took over driving duties for the team and earned STP Most Improved Driver honors from his peers, in 1997.

The Dale Coyne Racing team, competed in 2000 with four different drivers. Tarso Marques led with 17 starts, and was joined by Takuya Kurosawa (who had 8 starts). Alex Barron had 6 starts and Gualter Salles also had 6 starts. Marques and Barron both recorded career-best finishes when the season closed. Barron, had second place in Australia and Fontana, which highlighted his end to the season. He ran second, closing in on the leader, and eventually put in faster laps than the winners Adrian Fernandez and Christian Fittipaldi.

The 2004 Champ Car season was the team's strongest year with its' new sponsor American Medical Response and another addition of Sonny's Bar-B-Q as a sponsor. 19 & 11 entries, which are piloted by rookies Ronnie Bremer and Ricardo Sperafico recorded several top tens and laps led.

For most of the team's existence, it has utilized pay drivers, who finance their racing with Coyne with either personal funds or self-obtained sponsorship. Coyne has earned a reputation for quickly developing the skills of these drivers to a point where they can advance their careers.

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] American Medical Response

American Medical Response (AMR) is the leading ambulance provider in the nation. Employees of AMR serve their local communitees on a personal basis, as part of the community where they live and work. There are more than 17,000 paramedics, EMTs, nurses, doctors, and support staff. AMR national headquarters is located near Denver, Colorado and supports more than 250 community-based AMR operations nationwide.

[edit] Sonny's Bar-B-Q

In 1968, Floyd "Sonny" Tillman, with his wife Lucille founded the Bar-B-Q (restaurant) in Gainesville, Florida.

[edit] Past Drivers

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2006 Champ Car World Series
Newman/Haas Forsythe CTE-HVM Australia PKV Rocketsports RuSPORT Coyne Conquest
1 Bourdais
2 Junqueira		 3 Tracy
7 Rice		 4 Philippe
14 Clarke		 5 Power
15 Tagliani		 6 Servia
20 Legge		 8 Dominguez
18 Pizzonia		 9 Wilson
10 Briscoe		 11 Heylen
19 Wirth		 27 Ranger
34 Zwolsman
Long Beach - Houston - Monterrey - Milwaukee - Portland - Cleveland - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Denver - Montreal - Road America - Surfers Paradise - Mexico City
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