From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Krisiloff (born July 7, 1946, Parsippany, New Jersey), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1969-1979, 1981 and 1983 seasons, with 111 combined career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 all but 1969-1970. He finished in the top ten 46 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1978 at Phoenix.
After racing, he served from 1984-1995 as Vice-President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and later as the Team Manager for Patrick Racing and assistant team manager for PKV Racing until 2006.
Steve is the father of NASCAR driver Kyle Krisiloff, who has raced in the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series. Tony George, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is his former brother-in-law.
[edit] Indy 500 results
| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1971 |
43 |
28 |
169.835 |
26 |
8 |
189 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1972 |
15 |
10 |
181.433 |
19 |
21 |
102 |
0 |
Ignition Rotor |
| 1973 |
24 |
7 |
194.932 |
7 |
6 |
129 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1974 |
60 |
15 |
182.519 |
17 |
22 |
72 |
0 |
Clutch |
| 1975 |
98 |
29 |
182.408 |
28 |
11 |
162 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1976 |
92 |
23 |
182.131 |
20 |
24 |
95 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1977 |
92 |
25 |
184.691 |
33 |
9 |
191 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1978 |
40 |
13 |
191.255 |
19 |
4 |
198 |
5 |
Flagged |
| 1979 |
7 |
28 |
186.287 |
15 |
11 |
192 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1981 |
53 |
17 |
186.722 |
30 |
8 |
194 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1983 |
43 |
31 |
191.192 |
31 |
29 |
42 |
0 |
U-Joint |
| Totals |
1566 |
5 |
|
|
| Starts |
11 |
| Poles |
0 |
| Front Row |
0 |
| Wins |
0 |
| Top 5 |
1 |
| Top 10 |
5 |
| Retired |
3 |
|
