Dominic Dobson

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Dominic Dobson (born September 14, 1957 in Stuttgart) is a German-born former CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver who made 7 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in the CART (Champtionship Auto Racing Series), with a best finish of 3rd 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 Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a 2nd place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van DeMere and Klaus Ludwig.

Dobson was raised in, and currently resides in, Seattle.

In the early 80's, he was an instructor at the Bob Bondurant Driving School, then based at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. In the mid-80's, He started Zephyr Racing with Ron Nelson, another Bondurant instructor. Zephyr origninally had it's shops in San Rafael, CA 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 sportsracing 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 90's he 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 10 starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway. He co-owned Ridge Gate Motion Sports with Mike Clark in the Truck Series in 1999.

From 2000 to 2003, he presided over a multi-million dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war racecars and rare road cars called the Cavallino Collection.

He currently is the Founder and CEO of Motion Research Corporation, a developer of wireless Human I/O devices utilizing patented Heads Up Display technology.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1987	March	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify
1988	Lola	Cosworth	21st	18th
1989	Lola	Cosworth	29th	18th
1990	Lola	Cosworth	11th	22nd
1991	Lola	Judd	30th	13th
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	29th	12th
1993	Galmer	Chevrolet	27th	23rd
1994	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	12th	29th