Mark Dismore

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Mark Dismore
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Date of Birth October 12, 1956 (1956-10-12) (age 51)
Place of Birth Greenfield, Indiana
Retired 2002
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active 1996-2002
Teams Team Menard
PDM Racing
Kelley Racing
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts 62
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 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. 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 later impact virtually ripping the car in two pieces. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck. 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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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 a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana as well as Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana. He is married with two children.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1991 Penske Buick Practice Crash
1992 Lola Buick Failed to Qualify
1996 Lola Menard-Buick 14th 19th
1997 Dallara Oldsmobile 25th 28th
1998 Dallara Oldsmobile 12th 27th
1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 5th 16th
2000 Dallara Oldsmobile 11th 11th
2001 Dallara Oldsmobile 4th 16th
2002 Dallara Chevrolet 33rd 32nd
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Hiro Matsushita
North American Formula Atlantic
Pacific Division Champion

1990
Succeeded by
Jovy Marcelo
(Combined championship)