Brad Murphey

Brad Murphey (born 27 December 1955 in Tucson, Arizona), is a former American-born Australian racecar driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 seasons for Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with Eddie Cheever and Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.

He is one of only seven Australians to ever race in the Indy 500, joining Sir Jack Brabham, Dennis Firestone, Geoff Brabham, and Vern Schuppan and later followed by Ryan Briscoe and Will Power. He was followed by John de Vries, Briscoe and Power as the only Australians to race in the IRL.

He also has prior experience in Indy Lights, Trans-Am Series, Formula Super Vee, Formula Ford, and HotRod racing. In 1984 he attempted to qualify for the CART races at Mid Ohio and Las Vegas, but failed to do so.

American Open Wheel racing

Indycars

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Year	Team	Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1984	Unknown	CART	LBH	PHX1	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS1	ROA	POC	MDO DNQ	SAN	MIS2	PHX2	LS	LVG DNQ	NC	0
1996	Hemelgarn	IRL	WDW	PHX	INDY 23														35th	12
1996–1997	Hemelgarn	IRL	NHM 18	LVS 27	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2							38th	25

Indy Lights

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Year	Team	Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1986	Louis Motorsports	ARS	PHX1	MIL	MEA 5	TOR 6	POC 9	MDO 9	ROA	LS 10	PHX2	MIA 9			12th	33
1987	TEAMKAR International	ARS	LBH	PHX	MIL 8	MEA 9	CLE 11	TOR 7	POC	MDO	NAZ	LS 9	MIA Ret		12th	22
1988	TEAMKAR International	ARS	PHX 10	MIL 12	POR	CLE	TOR 10	MEA	POC	MDO	ROA Ret	NAZ	LS	MIA	19th	8

Trivia

He is often referred to as "Bronco" Brad Murphey, as he is a former bronco riding champion.

External links

• Brad Murphey IndyCar stats