Nick Firestone

Nick Firestone
Nationality	American
Born	(1966-03-31) March 31, 1966 Phoenix, Arizona
Previous series
1990 1992 1993-96 1999 1996-2008	EFDA Nations Cup British Formula 2 Championship Indy Lights IndyCar Series Karting
Last updated on: 30 November 2011.

Nicholas Stanley Firestone (born 31 March 1966) is an American former race car driver.

A great-grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) and Idabelle Smith, grandson of Roger (1912–1970) and son of Peter, he graduated from Princeton University in 1989.

Starting in Karts he moved to junior formula cars then the British Formula 2 Championship. He competed in 42 Indy Lights races from 1993 to 1996. His best finish was second at Nazareth Speedway and The Milwaukee Mile in 1993.^[1] He attempted to qualify for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 for McCormack Motorsports but failed to make the field. He has now moved back to racing Karts. He has two children, Peter and Annabel.

Career Results

Indy Lights results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1993	Simon Racing	PHX Ret	LBH Ret	MIL 2	DET Ret	POR 6	CLE 11	TOR 6	NHM 8	VAN 4	MDO 5	NZR 2	LS 6	6th	85
1994	Simon Racing	PHX 13	LBH 4	MIL Ret	DET 5	POR 15	CLE 4	TOR 3	NHM 5	VAN 9	MDO Ret	NZR 10	LS 7	6th	72
1995	Brian Stewart Racing	MIA 10	PHX 11	LBH 12	NZR Ret	MIL 15	DET 4	POR 3	TOR Ret	CLE 10	NHM 10	VAN 9	LS 5	9th	52
1996	Brian Stewart Racing	MIA	PHX	NZR	MIS 11	MIL 16	DET 20	POR 9	CLE 4	TOR Ret	TRV	VAN	LS	17th	18

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1999	McCormack Motorsports	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY DNQ	TXS1	PPIR1	ATL	DOV	PPIR2	LVS	TX2	NC	0

References

• Driver Database profile
• Firestone Kart site