Dale Coyne Racing

Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. In 1990, Coyne stepped out of the cockpit and turned his talents to the tutelage of several up-and-coming drivers. Dale Coyne is known in the open-wheel community for his ability to recruit and coach young drivers. Later renamed as Dale Coyne Racing, the team earned its maiden victory in 25 years of trying at Watkins Glen International in July 2009 with Justin Wilson.

CART / Champ Car World Series

With Coyne's technical expertise, the team built their own chassis in its debut year (1986), which was known as the DC-1. 1988 saw Coyne's retirement as a driver to concentrate on managing the team with co-owner Walter Payton as well as tutoring newer, younger drivers. For most of the team's existence, it has utilized pay drivers, who finance their racing with Coyne with either personal funds or self-obtained sponsorship. Coyne has earned a reputation for quickly developing the skills of these drivers to a point where they can advance their careers.

Michel Jourdain, Jr. took over driving duties for the team and earned STP Most Improved Driver honors from his peers, in 1997.

Payton died in November 1999, and after that the team was known as Dale Coyne Racing. In 2000 they had four different drivers. Tarso Marques led with 17 starts, and was joined by Takuya Kurosawa (who had 8 starts). Alex Barron had 6 starts and Gualter Salles also had 6 starts. Marques and Barron both recorded career-best finishes when the season closed. Barron, had second place in Australia and Fontana, which highlighted his end to the season. He ran second, closing in on the leader, and eventually put in faster laps than the winners Adrian Fernandez and Christian Fittipaldi.

The 2004 Champ Car season was an improved season with new sponsors American Medical Response and Yoke TV. The 19 & 11 entries were piloted by Oriol Servia and Gastón Mazzacane. Servia had Dale Coyne Racing's best season ever by placing third at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and finishing 10th in the final standings.

In 2007, driver Bruno Junqueira recorded back-to-back-to-back podium finishes (Zolder, Belgium, Assen, Netherlands and Surfers Paradise, Australia) en route to a seventh-place finish for the year.

Mario Moraes practicing for the 2008 GAINSCO Indy 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

IndyCar Series

In 2008, the team's first year in the Izod IndyCar Series, drivers Bruno Junqueira and Mario Moraes recorded five combined top-10 finishes and both drivers led several laps during the famed Indianapolis 500.

In the first race of the 2009 season, the 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, driver Justin Wilson finished third, which was the first IRL podium finish for Dale Coyne Racing. On July 5, 2009 Wilson earned Dale Coyne Racing their first win by winning the 2009 Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen, at Watkins Glen International. The British driver dominated the race, leading 49 of the 60 laps. It was Coyne's 558th career start as an owner or as a driver.^[1]

On January 11 the team announced that Boy Scouts of America would be the primary sponsor of the number 19 car for 2010. He also stated that Z Line will likely return to sponsor the 18 car and that drivers would be announced at a later date.^[2] However, on February 4, it was announced that Z Line would follow Justin Wilson to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. On March 4, DCR announced Milka Duno would drive the number 18 Citgo car for the entire season.^[3] Duno's season brought her a best finish of 19th, though she failed to qualify for the Indy 500 and ended up 23rd in points while British driver Alex Lloyd in the #19 car won Rookie of the Year, finishing 16th in points with a best finish of fourth in the 2010 Indianapolis 500. Duno moved over to ARCA following the season. British rookie James Jakes stepped into the #18 car for 2011 and four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais was signed to drive the #19 respectively for road course races only due to conflicts with the Le Mans Series, where he also competes. Alex Lloyd was returned to the team to drive in the oval races. Lloyd qualified for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 and finished 19th but Jakes failed to make the field.

On 25 January 2012, Honda and its Honda Performance Development (HPD) announced it would power a two-car effort for Dale Coyne Racing in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series with their all new 2.2-liter turbocharged V6 IndyCar engine. Justin Wilson also returned to the team for the 2012 season. In addition to the signing of both Honda and Wilson, the team has also re-signed renowned engineer Bill Pappas, "putting the band back together" of the team that combined to score Dale Coyne Racing's first win in IndyCar racing, at Watkins Glen in 2009.^[4]

The team scored its second win and first-ever oval win with Justin Wilson at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012 and captured another win in 2013 with Mike Conway in his first start for the team in Detroit Indy Grand Prix race 1. In that race Justin Wilson finished third, putting two Coyne cars on the podium for the first time. Ana Beatriz had driven Conway's car for the first five races of the season.

For 2014, Wilson would remain in the 19 while Formula Renault 3.5 driver Carlos Huertas would take over the 18 for the season. Huertas would score his first career win at the first round of the 2014 Grand Prix of Houston.

Chicagoland Speedway

In 1998, Coyne designed and built Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. This state-of-the-art drag racing facility drew the attention of Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George. George and Coyne, along with International Speedway Corporation, would go on to expand the facility by forming a partnership and building Chicagoland Speedway. Coyne served as president of the facility through its construction and opening season and along with George, served on its management committee until its eventual buyout by ISC in 2007.

Racing results

Complete CART / CCWS results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1984	Eagle 81	Chevrolet V8			LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL
			Jim McElreath	45		DNQ
			Tom Bigelow					DNQ
			Dale Coyne						DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		14			DNQ	DNQ
1985	Lola T900	Chevrolet V8			LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA
			Dale Coyne	19	DNQ		DNS	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	24	23	27	28		DNS	27	DNQ	DNQ
1986	DC-1	Chevrolet V8			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	ROA	LAG	PHX	MIA
			Dale Coyne	19	DNQ	23			21	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	26	23	12	DNQ	17	DNS	DNQ	25
1987	March 86C	Chevrolet V8			LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA
			Dale Coyne	19	DNS	DNQ		DNQ	17	15	25	18	DNS	24	17	20	DNQ	21	DNQ
1988	March 86C	Chevrolet V8			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MIC	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA
			Dominic Dobson	19		26
			Dale Coyne		DNS			13	24	25	16	22	27	DNQ	24	DNS	DNQ	27	12
				39			DNQ
1989	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8t			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Guido Daccò	19	24	22	DNQ	14	12	12	21	DNQ
			John Paul, Jr.											DNQ
				39			DNQ
			Dale Coyne				DNQ
				19											27
			Fulvio Ballabio													18	DNQ
			Ken Johnson																27
1990	Lola T88/00 Lola T90/00	Cosworth DFX V8t Cosworth DFS V8t			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Dean Hall	19	15	18		16	23	14	11	19	19	23	23	15	11	15		21
				39			17
1991	Lola T88/00 Lola T90/00	Cosworth DFX V8t Cosworth DFS V8t			SFR	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Randy Lewis	39				14
				19	13	15	19						14	12	16	17		15	22		26
			Dale Coyne						21	DNQ	23
			Ross Bentley														13
			Buddy Lazier									11
				90	25					18									24
				39										22		9					22
			Paul Tracy			22		Wth
			Jeff Wood				22
			Michael Greenfield															16	20
			Dennis Vitolo																	14
1992	Lola T90/00 Lola T91/00	Cosworth DFS V8t Buick 3300 V6t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
			Eric Bachelart	39																23
				19	22	13	8	32	7	16	13		24	22	17	21	DNS	20	DNQ
			Dennis Vitolo									14							20	17
				39		21
			Ross Bentley		11				20	17			14	23	18	DNQ	14
			Brian Bonner					19			DNQ	DNQ						17
1993	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t Buick 3300 V6t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
			Robbie Buhl	19	23	19	6	DNQ	17	28		24				19		14	17	16
			Eric Bachelart					DNQ
			Johnny Unser								18		17		18		21
			Ross Bentley	39	17	12	15	DNQ	14	DNQ	15	16	25	16		17	17	DNQ	22	DNQ
1994	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t			SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG
			Robbie Buhl	19	20		16
			Brian Till			19		12
			Alessandro Zampedri							26	7	10	17	Wth			28	23	20	16
			Mauro Baldi												19
			Johnny Unser						DNQ							15
	Lola T92/00	Ilmor 265A V8t		39		DNQ	DNQ
			Andrea Montermini		Wth
			Ross Bentley					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	22	29	19	19	DNQ	22	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	DNQ
1995	Lola T94/00	Ford XB V8t			MIA	SFR	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
			Eric Bachelart	19	19	22	18	7		28		23	19	11	22	21		16
			Buddy Lazier						25		18						14		21
			Ross Bentley																	DNQ
			Franck Fréon																		DNQ
			Alessandro Zampedri	34	23	19	19	8	15	11	22	26	16	20	23	9	13	14	14	9	20
1996	Lola T96/00	Ford XB V8t			MIA	RIO	SFR	LBH	NAZ	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG
			Hiro Matsushita	19	18	24	10	28	26	14	28	19	21	17	27	15	19	15	15	23
			Roberto Moreno	34	27	9	12	8	24	3	25	23	19	14	23	23	23	22	27	12
1997	Lola T97/00 Reynard 97i	Ford XD V8t			MIA	SFR	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON
			Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	18	18	17	20	17	16	27	22	12	18	13	13	18	20	21	22	18
			Roberto Moreno	34	24
			Paul Jasper			23	19	DNS	24	DNS	18
			Christian Danner									12	27						23
			Charlie Nearburg											26			DNS	17		18
			Dennis Vitolo												28	7					16
1998	Reynard 98i	Ford XD V8t			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	HOU	SFR	FON
			Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	28	22	27	12	24	17	15	13	19	26	18	18	28	14	10	24	25	26	12
			Dennis Vitolo	34	25			25		25	DNS	28	18	24		26			17	26	19	DNS	25
			Gualter Salles			12	13		20						21		23	17
1999	Lola B99/00	Ford XD V8t			MIA	MOT	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MCH	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LAG	HOU	SRF	FON
			Michel Jourdain, Jr.	19	18	18	18	16	16	20	16	20	27	7	21	21	21	26	18	17	20	18	12	13
	Reynard 99i		Gualter Salles	34			27
			Dennis Vitolo		16			Wth		24	22					11			15					15
				71											18
			Luiz Garcia, Jr.		24	19	24		18			23	14	24
	Lola B99/00		Memo Gidley														20	22		12	13	14	14
2000	Lola B2K/00	Ford XF V8t			MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SRF	FON
			Takuya Kurosawa	19	24	13	19	20	DNS	Wth	12	22	25	23	Wth
			Alex Barron																13	21	17	12	14	8
			Gualter Salles													22	23	20
				34	20	22	14
	Swift 011.c		Tarso Marques					17	12	20	10	15	24	21	12	18	18	23	22	18	15	17	13	7
2001	Lola B2K/00	Ford XF V8t			MTY	LBH	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SRF	FON
			Michael Krumm	19	23	15
			Luiz Garcia, Jr.	21	26	27
2002	Lola B02/00	Ford XF V8t			MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LAG	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SFR	FON	MXC
			Darren Manning	19															9
			André Lotterer																				12
2003	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t			STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MXC	SFR
			Roberto González	11	17
			Alex Yoong			9	19	18	17
			Geoff Boss								16	13	16	14	DNS	13	14	14	12	10	20	9
			Gualter Salles							13
				19								18	17		DNS	11	17	12	18		15	6
			Joël Camathias		9	11	14	13	16	15	13
			Alex Sperafico											18						14
2004	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t			LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL	LAG	LSV	SFR	MXC
			Oriol Servià	11	15	14	7	11	4	9	12	6	6	9	3	12	13	7
			Tarso Marques	19	18	18												18
			Gastón Mazzacane				16	13	12	6	DNS	18	15	12	13	15
			Jarek Janiš														18
2005	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t			LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	LSV	SRF	MXC
			Ricardo Sperafico	11	19	17	14	13	9	18	10	18	8	18	15	9	18
			Oriol Servià	19	11	9
			Michael Valiante					11
			Tarso Marques						11
			Ryan Dalziel							9
			Ronnie Bremer								6	7	7	17	18	8	19
2006	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t			LBH	HOU	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	ROA	SRF	MXC
			Jan Heylen	11	7	13	16	12	15	5	16	16	11	11	9	9	14	13
			Cristiano da Matta	19	5	9	9	13
			Mario Domínguez						14	6	11	8	5	13	10
			Juan Cáceres													15
			Andreas Wirth														9	15
2007	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE V8t			LSV	LBH	HOU	POR	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM	SJO	ROA	ZOL	ASN	SFR	MXC
			Katherine Legge	11	6	10	16	17	15	11	16	16	16	15	11	12	15	15
			Bruno Junqueira	19	7	6	7	13	16	17	5	7	7	9	2	3	3	7

Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
2008	Dallara IR-05 Panoz DP011	Honda HI7R V8 Cosworth XFE V8t1			HMS	STP	MOT	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2
			Bruno Junqueira	18	23	24		12	15	20	18	15	DNS	23	6	15	13	14	14	17	7	20	15
			Mario Moraes	19	16	16		20	17	18	23	18	19	17	7	10	24	20	17	10	15	21	24
2009	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI7R V8			STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS
			Justin Wilson	18		22	14	23	15	15	18	14	1*	5	8	21	13	7	10	12	10
				19	3
			Tomas Scheckter					12
2010	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI7R V8			SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY	TXS	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS
			Alex Lloyd	19	18	23	23	19	19	4	8	13	25	23	18	13	10	21	13	21	12
			Milka Duno	18	21	24	24	25	26	DNQ	23	23	23	26	25	23	22	19	19	19	24
2011	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI7R V8			STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV
			James Jakes	18	15	25	15	15	DNQ	25	28	15	25	18	18	23	18	19	27	13	21	C
			Sébastien Bourdais	19	DNS	11	27	26						6	6	9		6	28	6
			Alex Lloyd						19	14	24	22	13				13				26	C
2012	Dallara DW12	Honda HI12TT V6t			STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	FON
			Justin Wilson	18	10	19	10	22	7	22	1	23	10	21	9	18	11	17	23
			James Jakes	19	26	16	11	15	15	23	10	21	13	8	25	19	12	24	12
2013	Dallara DW12	Honda HI13TT V6t			STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	MIL	IOW	POC	TOR		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		FON
			Justin Wilson	19	9	8	3	20	5	3	22	15	9	11	7	11	8	8	2	4	3	4	18
			Ana Beatriz	18	22	24	14	25	15				19	22
			Mike Conway							1*	3*					7	7				16	9
			James Davison															15	18
			Stefan Wilson																	16
			Pippa Mann									24			15								25
				63					30
2014	Dallara DW12	Honda HI14TT V6t			STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	TOR		MDO	MIL	SNM	FON
			Carlos Huertas	18	18	10	16	13	17	8	15	17	1	23	20	20	14	15	17	20	22	21
			Justin Wilson	19	8	16	6	11	22	4	12	21	10	12	14	13	10	10	15	17	9	13
			Pippa Mann	63					24

¹ Used at 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Past and present drivers

• Eric Bachelart (1992–1993, 1995)
• Mauro Baldi (1994)
• Fulvio Ballabio (1989–1990)
• Alex Barron (2000)
• Ana Beatriz (2013)
• Townsend Bell (2001)
• Ross Bentley (1991–1995)
• Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. (1989)
• Tom Bigelow (1984)
• Brian Bonner (1992–1993)
• Geoff Boss (2003)
• Sébastien Bourdais (2011)
• Ronnie Bremer (2005)
• Robbie Buhl (1993–1994)
• Juan Cáceres (2006)
• Joël Camathias (2003)
• Mike Conway (2013)
• Dale Coyne (1984–1989, 1991)
• Guido Daccò (1989)
• Conor Daly (2015)
• Ryan Dalziel (2005)
• Cristiano da Matta (2006)
• Christian Danner (1997)
• James Davison (2013)
• Dominic Dobson (1988)
• Mario Domínguez (2006)
• Francesco Dracone (2015)
• Milka Duno (2010)
• Cornelius Euser (1991)
• Franck Fréon (1995)
• Luiz Garcia, Jr. (1999, 2001)
• Memo Gidley (1999)
• Roberto González (2003)
• Michael Greenfield (1991)
• Dean Hall (1990)
• Scott Harrington (1989)
• Jan Heylen (2006)
• Carlos Huertas (2014-2015)^[5]
• James Jakes (2011)
• Jaroslav Janiš (2004)
• Paul Jasper (1997)
• Ken Johnson (1989)
• Michel Jourdain, Jr. (1997–1999)
• Bruno Junqueira (2007–2008)
• Michael Krumm (2001)
• Takuya Kurosawa (2000)
• Buddy Lazier (1991, 1995)
• Katherine Legge (2007)
• Randy Lewis (1991)
• Alex Lloyd (2010–2011)
• André Lotterer (2002)
• Pippa Mann (2013-2015)
• Tarso Marques (2000, 2004–2005)
• Hiro Matsushita (1996)
• Gastón Mazzacane (2004)
• Andrea Montermini (1994)
• Mario Moraes (2008)
• Roberto Moreno (1996–1997)
• Charlie Nearburg (1997)
• John Paul, Jr. (1989)
• Gualter Salles (1998–2000, 2003)
• Oriol Servià (2004–2005)
• Tomas Scheckter (2009)
• Alex Sperafico (2003)
• Ricardo Sperafico (2005)
• Brian Till (1994)
• Paul Tracy (1991)
• Johnny Unser (1993–1994)
• Michael Valiante (2005)
• Dennis Vitolo (1991–1993, 1997–1999)
• Andreas Wirth (2006)
• Justin Wilson (2009, 2012–2014)
• Stefan Wilson (2013)
• Jeff Wood (1991)
• Alex Yoong (2003)
• Alessandro Zampedri (1994–1995)

References

External links

• Dale Coyne Racing Website
• Dale Coyne Racing Facebook Page
• Dale Coyne Racing Twitter Page
• IZOD IndyCar Series Team Page