Dennis Firestone

Dennis Firestone
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1944-07-22) 22 July 1944 Townsville, Australia)
Debut season	1979
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 1980
Awards
1980	CART IndyCar Rookie of the Year

Dennis Firestone (born 22 July 1944 in Townsville, Australia) is a former CART driver from 1979 to 1987. He was the Rookie of the year in CART 1980 season finishing in 12th in season points, his best season. His best finish in a CART race was a pair of 5th places that year. He made 5 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 10th in 1981, his next best finish being a 12th in 1984.^[1] An accident at Indianapolis in 1987 resulted in a broken neck and ended his racing career. Since his driving days, he has run a California trucking company.^[2]

American Open Wheel racing results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Dennis Firestone at the 2016 Brickyard SVRA Pro-Am race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
1978	Crosslé Cars Pacific	PIR1 5	TRE1 24	MOS 3	MIL1 22	TEX 6	MIL2 1	OMS1 24	OMS2 1	TRE2 16	PIR2 2	2nd	894
1979		TEX1 1	IRP 2	MIL1 1	POC 2	TEX2 2	MIL2 1	MIN1 1	MIN2 1			1st	1480

American Super Vee Championship

• 1978 – 17th
• 1979 – 9th
• 1980 – 16th

USAC Gold Crown Championship

• 1981–82 – 24th
• 1983–84 – 15th

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

¹ Wrecked after qualifying

Indy 500 results

• Firestone qualified for the 1986 race, but was forced to withdraw from the field after a serious crash totalled the car during the final Carburetion Day practice.

References

• Driver Database Profile
• Indycar Stats
• Super Vee Stats