Stan Wattles

Stan Wattles (born July 24, 1961, Glen Cove, New York), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996-2001 seasons with 19 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1998-2000. He placed 8th in two races, and led his 2 laps in his first, in 1996 at Walt Disney World Speedway, but never led in his other contests. In the 1999 VisionAire 500K at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Wattles was involved in a crash that killed three spectators when debris from his car cleared the fence, and 18 laps later, the race was cancelled.[1]

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1988 Road Atlanta Swift DB4 Toyota Formula Atlantic 3 3 Running
1994 Mid-Ohio Ralt RT40 Toyota Formula Atlantic 1 1 Running

American Open Wheel

(key)

IndyCar

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1996 Leigh Miller WDW
13		 PHX
DNS		 INDY 25th 44
1996-1997 McCormack NHM
16		 LVS
18		 WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NH2   31st 63
Metro                   LV2
8
1998 Metro WDW
22		 PHX
DNQ		 INDY
28		 TXS
10		 NHM
17		 DOV CLT PPIR ATL
26		 TX2
8		 LVS
13		 25th 88
1999 Metro WDW
24		 PHX CLT
C		 INDY
17		 TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPI2 LVS TX2 35th 19
2000 Hemelgarn WDW PHX LVS INDY
23
 TXS PPIR ATL KTY TX2 43rd 7
2001 Hemelgarn PHX
16		 HMS
26		 ATL
12		 INDY
DNQ		 TXS PPI RIR KAN NSH KTY STL CHI TX2 31st 36

Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1998 Riley & Scott Oldsmobile 29th 28th
1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 20th 17th
2000 Dallara Oldsmobile 8th 23rd
2001 Dallara Oldsmobile Qualifying Crash

References

  1. ↑ "Tragedy at the track". CNN Sports Illustrated. 1999-08-16. Retrieved 2012-12-21.


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