Dominic Dobson

Dominic Dobson (born September 14, 1957) is an American former racing driver who made seven starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition, with a best finish of third at the Michigan 500 in 1994. Dobson also drove numerous IMSA and other Sport car races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 in a Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a second place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van der Merwe and Klaus Ludwig.

Life and career Dobson was born in Germany, and was raised and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

During the early 1980s, Dobson worked as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant Driving School, then based at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. In the mid-1980s, he started Zephyr Racing with Ron Nelson, another Bondurant instructor. Zephyr originally had its shops in San Rafael, California but moved to a new facility built at Sears Point Raceway in the spring of 1985. Zephyr rented out, maintained, and provided race support for a stable of formula and sports racing cars. Cars were rented on a race-by-race or season long basis. Zephyr's customers competed in SCCA regional and National events as well as the American City racing League.

In the late 1990s, Dobson was involved in a short lived North American Touring Car Championship's Dodge Stratus factory team that ran in conjunction with CART race weekends. He also made ten starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best start of third in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway.

From 2000 to 2003, Dobson presided over a multi million dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war race cars and rare road cars called the Cavallino Collection. From 2007 to 2015, he was the Chief Development Officer for the LeMay - America's Car Museum, in Tacoma, Washington.

In 2005, Dobson competed in the Baja 100 with co-driver Frank Everett in a Baja Challenge car and in 2015, Dobson won the "Unlimited" Class at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb and was awarded the coveted "Rookie of the Year" as a result. He continues to race occasionally in vintage car races in the U.S. and abroad.

Dobson owns and operates Dobson Motorsport, a high-end automobile brokerage and management service, and Gerber Motorsport, a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Championship Auto Racing Teams (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

1 Replaced by Phil Krueger 2 Did not appear

Indianapolis 500

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1989 Team Schuppan Will Hoy Jean Alesi Porsche 962C C1 69 DNF DNF

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1998 PacWest S/T Motorsports 78 Dodge WDW HOMDNQ PHO19 POR29 EVG22 I7025 GLN34 TEX17 BRI35 MLW31 NZH33 CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT23 LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 35th 842