Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956, in Greenfield, Indiana) is an American former racecar driver. In Indy Racing League he won the fall 1999 Texas Motor Speedway race and earned four pole positions out of 62 starts. He finished a career-best third in points in 1999. Dismore claimed the 1990 Toyota Pacific championship, and won the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P. J. Jones.

Dismore was badly injured in a practice crash for the 1991 Indianapolis 500. At the exit of the fourth turn, his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road and back-ended the fence, only to careen across the pit lane and smash virtually head on at sizeable speed against the edge of pit wall; this second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Dismore's legs exposed. Among the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck.

Dismore was largely out of open wheel racing until the 1996 Indy 500 where he drove for Team Menard, though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick. In 1997, he drove a second car at the Indy 500 for Kelley Racing and would become a full-time fixture there until the 2001 season. He returned to Menard for a partial season in 2002. He also represented the IRL in the International Race of Champions in 2000 and 2001.

Dismore currently owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana. its the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge, a fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing. The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four-year hiatus. the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

PPG IndyCar World Series Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1989 Mann Motorsports Lola T87/00 Buick 3300 V6t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG 49th 0 1991 Arciero Racing Penske PC17 Buick 3300 V6t SRF LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG 39th 0 1992 Mann Motorsports Lola T90/00 Buick 3300 V6t SRF PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG NC -

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 1993 Team LeisyPHXLBHMILDETPORCLETORNHAVANMDONAZLS20th4

Indy Racing League Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref 1996 Team Menard Lola T95/00 30 Menard V6t WDW PHX INDY 32nd 16 1996-97 3 NHA LVS WDW PHX 17th 158 Kelley Racing-PDM Dallara IR7 28 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LVS 1998 Kelley Racing Dallara IR8 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPR ATL TMS2 LVS 15th 180 1999 Dallara IR9 WDW PHXCLT INDY TXS PPIR ATL DOV PPR LVS TXS 3rd 240 2000 Dallara IR-00 WDW PHX LVS INDY TXS PPIR ATL KTY TXS 5th 202 2001 Dallara IR-01 PHX HMS ATL INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KEN GAT CHI TXS 14th 205 2002 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara IR-02 99 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS 29th 73 Team Menard 2 PPIR RIR KAN NSH MIS KTY GAT CHI TXS

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1991 Penske PC17 Buick 3300 V6tPractice Crash Arciero Racing 1992 Lola T90/00 Buick 3300 V6tDNQ Mann Development 1996 Lola T95/00 Menard V6t 14 19 Team Menard 1997 Dallara IR7 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 25 28 Kelley Racing 1998 Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 12 27 Kelley Racing 1999 Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 5 16 Kelley Racing 2000 Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 11 11 Kelley Racing 2001 Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4 16 Kelley Racing 2002 Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 33 32 Sam Schmidt Motorsports

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points Ref 2000 Pontiac DAY TAL MCH IND 12th 15 2001 DAY TAL MCH IND 11th 25

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Canaska Southwind Motorsport Price Cobb Shawn Hendricks Chrysler Viper GTS-R LMGT1 320 10th 8th