Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore
Dismore at the 2016 Indianapolis 500
NationalityAmerican
Born (1956-10-12) October 12, 1956 (age 68)
Greenfield, Indiana
Retired2002
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active1996-2002
TeamsTeam Menard
PDM Racing
Kelley Racing
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts58
Wins1
Poles4
Best finish3rd in 1999
Previous series
1989, 1991-1992
1992-1995		CART
Toyota Atlantic
Championship titles
1990North American Formula Atlantic
Awards
199324 Hours of Daytona Overall win

Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956 in Greenfield, Indiana) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion[1] as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P. J. Jones.[2] He made 3 CART starts in 1991 but was badly injured in a practice crash for the Indianapolis 500, when his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road at the exit of Turn 4 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 Mark's legs exposed. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck.[3] He 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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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. Dismore has a single IRL win coming in the fall 1999 Texas Motor Speedway race and also finished a career-best third in points that season. Among his 62 career IRL starts he won four poles. He also represented the IRL in the International Race of Champions in 2000 and 2001.

He now owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana,[4] he is also vice president of Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana[5] the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since.[6] New Castle Motorsports Park is the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge. The Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge is a tribute and fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing.[7] The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four year hiatus.[4]

Motorsports career results

Dismore competing at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans

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
24 		ROA NAZ LAG 49th 0 [8]
1991 Arciero Racing Penske PC17 Buick 3300 V6t SRF
20 		LBH
21 		PHX
15 		INDY
DNQ 		MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG 39th 0 [9]
1992 Mann Motorsports Lola T90/00 Buick 3300 V6t SRF PHX LBH INDY
DNQ 		DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG NC - [10]

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
1993 Team Leisy PHX LBH MIL DET POR CLE TOR NHA VAN MDO
18 		NAZ LS
9 		20th 4

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
19 		32nd 16 [11]
1996-97 3 NHA
20 		LVS
17 		WDW PHX 17th 158 [12]
Kelley Racing-PDM Dallara IR7 28 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 INDY
28 		TXS
11 		PPIR
11 		CLT
19 		NHA
11 		LVS
5
1998 Kelley Racing Dallara IR8 WDW
5 		PHX
16 		INDY
27 		TXS
21 		NHA
8 		DOV
18 		CLT
15 		PPIR
19 		ATL
7 		TXS
10 		LVS
15 		15th 180 [13]
1999 Dallara IR9 WDW
6 		PHX
7 		CLT
C 		INDY
16 		TXS
8 		PPIR
21 		ATL
17 		DOV
15 		PPIR
3 		LVS
20 		TXS
1 		3rd 240 [14]
2000 Dallara IR-00 WDW
16 		PHX
16 		LVS
2 		INDY
11 		TXS
6 		PPIR
4 		ATL
18 		KTY
11 		TXS
14 		5th 202 [15]
2001 Dallara IR-01 PHX
25 		HMS
7 		ATL
26 		INDY
16 		TXS
20 		PPIR
13 		RIR
6 		KAN
11 		NSH
16 		KTY
22 		GAT
2 		CHI
17 		TXS
23 		14th 205 [16]
2002 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara IR-02 99 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY
32 		TXS 29th 73 [17]
Team Menard 2 PPIR
11 		RIR
11 		KAN
20 		NSH
18 		MIS
18 		KTY GAT CHI TXS
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win) 		Top 10s
(Non-podium) 		Indianapolis 500
Wins 		Championships
7 3 58 4 1 3 11 0 0

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1991 Penske PC17 Buick 3300 V6t Practice Crash Arciero Racing
1992 Lola T90/00 Buick 3300 V6t DNQ 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.)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1996 United States Canaska Southwind Motorsport United States Price Cobb
United States Shawn Hendricks 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R LMGT1 320 10th 8th
Sources:[20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Mark Dismore | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours (Race results)". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Mark Dismore listed in good condition after Indy crash". The Beaver County Times. March 12, 1991. pp. C9. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Wheldon karting challenge returns to everyone's delight". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mark Dismore Vice President at Comet Kart Sales Inc". Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Indy Racer, Mark Dismore, Talks About Kart Racing". YouTube. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am karting race returns". RACER. March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  12. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  14. ^ "Mark Dismore – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  15. ^ "Mark Dismore – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  16. ^ "Mark Dismore – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  17. ^ "Mark Dismore – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  18. ^ "Mark Dismore – 2000 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Mark Dismore – 2001 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "Mark Dismore". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  21. ^ "1996 24 Hours of Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by North American Formula Atlantic
Pacific Division Champion
1990 		Succeeded by
Jovy Marcelo
(Combined championship)