Mark Dismore
28 Dallara/Aurora
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1998 Driver Profile
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Mark Dismore's best race of the season came in the finale at Las Vegas, where he led 43 laps en route to a fifth-place finish. Until then, the season was a rocky one for the Hoosier. He started the season with Team Menard but was replaced by Robbie Buhl. However, Dismore and car owner Tom Kelley joined PDM Racing to field a car from Indianapolis to the end of the season. He finished only 28th at Indy after being rammed by another car, but came back with 11th-place finishes at Texas, Pikes Peak and New Hampshire. He finally found competitive speed at Vegas. He returns to Kelley Racing in 1998.
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Career
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Dismore got his start racing karts in 1968 and won 40 grand national kart races through 1989. He made his Indy car debut at Mid-Ohio in 1989 and won the Formula Atlantic Pacific Division championship in 1990. He came to Indy but did not qualify in 1992-93.
He won the 1990 Formula Atlantic Pacific title and co-drove to victory in 24 Hours of Daytona in 1993.
At the 1992 Indianapolis 500 he made one attempt in the Concept Motorsports entry and was yellow-flagged after two laps. He made other attempt in D.B. Mann entry and was yellow-flagged after three laps.
Dismore won the 1992 Formula Atlantic race at Long Beach and both Formula Atlantic races at Laguna Seca to increase his total FA victories to 14, beating the series record formerly held by Gilles Villeneuve.
Courtesy SpeedNet, from the Indianapolis Star/News
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Driver Stats
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Team: Kelley Racing
Series: Indy Racing League
Car: #28 Dallara / Aurora / Goodyear
Sponsor: Kelley Automotive / LearJet / Valvoline
Car Owner: Tom Kelley
Chief Mechanic: Rick Hurford
Resides: Greenfield, Ind.
D.O.B: 10/12/56
IRL victories: 5th (Las Vegas, 1997)
IRL points (standing): 1996 - 16 (33rd); 1996-97 - 158 (17th)
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