Dennis Firestone

Dennis Firestone
Nationality	Australian
Born	July 22, 1944 (1944-07-22) (age 67) Townsville, Australia)
Debut season	1979
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 1980
Awards
1980	CART IndyCar Rookie of the Year

Dennis Firestone (born 22 July 1944 in Townsville, Australia) is a former CART driver from 1979 to 1987. He was the Rookie of the year in CART 1980 season finishing in 12th in season points, his best season. His best finish in a CART race was a pair of 5th places that year. He made 5 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 10th in 1981, his next best finish being a 12th in 1984.^[1] An accident at Indianapolis in 1987 resulted in a broken neck and ended his racing career. Since his driving days, he has run a California trucking company.^[2]

American Open Wheel racing results

American Super Vee Championship

• 1978 - 17th
• 1979 - 9th
• 1980 - 16th

USAC Mini-Indy Series

• 1978 - 2nd
• 1979 - 1st

USAC Gold Crown Championship

• 1981-82 - 24th
• 1983-84 - 15th

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1979	AMS/Oil	PHO	ATL1	ATL2	INDY	TRE1	TRE2	MIG1	MIG2	WKG	TRE3	CAL Ret	MIG3	ATL3	PHO2				NC	0
1980	Scientific Drilling	ONT	INDY Ret	MIL1	POC Ret	MDO	MIC1 14	WGL	MIL2	ONT2 6	MIC2 DNS	MEX 5	PHX 5						12th	743
1981	Rhoades Racing	PHO1	INDY† 10	MIL1	AMS1 Ret	AMS2 DNS	MIC1	RIV	MIL2	MIC2	WKG	MEX	PHX2						44th	1
1982	BVC Racing	PHO1 Ret	ATL	INDY† Ret	MIL1	CLE	MIS1	MIL2	POR	RIV	RDA	MIS2	PHX						44th	1
1983	Simpson Sports	ATL	INDY Ret	MIL	CLE	MIS1	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MIS2	LVG	LS	PHX					NC	0
1984	Pace Electronics	LBH	PHX1	INDY 12	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS1	ROA 17	POC Ret	MDO	SAN Ret	MIS2	PHX2	LS DNS	LVG Ret		39th	1
1985	Pace Electronics	LBH Ret	INDY DNQ	MIL Ret	POR Ret	MEA DNQ	CLE Ret	MIS1 11	ROA Ret	POC 9	MDO Ret	SAN Ret	MIS2 DNS	LS Ret	PHX	MIA			33rd	6
1986	Raynor	PHX1	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS1 Ret	POC	MDO	SAN 14	MIS2 14	ROA	LS	PHX2 Ret	MIA	NC	0
1987	Raynor	LBH Ret	PHX 7	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MIS	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LS	MIA1 DNQ	MIA		30th	6

† Non Championship

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1980	Penske	Cosworth	24th	16th
1981	Wildcat	Cosworth	28th	10th
1982	Eagle	Milodon	21st	27th
1983	March	Cosworth	33rd	24th
1984	March	Cosworth	32nd	12th
1985	March	Cosworth	Failed to Qualify	DNQ
1986	March	Cosworth	Withdrew due to practice crash	DNQ
1987	Lola	Cosworth	Practice Crash	DNQ

References

1. ^ Firestone enters Indy 500
2. ^ KKW Trucks

• Driver Database Profile
• Indycar Stats
• Super Vee Stats

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bill Alsup	CART Rookie of the Year 1980	Succeeded by Bob Lazier

Persondata
Name	Firestone, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 July 1944
Place of birth	Townsville, Australia)
Date of death
Place of death

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