Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore
Nationality	United States
Born	October 12, 1956 (1956-10-12) (age 55) Greenfield, Indiana
Retired	2002
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996-2002
Teams	Team Menard PDM Racing Kelley Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts	58
Wins	1
Poles	4
Best finish	1st in 1999
Previous series
1989, 1991-1992 1992-1995	CART Toyota Atlantic
Championship titles
1990	North American Formula Atlantic
Awards
1993	24 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 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. 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 later impact virtually ripping the car in two pieces. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck.^[1] 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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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 a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana as well as Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana. He is married with two children.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
1996	Menard	WDW	PHX	IND Ret													31st	16
1996-1997	Menard/Kelley	NWH Ret	LSV Ret	WDW	PHX	INDY Ret	TXS 11	PPI 11	CHR Ret	NH2 11	LV2 5						17th	158
1998	Kelley	WDW 5	PHX 16	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	NWH 8	DOV Ret	CHR Ret	PPI 19	ATL 7	TX2 10	LSV Ret					15th	180
1999	Kelley	WDW 6	PHX 7	INDY Ret	TXS 8	PPI 21	ATL 17	DOV Ret	PP2 3	LSV Ret	TX2 1						3rd	240
2000	Kelley	WDW Ret	PHX 16	LSV 2	INDY 11	TXS 6	PPI 4	ATL Ret	KTY 11	TX2 14							5th	202
2001	Kelley	PHX Ret	HMS 7	ATL Ret	INDY 16	TXS Ret	PPI 13	RIR 6	KAN 11	NSH Ret	KTY Ret	STL 2	CHI Ret	TX2 Ret			14th	205
2002	Schmidt/Menard	HMS	PHX	CAL	NZR	INDY Ret	TXS	PPI 11	RIR 11	KAN Ret	NSH Ret	MIS 18	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2	29th	73

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

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1991	Penske	Buick	Practice Crash		Arciero Racing
1992	Lola	Buick	Failed to Qualify		Mann Development
1996	Lola	Menard-Buick	14th	19th	Team Menard
1997	Dallara	Oldsmobile	25th	28th	Kelley Racing
1998	Dallara	Oldsmobile	12th	27th	Kelley Racing
1999	Dallara	Oldsmobile	5th	16th	Kelley Racing
2000	Dallara	Oldsmobile	11th	11th	Kelley Racing
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	4th	16th	Kelley Racing
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	33rd	32nd	Kelley Racing

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hiro Matsushita	North American Formula Atlantic Pacific Division Champion 1990	Succeeded by Jovy Marcelo (Combined championship)

References

1. ^ "Mark Dismore listed in good condition after Indy crash". The Beaver County Times: pp. C9. 12 March 1991. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4LciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KbUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2538,2147162&dq=mark-dismore&hl=en. Retrieved 3 April 2010. 

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Name	Dismore, Mark
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Date of birth	1956-10-12
Place of birth	Greenfield, Indiana
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