Nick Firestone

Nicholas Stanley Firestone (born 31 March 1966) is an American former race car driver.

A great-grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) and Idabelle Smith, grandson of Roger (1912–1970) and son of Peter, he graduated from Princeton University in 1989.

Starting in Karts he moved to junior formula cars then the British Formula 2 Championship. He competed in 42 Indy Lights races from 1993 to 1996. His best finish was second at Nazareth Speedway and The Milwaukee Mile in 1993.^[1] He attempted to qualify for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 for McCormack Motorsports but failed to make the field. He has now moved back to racing Karts.

Career Results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1992	British Formula 2 Championship	13th	Ralt RT23 - Cosworth	Valvoline ERM
1993	Indy Lights	6th	Lola T93/20 - Buick	Simon Racing
1994	Indy Lights	6th	Lola T93/20 - Buick	Simon Racing
1995	Indy Lights	9th	Lola T93/20 - Buick	Brian Stewart Racing
1996	Indy Lights	17th	Lola T93/20 - Buick	Brian Stewart Racing
2006	SKUSA SuperNationals X - G1	7th
2007	SKUSA SuperNationals X - G1	5th
2008	Arizona Sprint Kart Championship - Shifter	15th
1996	SKUSA SuperNationals XIV - G1	6th	Tony Kart - TM	2Wild Karting

Indylights Results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1993	Simon Racing	PHX Ret	LBH Ret	MIL 2	DET Ret	POR 6	CLE 11	TOR 6	NHM 8	VAN 4	MDO 5	NZR 2	LS 6	6th	85
1994	Simon Racing	PHX 13	LBH 4	MIL Ret	DET 5	POR 15	CLE 4	TOR 3	NHM 5	VAN 9	MDO Ret	NZR 10	LS 7	6th	72
1995	Brian Stewart Racing	MIA 10	PHX 11	LBH 12	NZR Ret	MIL 15	DET 4	POR 3	TOR Ret	CLE 10	NHM 10	VAN 9	LS 5	9th	52
1996	Brian Stewart Racing	MIA	PHX	NZR	MIS 11	MIL 16	DET 20	POR 9	CLE 4	TOR Ret	TRV	VAN	LS	17th	18

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1999	McCormack Motorsports	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY DNQ	TXS1	PPIR1	ATL	DOV	PPIR2	LVS	TX2	NC	0

References

1. ^ "Nick Firestone" champcarstats.com

• Driver Database profile
• Firestone Kart site

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Name	Firestone, Nick
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Date of birth	31 March 1966
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