- Phil Caliva
Phil Caliva (born
January 1 ,1945 inPalermo ,Sicily ) is an Italian-born American racing driver who competed in theCART Championship Car series from 1979 to 1984. After racing in the North AmericanFormula Super Vee series in 1977 and 1978, he made his CART debut in 1979 driving forSpike Gehlhausen atOntario Motor Speedway . Caliva returned the next year and made five starts forBill Alsup and tried but failed to qualify for theIndianapolis 500 . Caliva attempted a second time to qualify for the "500" for Alsup in 1981 but again failed to make the field. He made 3 more starts later that year, including his best series finish of 8th place at theMichigan International Speedway in July. He tried 3 races including the Indy 500 in 1982 but failed to qualify for all of them. He tried the Indy 500 again in 1983 and missed the field again, but made the race atRiverside International Raceway in what would be his last Champ Car start. He tried the Long Beach race and the Indy 500 again in 1984 but again missed both races.In total, Caliva made 10 starts and failed to qualify or start 10 more times, including 5 failed attempts at the Indy 500. His best points finish was 22nd place in the 1981 season.
Indy 500 results
External links
* [http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/CalivaPhil.htm Phil Caliva at ChampCarStats.com]
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