Dillon Battistini

Dillon Battistini
Nationality	British
Born	December 3, 1977 (1977-12-03) (age 33) Ewell, England
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active	2008-2010
Teams	Panther Racing Team Moore Racing Genoa Racing Team PBIR Bryan Herta Autosport
Starts	19
Wins	4
Poles	1
Best finish	6th in 2008
Previous series
2006-2007 2003	Asian Formula Three Championship Caterham R400 Challenge
Championship titles
2007	Asian Formula Three Championship

Dillon Battistini (born December 3, 1977) is an English-born racecar driver from Ewell.

Battistini competed in various classes of karting before moving to cars in the Caterham R400 challenge in 2003. In 2006 and 2007 he raced in the Asian Formula Three Championship, finishing 4th his first year and winning the 2007 series championship on 5 race wins. After testing a Champ Car for Minardi Team USA and the subsequent unification of American Open Wheel Racing, Battistini signed to race in the Firestone Indy Lights Series (formerly the Indy Pro Series) for Panther Racing less than 10 days before the season was set to begin. Battistini won his first race in the series which was also his first race on an oval track at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 29, 2008.^[1]

Battistini driving in Indy Lights at St. Petersburg

On May 24 Battistini won the Firestone Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the pole for his second win of the season. Later that week he revealed that he and his team are preparing for him to make his IndyCar Series debut later in 2008.^[2] He won two further races at Iowa and Kentucky. For the final race of the year, Battistini left the Panther team to race for Team Moore Racing.^[3] Battistini was presented with the Gregory and Appel 'Securing Tomorrow' Award for winning the most races in the season at the 2008 IRL Awards Evening in Las Vegas. He competed in the fourth race of the 2009 season in a one-off for Genoa Racing and has been attempting to find a ride in the IndyCar Series. Having been unable to do so, he made two Indy Lights oval race appearances in 2010 for Team PBIR and Bryan Herta Autosport.

He will participate in an IndyCar test with Conquest Racing at Kentucky Speedway on September 23, 2011 with a view towards making his IndyCar Series debut with the team in the 2011 season's final two races.^[4]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2008	Panther Racing	HMS 1	STP1 21	STP2 4	KAN 4	INDY 1	MIL 14	IOW 1	WGL1 17	WGL2 20	NSH 19	MDO1 18	MDO2 19	KTY 1	SNM1 18	SNM2 15		6th	385
	Team Moore Racing																CHI 23
2009	Genoa Racing	STP1	STP2	LBH	KAN 15	INDY	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	HMS		29th	15
2010	Team PBIR	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI 9	KTY					22nd	44
	Bryan Herta Autosport													HMS 9

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Conquest Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NWH	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY 28	LSV C	46th	10

Sporting positions
Preceded by James Winslow	Asian Formula Three Champion 2007	Succeeded by Frédéric Vervisch

References

1. ^ Lewandowski, Dave. Great Start, IndyCar.com, March 29, 2008
2. ^ English, Steven & Andrew van de Burgt. Battistini plans two Panther outings, autosport.com, May 29, 2008
3. ^ Loomis, Katie. Battistini Shifts Gears to Drive Team Moore Entry in Chicagoland Finale, Team Moore PR via IndyProRacer.com, September 4, 2008
4. ^ Battistini to test for Conquest, Racer, September 19, 2011, Retrieved 2011-09-19

External links

• Dillon Battistini - professional racing driver

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Name	Battistini, Dillon
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Date of birth	December 3, 1977
Place of birth	Ewell, England
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