Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956 in Greenfield, Indiana) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion^[1] 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.^[2] 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 second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Mark's legs exposed. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck.^[3] 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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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.

Mark Dismore
Dismore at the 2016 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	American
Born	(1956-10-12) October 12, 1956 (age 68) 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	3rd 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

He now owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana,^[4] he is also vice president of Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana^[5] the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since.^[6] New Castle Motorsports Park is the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge. The Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge is a tribute and fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing.^[7] The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four year hiatus.^[4]

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

PPG IndyCar World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points	Ref
1989	Mann Motorsports	Lola T87/00	Buick 3300 V6t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO 24	ROA	NAZ	LAG			49th	0	[8]
1991	Arciero Racing	Penske PC17	Buick 3300 V6t	SRF 20	LBH 21	PHX 15	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	39th	0	[9]
1992	Mann Motorsports	Lola T90/00	Buick 3300 V6t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		NC	-	[10]

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1993	Team Leisy	PHX	LBH	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	NHA	VAN	MDO 18	NAZ	LS 9	20th	4

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points	Ref
1996	Team Menard	Lola T95/00	30	Menard V6t	WDW	PHX	INDY 19													32nd	16	[11]
1996-97			3		NHA 20	LVS 17	WDW	PHX												17th	158	[12]
	Kelley Racing-PDM	Dallara IR7	28	Oldsmobile Aurora V8					INDY 28	TXS 11	PPIR 11	CLT 19	NHA 11	LVS 5
1998	Kelley Racing	Dallara IR8			WDW 5	PHX 16	INDY 27	TXS 21	NHA 8	DOV 18	CLT 15	PPIR 19	ATL 7	TXS 10	LVS 15					15th	180	[13]
1999		Dallara IR9			WDW 6	PHX 7	CLT C	INDY 16	TXS 8	PPIR 21	ATL 17	DOV 15	PPIR 3	LVS 20	TXS 1					3rd	240	[14]
2000		Dallara IR-00			WDW 16	PHX 16	LVS 2	INDY 11	TXS 6	PPIR 4	ATL 18	KTY 11	TXS 14							5th	202	[15]
2001		Dallara IR-01			PHX 25	HMS 7	ATL 26	INDY 16	TXS 20	PPIR 13	RIR 6	KAN 11	NSH 16	KTY 22	GAT 2	CHI 17	TXS 23			14th	205	[16]
2002	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara IR-02	99	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY 32	TXS										29th	73	[17]
	Team Menard		2								PPIR 11	RIR 11	KAN 20	NSH 18	MIS 18	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS

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

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1991	Penske PC17	Buick 3300 V6t	Practice Crash		Arciero Racing
1992	Lola T90/00	Buick 3300 V6t	DNQ		Mann Development
1996	Lola T95/00	Menard V6t	14	19	Team Menard
1997	Dallara IR7	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	25	28	Kelley Racing
1998	Dallara IR8	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	12	27	Kelley Racing
1999	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	5	16	Kelley Racing
2000	Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	11	11	Kelley Racing
2001	Dallara IR-01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	4	16	Kelley Racing
2002	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	33	32	Sam Schmidt Motorsports

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points	Ref
2000	Pontiac	DAY 12	TAL 12	MCH 10	IND 11	12th	15	[18]
2001		DAY 8	TAL 7	MCH 11	IND 9	11th	25	[19]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1996	Canaska Southwind Motorsport	Price Cobb Shawn Hendricks	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	LMGT1	320	10th	8th
Sources:[20][21]

References

1. "Mark Dismore | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
2. "Daytona 24 Hours (Race results)". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
3. "Mark Dismore listed in good condition after Indy crash". The Beaver County Times. March 12, 1991. pp. C9. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
4. "Wheldon karting challenge returns to everyone's delight". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
5. "Mark Dismore Vice President at Comet Kart Sales Inc". Retrieved August 25, 2020.
6. "Indy Racer, Mark Dismore, Talks About Kart Racing". YouTube. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
7. "Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am karting race returns". RACER. March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
8. "Mark Dismore – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
9. "Mark Dismore – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
10. "Mark Dismore – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
11. "Mark Dismore – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
12. "Mark Dismore – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
13. "Mark Dismore – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
14. "Mark Dismore – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
15. "Mark Dismore – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
16. "Mark Dismore – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
17. "Mark Dismore – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
18. "Mark Dismore – 2000 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
19. "Mark Dismore – 2001 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
20. "Mark Dismore". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
21. "1996 24 Hours of Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

External links

• Mark Dismore driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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