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| Mark Dismore | |
|---|---|
 Dismore at the 2016 Indianapolis 500 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | October 12, 1956 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 |
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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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.
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]
- ^ "Mark Dismore | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Daytona 24 Hours (Race results)". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Mark Dismore listed in good condition after Indy crash". The Beaver County Times. March 12, 1991. pp. C9. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ a b "Wheldon karting challenge returns to everyone's delight". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Mark Dismore Vice President at Comet Kart Sales Inc". Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Indy Racer, Mark Dismore, Talks About Kart Racing". YouTube. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am karting race returns". RACER. March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2020.