Mark Dismore

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Mark Dismore
Nationality	United States
Date of Birth	October 12, 1956 (1956-10-12) (age 51)
Place of Birth	Greenfield, Indiana
Retired	2002
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996-2002
Teams	Team Menard PDM Racing Kelley Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts	62
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 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. 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 later impact virtually ripping the car in two pieces. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck. 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where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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 a Karting facility in New Castle, Indiana as well as Comet Kart Sales in Greenfield, Indiana. He is married with two children.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1991	Penske	Buick	Practice Crash
1992	Lola	Buick	Failed to Qualify
1996	Lola	Menard-Buick	14th	19th
1997	Dallara	Oldsmobile	25th	28th
1998	Dallara	Oldsmobile	12th	27th
1999	Dallara	Oldsmobile	5th	16th
2000	Dallara	Oldsmobile	11th	11th
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	4th	16th
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	33rd	32nd

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