CART series history Hemelgarn Racing




1 cart series history

1.1 years
1.2 1991
1.3 1992-1995





cart series history
early years

the team founded in 1985 , participated part-time in cart series largely outdated equipment , 3 different drivers. in 1986 team bought new march chassis , participated full-time jacques villeneuve , part-time scott brayton, putting both in field of team s first indianapolis 500.


arie luyendyk replaced villeneuve 1987 , finished 7th in points. in 1988 scott brayton raced full-time team while 3 other drivers fielded part-time entries. 1989, 7 different drivers took turns behind wheel, team struggled find consistency. buddy lazier first joined team in 1990 , competed in first 6 cart races team. lazier bumped field , failed qualify indianapolis 500, while billy vukovich iii did qualify hemelgarn machine 1990 indy 500, finishing 24th in two-year-old lola-buick.


1991

hemelgarn teamed dale coyne racing field car @ road america , toronto lazier in 1991. team fielded 3 cars @ 1991 indianapolis 500. indy legend gordon johncock, veteran stan fox, , buddy lazier, made race first time. lazier involved in spin on first lap , finished last. johncock, however, charged 33rd starting position, , battling illness, came home in surprising 6th place. fox in 8th place gave team 2 cars in top ten.


1992-1995

in 1992 team participated @ indianapolis costs run series full-time increased rapidly. in 1993 team fielded car pay driver brian bonner in pair of road races.


for 1994 , 1995, hemelgarn ran indianapolis only, veteran stan fox primary driver. jeff andretti (1994) , jim crawford (1995), respectively, entered second drivers, neither able qualify. fox running in top ten late in race in 1994, spun out , crashed in turn 1 4 laps go. in 1995 fox qualified 11th, involved in terrible crash @ start. critically injured, suffering closed-head injury, ended driving career.







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