Dennis Vitolo is a former driver in the CART

Champ Car

Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 Championship Car series. He raced in the 1988 and 1991-1999 seasons with 36 career starts, including the 1994 Indianapolis 500

1994 Indianapolis 500

The 78th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 1994. Al Unser, Jr. won from the pole position, his second Indy 500 victory. Much to the surprise of competitors, media, and fans, Marlboro Team Penske arrived at the Speedway with a brand new, secretly-built...

. He was involved in a notorious pit-lane crash in that race, taking out reigning CART champion Nigel Mansell

Nigel Mansell

Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE is a British racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the CART Indy Car World Series...

. He also raced in the 1997 Indianapolis 500

1997 Indianapolis 500

The 81st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over three days, May 25–27, 1997. It was originally scheduled Sunday, May 25, however, rain washed out all activities for the day. The race was started on Monday May 26, but rain halted the race after only 15 laps...

, which by then had become part of the Indy Racing League. His best career CART finish was 7th, in the U.S. 500

U.S. 500

The U.S. 500 was an automobile race sanctioned by CART on May 26, 1996 at the Michigan International Speedway as an alternative to the 1996 Indianapolis 500....

 at Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...

. He was noted for being much more of a businessman than race car driver, always able to find sponsorship despite his lackluster race results.

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1988	Bettenhausen Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY 1988 Indianapolis 500 The 72nd Indianapolis 500 was held Sunday May 29, 1988 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Team Penske dominated the month, sweeping the top three starting positions with Rick Mears winning the pole position, Danny Sullivan on the inside of the front row, and Al Unser, Sr. on the outside...	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA	NZR	LS	MIA 11						33rd	2
1989	Bettenhausen Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY 1989 Indianapolis 500 The 73rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 1989. Emerson Fittipaldi became the first foreign winner of the race since 1966. Though Fittipaldi dominated most of the race, he dropped to second in the waning laps. On the 199th lap, Al Unser, Jr. was...	MIL	DET DNQ	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	POC	MDO DNQ	ROA	NZR	LS						NC	-
1991	Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...	SRF 1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix The 1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1991 IndyCar season, held on 17 March 1991 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:- Race :-External links:... Ret	LBH Ret	PHX	INDY 1991 Indianapolis 500 The 75th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 1991. Rick Mears won from the pole position, becoming the third four-time winner of the Indy 500, joining A. J. Foyt and Al Unser....	MIL	DET Ret	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NZR Ret	LS				37th	0
1992	Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...	SRF	PHX Ret	LBH	INDY 1992 Indianapolis 500 The 76th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1992. The race is famous for the fierce battle in the closing laps, as race winner Al Unser, Jr...	DET	POR	MIL	NHM 14	TOR	MIS	CLE	ROA	VAN		NZR Ret	LS 17					42nd	0
	Walker Motorsport														MDO DNS
1993	Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...	SRF 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix The 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1993 CART World Series season, held on 21 March 1993 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia. The race was won by series débutant Nigel Mansell, the first person to win his first race in the series.-Qualifying results:-...	PHX	LBH	INDY 1993 Indianapolis 500 The 77th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 1993. Emerson Fittipaldi took the lead with 16 laps to go, and won his second career Indy 500 victory...	MIL	DET DNQ	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS					NC	-
1994	Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing was a race team owned by racer Dick Simon that competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1983 to 1995 and the Indy Racing League from 1999 to 2001.-CART:...	SRF 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix The 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1994 CART World Series season, held on 20 March 1994 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia....	PHX	LBH	INDY 1994 Indianapolis 500 The 78th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 1994. Al Unser, Jr. won from the pole position, his second Indy 500 victory. Much to the surprise of competitors, media, and fans, Marlboro Team Penske arrived at the Speedway with a brand new, secretly-built... Ret	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR	LS					53rd	0
1995 1995 CART World Series season The 1995 IndyCar season, the seventeenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 17 races, beginning in Miami, Florida on March 5 and concluding in Monterey, California on September 10. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Jacques...	Pagan Racing Pagan Racing -CART Indy 500 entries:The team was founded in 1993 when the team purchased the CART IndyCar equipment of Kenny Bernstein's King Racing. The team fielded a car for Jeff Andretti for the 1993 Indianapolis 500 who finished 29th after a crash. The following year they signed veteran Roberto Guerrero to...	MIA Ret	SRF 1995 Indycar Australia The 1995 Indycar Australia was the second round of the 1995 CART World Series season, held on 19 March 1995 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:- Race :- Notes :* Average Speed 92.335 mph...	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY 1995 Indianapolis 500 The 79th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 1995. Sanctioned by USAC, it was part of the 1995 CART Indycar season. Jacques Villenueve won in his second start. After dominating the 1994 race and the 1994 IndyCar season, Marlboro Team Penske failed to...	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	LS				41st	0
1996 1996 CART World Series season The 1996 IndyCar season, the eighteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 3 and concluding in Monterey, California on September 8, in which it was marred by the death of Jeff Krosnoff. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers'...	Project Indy Project Indy Project Indy was a racing team owned by Andreas Leberle that competed in the CART Championship Car series and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Leberle was a former chief mechanic for Euromotorsport and like Euromotorsport, Project Indy's cars were often driven by pay drivers. The team was...	MIA 1996 Grand Prix of Miami The 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Miami was a CART race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. It was the first round of the 1996 IndyCar season, and occurred on March 3, 1996.-Race:...	RIO 1996 IndyCar Rio 400 The 1996 Rio 400 was a CART race which happened at the Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway. It happened on March 17, 1996. It was the 2nd round of the 1996 IndyCar season.-Starting grid:# Alex Zanardi# Jimmy Vasser# André Ribeiro# Greg Moore# Parker Johnstone...	SRF 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia The 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia was the third round of the 1996 CART World Series season, held on 31 March 1996 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:- Race :-External links:*...	LBH 1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach The 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 4th round of the 1996 IndyCar season. It happened on April 14, 1996 on the streets of Long Beach, California.-Lap 4-Lap 39:... Ret	NZR 1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix The 1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix was a CART race which happened at the Nazareth Speedway on April 28, 1996. It was the 5th round of the 1996 IndyCar season.-Qualifying:Penske Racing driver Paul Tracy set the a mph speed of 190.737 mph, and also, the pole...	500 1996 U.S. 500 The 1996 U.S. 500 was a CART race which happened at the Michigan International Speedway. It happened on May 26, 1996. It was the 6th round of the 1996 IndyCar season, and ran on the same day as the 1996 Indianapolis 500, which was the premier event on the 1996 Indy Racing League calendar.On...	MIL 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 The 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 was a CART race which happened at the Milwaukee Mile. It happened on June 2, 1996. It was the 7th round of the 1996 IndyCar season.-Lap 1:At the start of the race, Parker Johnstone spun at turn 2...	DET 1996 Detroit Grand Prix The 1996 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit was a CART race which happened at the Belle Isle Park. It happened on June 9, 1996. It was the 8th round of the 1996 IndyCar season.-Lap 4:...	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS					38th	0
1997	Project Indy Project Indy Project Indy was a racing team owned by Andreas Leberle that competed in the CART Championship Car series and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. Leberle was a former chief mechanic for Euromotorsport and like Euromotorsport, Project Indy's cars were often driven by pay drivers. The team was...	MIA Ret	SRF 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival The 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival was the second round of the 1997 CART World Series Season, held on 6 April 1997 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:- Race :-External links:*...	LBH Wth	NZR DNQ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE					VAN 1997 Molson Indy Vancouver The 1997 Molson Indy Vancouver was the 15th round of the 1997 CART season. At that time, the Italian driver Alex Zanardi was the leader of the standings with 39 points in front of the French-Brazilian driver Gil de Ferran.-Starting Grid:... Ret	LS 20					25th	6
	Payton/Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...											TOR Ret	MIS 7	MDO	ROA			FON 1997 Marlboro 500 The 1997 Marlboro 500 was the 17th and last round of the 1997 CART season. It happened on September 28, 1997 at the then brand-new California Speedway.-Qualifying:... 16
1998 1998 CART World Series Season The 1998 CART season, the twentieth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 19 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 15 and concluding in Fontana, California on November 1. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Alex Zanardi. Rookie of the Year was Tony...	Payton/Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...	MIA 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami The 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was a CART race which happened at the Homestead Motorsports Complex. It happened on March 15, 1998. It was the 1st round of the 1998 CART season.-Starting grid:... Ret	MOT 1998 Budweiser 500 The 1998 Budweiser 500K was a CART race which happened at the Twin Ring Motegi. It happened on March 28, 1998. It was the 2nd round of the 1998 CART season.-Starting grid:# Jimmy Vasser# Adrian Fernandez# Gil de Ferran# Alex Zanardi# Greg Moore...	LBH	NZR Ret	RIO 1998 Rio 400 The 1998 Rio 400 was the fifth round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on May 10, 1998 on the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Qualifying:The Scottish driver Dario Franchitti, from Team Green set the pole.-Race:...	GAT Ret	MIL DNQ	DET Ret	POR 18	CLE Ret	TOR 1998 Molson Indy Toronto The 1998 Molson Indy Toronto was the eleventh round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 19, 1998 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Starting Grid:...	MIS Ret	MDO	ROA	VAN Ret	LS Ret	HOU Ret	SRF 1998 Honda Indy 300 The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:- Race :-External links:*... DNS	FON 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota The 1998 Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota was the 19th and final round of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series season. The race was held November 1, 1998, and was the 2nd running of the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway.-Qualifying results:- Race :... Ret		33rd	0
1999 1999 CART World Series Season The 1999 CART season, the twenty-first in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 21 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 31, in which it was marred by the deaths of Greg Moore and of Gonzalo Rodriguez...	Payton/Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing is a motorsports team in the IndyCar Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne. It was founded in 1986 with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton as Payton/Coyne Racing. The team fields the No. 18 Acorn Stairlifts and No...	MIA 16	MOT	LBH	NZR Wth	RIO	GAT Ret	MIL 22	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR 1999 Molson Indy Toronto The 1999 Molson Indy Toronto was the eleventh round of the 1999 CART season and took place on July 18, 1999 at the Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.... Ret	MIS 11	DET	MDO	CHI 15	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF 1999 Honda Indy 300 The 1999 Honda Indy 300 was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 1999 CART season, held on 17 October 1999 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Surfers Paradise, Australia.-Qualifying results:-Race:-External links:*...	FON 15	30th	2

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1996-1997	Beck Motorsports	NHM 1996 True Value 200 The 1996 True Value 200 was the first round of the 1996-1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on August 18, 1996 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.-Race:-Race Leaders:...	LVS 1996 Las Vegas 500K The 1996 Las Vegas 500K was the second round of the 1996-1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on September 15, 1996 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada....	WDW 1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World The 1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World was the third round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on January 25, 1997 at the Walt Disney World Speedway in Bay Lake, Florida...	PHX 1997 Phoenix 200 The 1997 Phoenix 200 was the fourth round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on March 23, 1997 at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.-Race:-Race Leaders:-Caution Periods:...	INDY 1997 Indianapolis 500 The 81st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over three days, May 25–27, 1997. It was originally scheduled Sunday, May 25, however, rain washed out all activities for the day. The race was started on Monday May 26, but rain halted the race after only 15 laps... 15	TXS 1997 True Value 500 The 1997 True Value 500 was the sixth round of the 1996–1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on June 7, 1997 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas....	PPIR	CHR	NH2	LV2	45th	20

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1994 1994 Indianapolis 500 The 78th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 1994. Al Unser, Jr. won from the pole position, his second Indy 500 victory. Much to the surprise of competitors, media, and fans, Marlboro Team Penske arrived at the Speedway with a brand new, secretly-built...	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	15	26	Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing was a race team owned by racer Dick Simon that competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1983 to 1995 and the Indy Racing League from 1999 to 2001.-CART:...
1997 1997 Indianapolis 500 The 81st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over three days, May 25–27, 1997. It was originally scheduled Sunday, May 25, however, rain washed out all activities for the day. The race was started on Monday May 26, but rain halted the race after only 15 laps...	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993...	Infiniti Infiniti is the luxury division of automaker Nissan. Infiniti officially started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989 in North America. Marketing operations have since grown to include the Middle East, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, China, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Infiniti began sales in additional...	28	15	Beck Motorsports

External links

Biography of Dennis Vitolo