Brad Murphey (born December 27, 1955, inTucson, Arizona), is a former American racecar driver in theIndy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and1996-1997 seasons forHemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including theIndianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K atLas Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident withEddie Cheever andStephane Gregoire on lap 29.
He also has prior experience inIndy Lights,Trans-Am Series, FormulaSuper Vee,Formula Ford, and HotRod racing. In 1984 he attempted to qualify for theCART races atMid Ohio andLas Vegas, but failed to do so.
Despite many websites stating that he is Australian, Murphey was born and raised in Arizona and has in fact never been to Australia. He believes the misconception was because most of his race crew during his entire career was from Australia or New Zealand and that the phenomenon of him being incorrectly identified as Australian predates the internet.[1]
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1984 | Wysard Racing | CART | LBH | PHX1 | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MIS1 | ROA | POC | MDO DNQ | SAN | MIS2 | PHX2 | LAG | LVG DNQ | NC | 0 | [2] |
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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| 1986 | Louis Motorsports | ARS | PHX1 | MIL | MEA 5 | TOR 6 | POC 9 | MDO 9 | ROA | LS 10 | PHX2 | MIA 9 | 12th | 33 | ||
| 1987 | TEAMKAR International | ARS | LBH | PHX | MIL 8 | MEA 9 | CLE 11 | TOR 7 | POC | MDO | NAZ | LS 9 | MIA Ret | 12th | 22 | |
| 1988 | TEAMKAR International | ARS | PHX 10 | MIL 12 | POR | CLE | TOR 10 | MEA | POC | MDO | ROA Ret | NAZ | LS | MIA | 19th | 8 |
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1996 | Hemelgarn Racing | IRL | WDW | PHX | INDY 23 | 34th | 12 | [3] | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Hemelgarn Racing | IRL | NHM 18 | LVS 27 | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NH2 | LV2 | 38th | 25 | [4] |
He is often referred to as "Bronco" Brad Murphey, as he is a former bronco riding champion.
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