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ISM Racing is a former auto racing team owned byBob Hancher. The team fielded entries in theIndy Racing League and theNASCARWinston Cup Series.

ISM fielded cars in the IRL from 1997 to 1999. In1998,Jeff Ward finished 6th in IRL driver points and won the pole atPhoenix in an ISM car and the team fielded three cars in the1998 Indianapolis 500. However, the team was only able to run part-time in1999 and shut down in July of that year. The IRL team usedG-Force chassis andOldsmobile engines.

• Jim Guthrie (1998)
• Steve Knapp (1998-1999)
• Jeff Ward (1997-1999)

(key) (Results inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts Pos	Pos
1996–97					NHA	LSV	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LSV
	Dallara IR7	OldsmobileAuroraV8	Jeff Ward(R)1	35										17		30th	69
1998					WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHA	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TXS	LSV
	G-Force GF01B	OldsmobileAuroraV8	Jeff Ward	35	2	5	13	17	22	19	2	20*	6	3	21	6th	252
			Jim Guthrie	53	DNS	DNS	29									33rd	41
			Steve Knapp(R)	55			3									22nd	118
1999					WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LSV	TXS
	G-Force GF01C	OldsmobileAuroraV8	Jeff Ward	35	3											11th	206
			Steve Knapp			25	DNQ	26	12	17	27					25th	69
			Brian Tyler	36				DNQ								37th	16
			Vincenzo Sospiri					DNQ								NC	—

ISM started its NASCAR operation in 1997, starting as a part-time operation with the intent of running the full 1998 Winston Cup season. The team received backing fromMcIlhenny Company, the makers of Tabasco hot sauce, and hiredTodd Bodine, who had last raced full-time in Winston Cup in 1995 forButch Mock Motorsports, to drive the team's #35 Pontiac. The team attempted theUAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte and the season finale at Atlanta, finishing 26th in the former and failing to qualify in the latter.

1998 started off poorly for Bodine as he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 and the following two races. The team followed this up with an unexpected front row start at Atlanta, and recorded its first top ten when Bodine finished tenth. This would be the only top ten the team would record, and after running 27th at Darlington and 29th at Bristol, the #35 missed the race at Texas. Bodine then ran 39th at Martinsville before missing the race at California Speedway with an injury suffered in a practice crash.Wally Dallenbach, Jr. brought the car home in 29th, after starting 42nd.

Despite the #35's struggles, McIlhenny was not initially upset with the results as they had been largely focused on using their sponsorship as a giant marketing tool. Things began to change when, after he only qualified for five of the first thirteen races of the season, Bodine was released from his contract.^[1] After only qualifying for one additional race withGary Bradberry attempting the July race at New Hampshire, Hancher decided to exit NASCAR and sold the #35 toTyler Jet Motorsports.

• American auto racing teams
• Defunct NASCAR teams
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• McIlhenny family
• 1997 establishments in the United States
• 1999 disestablishments in the United States

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