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Mark Dismore
Dismore at the 2016Indianapolis 500
Nationality	American
Born	(1956-10-12)October 12, 1956 (age 69) Greenfield,Indiana
Retired	2002
Indy Racing LeagueIndyCar Series
Years active	1996-2002
Teams	Team Menard PDM Racing Kelley Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts	58
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, inGreenfield, Indiana) is an American former racecar driver. InIndy Racing League he won the fall 1999Texas Motor Speedway race and earned four pole positions out of 62 starts. He finished a career-best third in points in 1999. Dismore claimed the 1990Toyota Pacific championship,^[1] and won the 199324 Hours of Daytona withAll American Racers in aToyota GTP car with co-driversRocky Moran andP. J. Jones.^[2]

Dismore was badly injured in a practice crash for the1991 Indianapolis 500. At the exit of the fourth turn, his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road 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 second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Dismore's legs exposed. Among the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck.^[3]

Dismore was largely out of open wheel racing until the 1996 Indy 500 where he drove forTeam Menard, though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick.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 forKelley Racing and would become a full-time fixture there until the2001 season. He returned to Menard for a partial season in 2002. He also represented the IRL in theInternational Race of Champions in 2000 and 2001.

Dusmore currently owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, aKarting facility inNew Castle, Indiana.^[4] its the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge, a fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing.^[5] The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four-year hiatus.^[4] Dismore is also vice president of Comet Kart Sales inGreenfield, Indiana,^[6] the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since.^[7]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1996	Canaska Southwind Motorsport	Price Cobb Shawn Hendricks	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	LMGT1	320	10th	8th
Sources:[20][21]

• Mark Dismore driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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