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Dennis Firestone

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Dennis Firestone (born 22 July 1944 in Townsville, Australia) is a former CART driver from 1979 to 1987. He was the Rookie of the year in CART 1980 season finishing in 12th in season points, his best season. His best finish in a CART race was a pair of 5th places that year. He made 5 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 10th in 1981, his next best finish being a 12th in 1984. An accident at Indianapolis in 1987 resulted in a broken neck and ended his racing career. Since his driving days, he has run a California trucking company. [1]

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ABC Supply 500

The ABC Supply 500 is an Indy car race held at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

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ABC Supply Wisconsin 250

The ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at Milwaukee IndyFest Presented by the Metro Milwaukee Honda Dealers was a IndyCar Series race held at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin.

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All American Racers

All American Racers is an American auto racing team and constructor based in Santa Ana, California.

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Atlanta 500 Classic

The Atlanta 500 Classic was an Indy Racing League event held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway from 1998 until 2001.

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Bill Alsup

Bill Alsup (July 15, 1938 in Honolulu – August 9, 2016) was an American race car driver.

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Bob Lazier

Robert "Bob" Lazier (born December 22, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is an American former race car driver.

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Caesars Palace Grand Prix

The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a car race held between 1981 and 1984.

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Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.

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Champ Car

Champ Car is the general name for a class and specification of American professional top-level open wheel cars used in American open-wheel car racing for many decades, associated primarily with the Indianapolis 500.

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Cosworth

Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics; for automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream automotive industries.

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Crosslé Car Company

The Crosslé Car Company Ltd. is a racing car manufacturer based in Holywood, Northern Ireland.

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Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix

The Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix was a Verizon IndyCar Series race held at the ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.

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Firestone Indy 225

The Firestone Indy 225 was an IndyCar racing event held at Nazareth Speedway from 1987-2004.

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Firestone Indy 400

The Firestone Indy 400 was an IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

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Ford Kent engine

The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe.

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Formula Atlantic

Formula Atlantic is a specification of open wheel racing car developed in the 1970s.

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Formula Ford

Formula Ford is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing.

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Gran Premio Tecate

The Gran Premio Tecate was a round of the Champ Car World Series held on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Grand Prix at The Glen

The Grand Prix at the Glen was an IndyCar Series race held at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.

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Grand Prix of Cleveland

The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Indy car event in the CART series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Grand Prix of Long Beach

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California.

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Grand Prix of Montreal

The Grand Prix of Montreal is an annual auto race in Montreal, Quebec on the Champ Car World Series calendar.

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Grand Prix of Portland

The Grand Prix of Portland is an Indy Car Series race held at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.

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Honda Indy 200

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio is an IndyCar Series race held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

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Honda Indy Toronto

The Honda Indy Toronto is an annual IndyCar Series race, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500 is an automobile race held annually at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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ISM Raceway

ISM Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix.

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Kohler Grand Prix

The Kohler Grand Prix is an IndyCar Series race held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

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Lola Cars

Lola Cars International Ltd. was a racing car engineering company founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England.

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Lucas Oil Raceway

Lucas Oil Raceway (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park and O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about 10 miles west of downtown Indianapolis.

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March Engineering

March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom.

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Meadowlands Grand Prix

The Meadowlands Grand Prix was a CART IndyCar race held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1984 until 1991.

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Milwaukee Mile

The Milwaukee Mile is an approximately one mile-long (1.6 km) oval race track in the central United States, located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee.

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Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Ontario Motor Speedway

Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.

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Patrick Racing

Patrick Racing was an auto racing team in both Champ Car and the Indy Racing League.

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Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) also known as The Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

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Riverside International Raceway

Riverside International Raceway (sometimes known as RIV, RIR, or Riverside Raceway) was a race track or road course in Moreno Valley, California.

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Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile (4.088 km) road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, United States.

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Tamiami Park

Tamiami Park is a public urban park in metropolitan Miami, just south of the Modesto Maidique campus of Florida International University.

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Team Penske

Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional stock car, open wheel and sports car racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the team has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Can Am, Trans Am and Formula One. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. The team president is Tim Cindric.

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Texas World Speedway

Texas World Speedway, was built in 1969 and is one of only seven superspeedways of two miles (3 km) or greater in the United States used for racing, the others being Indianapolis, Daytona, Pocono, Talladega, Auto Club, and Michigan (there are several tracks of similar size used for vehicle testing).

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Townsville

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Trenton 150

The Trenton 150 was an American Championship Car race held at Trenton International Speedway from 1946 until 1979.

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Trenton Speedway

Trenton Speedway was a racing facility located near Trenton, New Jersey at the New Jersey State Fairgrounds.

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WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (previously known as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Laguna Seca Raceway) is a paved road racing track in central California used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, built in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, United States.

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1978 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

The 1978 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the second season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.

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1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150

The 1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150 was the first round of the 1979 IndyCar season, held on March 11, at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona.

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1979 Gould Twin Dixie 125

The 1979 Gould Dixie Twin 125 were the second and third rounds of the 1979 IndyCar season, held on April 22, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia.

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1979 Indianapolis 500

The 63rd 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday May 27, 1979.

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1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series

The 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series was the inaugural season for the CART Indy car series.

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1979 USAC Mini-Indy Series season

The 1979 USAC Mini Indy Series season was the third and final full season of the USAC sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.

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1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing.

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1980 Indianapolis 500

The 64th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 25, 1980.

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1981 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1981 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the third in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 22 and concluding at the same location on October 31.

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1981 Indianapolis 500

The 65th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 24, 1981.

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1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6.

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1982 Indianapolis 500

The 66th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1982.

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1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 5th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART.

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1983 Indianapolis 500

The 67th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 1983.

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1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the sixth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Long Beach, California on March 31 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 10.

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1984 Indianapolis 500

The 68th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 27, 1984.

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1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 7th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART.

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1985 Indianapolis 500

The 69th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1985.

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1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 8th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART.

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1986 Indianapolis 500

The 70th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 31, 1986.

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1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 9th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART.

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1987 Indianapolis 500

The 71st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday May 24, 1987.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Firestone

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