Dale Coyne Racing

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Dale Coyne Racing is a racing team in the Champ Car World Series owned by former driver Dale Coyne that was founded in 1986. The team currently fields cars for Katherine Legge and Bruno Junqueira.

1 The Team
2 Sponsors
- 2.1 American Medical Response
- 2.2 Sonny's Bar-B-Q
3 Past Drivers
4 External links

[edit] The Team

With Coyne's technical expertise, the team built their own chassis in 1986, which is known as the DC-1. 1988 saw the Coyne's retirement as a driver to concentrate on managing the team with co-owner Walter Payton as well as tutoring newer, younger drivers.

Michel Jourdain, Jr. took over driving duties for the team and earned STP Most Improved Driver honors from his peers, in 1997.

The Dale Coyne Racing team, competed in 2000 with four different drivers. Tarso Marques led with 17 starts, and was joined by Takuya Kurosawa (who had 8 starts). Alex Barron had 6 starts and Gualter Salles also had 6 starts. Marques and Barron both recorded career-best finishes when the season closed. Barron, had second place in Australia and Fontana, which highlighted his end to the season. He ran second, closing in on the leader, and eventually put in faster laps than the winners Adrian Fernandez and Christian Fittipaldi.

The 2004 Champ Car season was the team's strongest year with new sponsors American Medical Response and Yoke TV. 19 & 11 entries, which were piloted by Oriol Servia and Gaston Mazzacane. Oriol Servia had Dale Coyne Racing's best season ever by placing third at Laguna Seca Raceway and finishing 10th in the final standings.

For most of the team's existence, it has utilized pay drivers, who finance their racing with Coyne with either personal funds or self-obtained sponsorship. Coyne has earned a reputation for quickly developing the skills of these drivers to a point where they can advance their careers.

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] American Medical Response

American Medical Response (AMR) is the leading ambulance provider in the nation. There are more than 17,000 paramedics, EMTs, nurses, doctors, and support staff. AMR national headquarters is located near Denver, Colorado and supports more than 250 community-based AMR operations nationwide.

[edit] Sonny's Bar-B-Q

In 1968, Floyd "Sonny" Tillman, with his wife Lucille founded the Bar-B-Q (restaurant) in Gainesville, Florida.

[edit] Past Drivers

Eric Bachelart (1992-1993, 1995)
Mauro Baldi (1994)
Fulvio Ballabio (1989-1990)
Alex Barron (2000)
Townsend Bell (2001)
Ross Bentley (1991-1995)
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. (1989)
Tom Bigelow (1984)
Brian Bonner (1992-1993)
Geoff Boss (2003)
Ronnie Bremer (2005)
Robbie Buhl (1993-1994)
Juan Cáceres (2006)
Joël Camathias (2003)
Dale Coyne (1984-1989, 1991)
Guido Dacco (1989)
Ryan Dalziel (2005)
Cristiano Da Matta (2006)
Christian Danner (1997)
Dominic Dobson (1988)
Mario Dominguez (2006)
Cornelius Euser (1991)
Franck Freon (1995)
Luiz Garcia, Jr. (1999, 2001)
Memo Gidley (1999)
Roberto Gonzalez (2003)
Michael Greenfield (1991)
Dean Hall (1990)
Jan Heylen (2006)
Jaroslav Janiš (2004)
Paul Jasper (1997)
Ken Johnson (1989)
Michel Jourdain, Jr. (1997-1999)
Bruno Junqueira (2007)
Michael Krumm (2001)
Takuya Kurosawa (2000)
Buddy Lazier (1991, 1995)
Katherine Legge (2007)
Randy Lewis (1991)
André Lotterer (2002)
Tarso Marques (2000, 2004-2005)
Hiro Matsushita (1996)
Gaston Mazzacane (2004)
Andrea Montermini (1994)
Roberto Moreno (1996-1997)
Charlie Nearburg (1997)
John Paul, Jr. (1989)
Gualter Salles (1998-2000, 2003)
Oriol Servia (2004-2005)
Alex Sperafico (2003)
Ricardo Sperafico (2005)
Brian Till (1994)
Paul Tracy (1991)
Johnny Unser (1993-1994)
Michael Valiante (2005)
Dennis Vitolo (1991-1993, 1997-1999)
Andreas Wirth (2006)
Jeff Wood (1991)
Alex Yoong (2003)
Alessandro Zampedri (1994-1995)

[edit] External links

Dale Coyne Racing homepage

2007 Champ Car World Series
N/H/L	Forsythe	Minardi	Australia	PKV	RSPORTS	Coyne	PCM	Conquest
1 Bourdais 2 Rahal	3 Tracy 7 Dominguez	4 Clarke 14 Doornbos	5 Power 15 Pagenaud	21 Jani 22 Gommendy	8 Tagliani 9 Wilson	11 Legge 19 Junqueira	28 Dalziel 29 Figge	42 Halliday
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