Brad Murphey (born December 27, 1955, in
Tucson, Arizona), is a former American racecar driver in the
Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and
1996-1997 seasons for
Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the
Indianapolis 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 at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with
Eddie Cheever and
Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.
He also has prior experience in
Indy Lights,
Trans-Am Series, Formula
Super Vee
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Formula Ford, and HotRod racing. In 1984 he attempted to qualify for the
CART
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races at
Mid Ohio and
Las 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 due to the fact that most of his race crew during his entire career was from Australia or New Zealand and that the phenomena of him being incorrectly identified as Australian predates the internet.
Brad Murphey Interview
''OldRacingCars.com'', December 31, 2015, Retrieved 2017-09-25
American Open Wheel racing
CART IndyCar
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Indy Lights
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Trivia
He is often referred to as "Bronco" Brad Murphey, as he is a former bronco riding champion.
References
External links
Brad Murphey IndyCar stats
1955 births
Indianapolis 500 drivers
Indy Lights drivers
SCCA Formula Super Vee drivers
IndyCar Series drivers
Living people
Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona
Racing drivers from Arizona
Trans-Am Series drivers
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