Dennis Firestone (born 22 July 1944 in

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, 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

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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.

American Open Wheel racing results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

American Super Vee Championship

* 1978 – 17th * 1979 – 9th * 1980 – 16th

USAC Gold Crown Championship

*1981–82 – 24th *1983–84 – 15th

PPG Indycar Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) : ''¹ Wrecked after qualifying

Indy 500 results

*Firestone qualified for the 1986 race, but was forced to withdraw from the field after a serious crash totalled the car during the final Carburetion Day practice.

References

Driver Database Profile

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