McCormack Motorsports is a former

Indy Racing League The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices o ...

team owned by Dennis McCormack that operated from 1996 to 2001. Based in

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, the team debuted at the 1996

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with a car for

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, however, it failed to make the field. For the 1996–1997 season, the team used 3 different drivers.

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drove the entire 1998 season for the team and finished 20th in points with a best finish of 8th.

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was another season of instability as the team saw 4 different drivers start a race for them and one other driver,

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, fail to get his McCormack entry into the Indy 500.

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again saw 3 different drivers drive for the team and relative instability and lack of funding, along with two of its cars, this time driven by

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and

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again fail to qualify for the Indy 500. This was largely due to a disastrous experiment with using the uncommon

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chassis. The team also formed an alliance with the Byrd brothers of Byrd Motorsports and fielded the #30 car for a revolving door of drivers including Johncox, Jon Herb, and

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. 2001 was the team's final season. The team shut down after its car driven by

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failed to qualify for the Indy 500 and then the next week at the Casino Magic 500, where they were woefully off the pace. The team's best finish was a 5th place by Boesel at the 1999 Indy 200 at

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Drivers

(1998–1999) *

(2001) *

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(1997) * Jon Herb (2000)* *

(2000)* *

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(1999) * Willy T. Ribbs (1999) * Jeret Schroeder (1997) *

(2000) * Stan Wattles (1997) *

(2000)* *indicates the driver was entered as Byrd-McCormack Motorsports

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

( key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) : ''¹ The 1999

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was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.''

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