Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956 in

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) is a former driver in the

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and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion as well as the winner of the 1993

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with

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in a

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GTP car with co-drivers

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and P. J. Jones. He made 3

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starts in 1991 but was badly injured in a practice crash for the

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, when his car veered sharply towards the entrance of pit road at the exit of Turn 4 and back-ended the fence, only to careen across the pit lane and smash virtually head on at sizeable speed against the edge of pit wall; this second impact tore off the front of the car leaving Mark's legs exposed. Amongst the injuries he suffered, the most severe was a broken neck. He was largely out of open wheel racing until the 1996 Indy 500 where he drove for Team Menard though he did try to qualify in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Concept Motorsports in an outdated Lola/Buick. In 1997 he drove a second car at the Indy 500 for Kelley Racing and would become a full-time fixture there until the 2001 season. He returned to Menard for a partial season in 2002. Dismore has a single IRL win coming in the fall 1999

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race and also finished a career-best third in points that season. Among his 62 career IRL starts he won four poles. He also represented the IRL in the

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in 2000 and 2001. He now owns and operates New Castle Motorsports Park, a

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facility in

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, he is also vice president of Comet Kart Sales in

the business was founded by his father and has been in family ownership ever since. New Castle Motorsports Park is the home of the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge. The Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge is a tribute and Fundraising event that is popular with racers, crews, sponsors and fans of IndyCar racing. The event returned in May 2019 after a nearly four year hiatus.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel racing results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

PPG IndyCar World Series

Indy Lights

Indy Racing League

Indianapolis 500

International Race of Champions

( key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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