Dominic Dobson

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Dominic Dobson
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1957-09-14) September 14, 1957 (age 66)
Stuttgart, Germany
Previous series
1985-1994
1998		 CART
Craftsman Truck Series

Dominic Dobson (born September 14, 1957) is a German-born former CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver who made 7 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in the CART (Championship Auto Racing Series), with a best finish of 3rd at the Michigan 500 in 1994. Dobson also drove numerous IMSA and other Sport car races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989 in Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a 2nd place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van der Merwe and Klaus Ludwig.

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Dobson was raised in, and currently resides in, Seattle.

In the early 1980s, he was an instructor at the Bob Bondurant Driving School, then based at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma. In the mid-1980s, he started Zephyr Racing with Ron Nelson, another Bondurant instructor. Zephyr originally had its shops in San Rafael, CA but moved to a new facility built at Sears Point Raceway in the spring of 1985. Zephyr rented out, maintained, and provided race support for a stable of formula and sportsracing cars. Cars were rented on a race-by-race or season long basis. Zephyr's customers competed in SCCA regional and National events as well as the American City racing League.

In the late 1990s he was involved in a short lived North American Touring Car Championship's Dodge Stratus factory team that ran in conjunction with CART race weekends. He also made 10 starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best start of 3rd in Nazareth, PA and a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway.

From 2000 to 2003, he presided over a multimillion-dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war racecars and rare road cars called the Cavallino Collection. From 2007 to 2015, he was the Chief Development Officer for the LeMay - America's Car Museum, in Tacoma, WA.

In 2005, Dobson competed in the Baja 100 with co-driver Frank Everett in a Baja Challenge car and in 2015, Dobson won the "Unlimited" Class at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb and was awarded the coveted "Rookie of the Year" as a result. He continues to race occasionally in vintage car races in the US and abroad.

Dobson owns and operates Dobson Motorsport, LLC (www.dobsonmotorsport.com) a high-end Collector Car Brokerage and Management service and Gerber Motorsport (www.gerbernotorsport.com), a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle. He also is co-founder and COO of VR Motion Corp in Hillsboro, OR, a company that builds products that power Virtual Reality experiences for the automotive market.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPointsRef
1985 Leader Card Racing March 84C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH
INDY
MIL
POR
MEA
DNS		 CLE
Rpl1		 MCH
ROA
POC
MDO
SAN
MCH
38th2 [1]
March 85C LAG
18		 PHX
MIA
11
1986 Leader Card Racing March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX
LBH
12		 INDY
MIL
POR
19		 MEA
11		 CLE
18		 TOR
16		 MCH
POC
MDO
19		 SAN
MCH
ROA
18		 LAG
21		 PHX
MIA
13		31st3 [2]
1987 Dobson Motorsports March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH
PHX
INDY
DNQ		 MIL
POR
MEA
CLE
TOR
MCH
POC
ROA
MDO
NAZ
LAG
MIA
NC- [3]
1988 Dale Coyne Racing March 86C Chevrolet V8 PHX
LBH
26		43rd0 [4]
Dobson Motorsports Lola T87/00 Ford Cosworth DFX INDY
18		 MIL
POR
21		 CLE
TOR
MEA
MCH
POC
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
18		 MIA
1989 Bayside Disposal Racing Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX PHX
23		 LBH
19		 INDY
18		 MIL
DET
7		 POR
18		 CLE
MEA
17		 TOR
11		 MCH
POC
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
11		19th10 [5]
1990 Bayside Disposal Racing Lola T90/00 Ford Cosworth DFS PHX
23		 LBH
15		 INDY
22		 MIL
DET
26		 POR
24		 CLE
MEA
8		 TOR
8		 MCH
DEN
25		 VAN
11		 MDO
ROA
19		 NAZ
LAG
20		19th12 [6]
1991 Burns Racing Team Lola T89/00 Judd AV SRF
LBH
PHX
INDY
13		 MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
MCH
DEN
VAN
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
35th0 [7]
1992 Burns Racing Team Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A SRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
12		 DET
POR
MIL
NHA
TOR
MCH
CLE
ROA
VAN
MDO
NAZ
LAG
35th1 [8]
1993 Burns Motor Sports Galmer G92B Chevrolet 265A SRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
23		 MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
MCH
NHA
ROA
39th0 [9]
PacWest Racing VAN
14		 MDO
DNQ		 NAZ
LAG
18
1994 PacWest Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB SRF
12		 PHX
24		 LBH
17		 INDY
29		 MIL
13		 DET
25		 POR
17		 CLE
25		 TOR
11		 MCH
3		 MDO
15		 NHA
6		 VAN
19		 ROA
11		 NAZ
19		 LAG
10		18th30 [10]
1995 PacWest Racing Reynard 94I Ford XB MIA
SRF
PHX
LBH
NAZ
INDY
Wth2		 MIL
DET
POR
ROA
TOR
CLE
MCH
MDO
NHA
VAN
LAG
NC- [11]
1 Replaced by Phil Krueger
2 Did not appear

Indianapolis 500

YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
1987 March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX DNQ Dobson Motorsports
1988 Lola T87/00 Ford Cosworth DFX 2118 Dobson Motorsports
1989 Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX 2918 Bayside Disposal Racing
1990 Lola T90/00 Ford Cosworth DFS 1122 Bayside Disposal Racing
1991 Lola T89/00 Judd AV 3013 Burns Racing Team
1992 Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A 2912 Burns Racing Team
1993 Galmer G92B Chevrolet 265A 2723 Burns Motor Sports
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB 1229 PacWest Racing
1995 Reynard 94I Ford XB Wth PacWest Racing

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Schuppan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Hoy
Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi 		Porsche 962C C169DNFDNF

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627NCTCPtsRef
1998 PacWest S/T Motorsports 78 Dodge WDW HOM
DNQ		 PHO
19		 POR
29		 EVG
22		 I70
25		 GLN
34		 TEX
17		 BRI
35		 MLW
31		 NZH
33		 CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT
23		 LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 35th842 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1985 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1986 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Dominic Dobson – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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