Michael Potekhen (born August 15, 1979) is an American racing driver from Silverthorne, Colorado who competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series.
After starting in karts, Potekhen began racing in the Star Mazda West Series and Formula Vauxhall Winter Series in 1997. He competed in Star Mazda West until 2001 when he moved to U.S. Formula Ford 2000.
In 2003, Potekhen made his professional debut and finished fifth in the Star Mazda Pro Series.Mike Potekhen Racing Experience, MikePotekhen.com He competed in the Formula Mazda pro series from 2004 to 2006 and in May 2006 he made his Indy Pro Series debut at the Freedom 100 where he started and finished eleventh. Potekhen made four other IPS starts that year. In 2007, he competed in a full season of the Indy Pro Series and achieved an IPS career-best finish of second at the Milwaukee Mile and finished in a surprising fifth place in the championship.Mike Potekhen , ChampCarStats.com
With Apex Racing shutting down before the start of the season, Potekhen did not start the 2008 Indy Lights season until May 23, with SWE Racing/Chastain Motorsports in the Firestone Freedom 100.Pecorari, Potekhen for SWE Indy effort, Crash.net, May 13, 2008 He returned to the team late in the season to make four more starts.
Potekhen missed the first four races of the 2009 season, but signed to join Alliance Motorsports for the Freedom 100. Potekhen returned to the team to make seven more starts and led his first laps in the series at Chicagoland Speedway late in the season. He finished eighteenth in points participating in only eight of fifteen races with a best finish of fourth at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2006 Part Sourcing InternationalHMSSTP1STP2INDYWGLIMS11NSHMILKTY10SNM16SNM26CHI713th121 2007 Apex RacingHMS7STP111STP222INDY6MIL2IMS110IMS28IOW12WGL19WGL27NSH19MOH9KTY7SNM13SNM28CHI55th379 2008 SWE Racing HMS STP1 STP2 KANINDY13 MIL IOW WGL1 WGL2 NSH MOH1 MOH2 KTY17SNM112SNM222CHI929th78 2009 Alliance MotorsportsSTP1STP2LBHKANINDY14MILIOW14WGL11TOREDMKTY8MOH11SNM16CHI13HMS418th157
References
External links Mike Potekhen's homepage Two audio interviews with Mike Potekhen