Airton Daré (born 9 February 1978 in Bauru, Brazil) is a Brazilian race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. Daré began his racing career in jet ski racing in 1990. He won six Brazilian championships, one South American championship and came fourth in the world championship. In 1995, he switched to motorsports, participating in Brazilian Formula Fiat. In 1997, he competed in the Indy Lights and during three years in this category, he managed one victory in Detroit in 1998 and one in Nazareth in 1999, and his best championship result was a sixth place in 1998. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. Daré has a single IRL race win which he captured for Foyt in 2002 at Kansas Speedway. He was also the 2000 IRL Rookie of the Year. Daré has five starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of eighth in 2001. His best IRL points finish is ninth in 2002. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, finishing in eighteenth position. He also races stock cars and motocross in his native Brazil.
Racing record
American open-wheel racing results (key)
Indy Lights results (key) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 1997 Brian Stewart RacingMIALBHNAZSAVSTLMILDETPORTORTROVANLSFON 10th 51 1998 Tasman MotorsportsMIALBHNAZSTLMILDETPORCLETORMISTROVANLSFON 6th 78 1999 Forsythe Championship RacingMIALBHNAZMILPORCLETORMISDETCHILSFON 10th 71
IndyCar Series Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2000 Team XtremeWDW11PHX22LVS14INDY25TXS10PPIR2ATL25KTY19TX212 16th 142 2001 Team XtremePHX13HMS23ATL9INDY8TXS19PPIR5RIR15KAN6NSH17KTY20STL9CHI19TX27 10th 239 2002 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesHMS10PHX12FON13NZR11INDY13TXS3PPIR9RIR6KAN1NSH17MIS23KTY23STL11CHI16TX212 9th 304 2003 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesHMSPHXMOTINDY24TXSDNSPPIRRIRKANNSHMISSTLKTYNZRCHIFONTX2 34th 6 2006 Sam Schmidt MotorsportsHMSSTPMOTINDY18WGLTXSRIRKANNSHMILMISKTYSNMCHI 31st 12
Indianapolis 500 results Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2000 G-Force Oldsmobile 21 25 Team Xtreme 2001 G-Force Oldsmobile 30 8 Team Xtreme 2002 Dallara Chevrolet 30 13 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 2003 G-Force Toyota 33 24 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 2006 Panoz Honda 29 18 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
References
The Greatest 33 Profile