Dominic Dobson (born September 14, 1957) is an American former racing driver who made seven starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition, with a best finish of third 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 a Porsche 962 alongside Jean Alesi and Will Hoy and at Daytona and Sebring, where his best finish was a second place in 1990, co-driving with Sarel van der Merwe and Klaus Ludwig.

Life and career Dobson was born in Germany, and was raised and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

During the early 1980s, Dobson worked as 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, California 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 sports racing 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, Dobson 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 ten starts in the Craftsman Truck Series for Dodge in 1998 with a best start of third in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and a best finish of 17th at Texas Motor Speedway.

From 2000 to 2003, Dobson presided over a multi million dollar collection of historic automobiles, primarily European post-war race cars 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, Washington.

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 U.S. and abroad.

Dobson owns and operates Dobson Motorsport, a high-end automobile brokerage and management service, and Gerber Motorsport, a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Championship Auto Racing Teams (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1985 Leader Card Racing March 84C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH INDY MIL POR MEADNS CLERpl1 MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH 38th 2 March 85C LAG18 PHX MIA11 1986 Leader Card Racing March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX PHX LBH12 INDY MIL POR19 MEA11 CLE18 TOR16 MCH POC MDO19 SAN MCH ROA18 LAG21 PHX MIA13 31st 3 1987 Dobson Motorsports March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH PHX INDYDNQ MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA NC - 1988 Dale Coyne Racing March 86C Chevrolet V8 PHX LBH26 43rd 0 Dobson Motorsports Lola T87/00 Ford Cosworth DFX INDY18 MIL POR21 CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG18 MIA 1989 Bayside Disposal Racing Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX PHX23 LBH19 INDY18 MIL DET7 POR18 CLE MEA17 TOR11 MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG11 19th 10 1990 Bayside Disposal Racing Lola T90/00 Ford Cosworth DFS PHX23 LBH15 INDY22 MIL DET26 POR24 CLE MEA8 TOR8 MCH DEN25 VAN11 MDO ROA19 NAZ LAG20 19th 12 1991 Burns Racing Team Lola T89/00 Judd AV SRF LBH PHX INDY13 MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG 35th 0 1992 Burns Racing Team Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A SRF PHX LBH INDY12 DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG 35th 1 1993 Burns Motor Sports Galmer G92B Chevrolet 265A SRF PHX LBH INDY23 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA 39th 0 PacWest Racing VAN14 MDODNQ NAZ LAG18 1994 PacWest Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB SRF12 PHX24 LBH17 INDY29 MIL13 DET25 POR17 CLE25 TOR11 MCH3 MDO15 NHA6 VAN19 ROA11 NAZ19 LAG10 18th 30 1995 PacWest Racing Reynard 94I Ford XB MIA SRF PHX LBH NAZ INDYWth2 MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG NC -

1 Replaced by Phil Krueger 2 Did not appear

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1987 March 86C Ford Cosworth DFX DNQ Dobson Motorsports 1988 Lola T87/00 Ford Cosworth DFX 21 18 Dobson Motorsports 1989 Lola T88/00 Ford Cosworth DFX 29 18 Bayside Disposal Racing 1990 Lola T90/00 Ford Cosworth DFS 11 22 Bayside Disposal Racing 1991 Lola T89/00 Judd AV 30 13 Burns Racing Team 1992 Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A 29 12 Burns Racing Team 1993 Galmer G92B Chevrolet 265A 27 23 Burns Motor Sports 1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB 12 29 PacWest Racing 1995 Reynard 94I Ford XB Wth PacWest Racing

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1989 Team Schuppan Will Hoy Jean Alesi Porsche 962C C1 69 DNF DNF

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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1998 PacWest S/T Motorsports 78 Dodge WDW HOMDNQ PHO19 POR29 EVG22 I7025 GLN34 TEX17 BRI35 MLW31 NZH33 CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT23 LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS 35th 842

References

External links

Dobson Motorsport Gerber Motorsport VR Motion Corp