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.

Dominic Dobson
Nationality United States
Born (1957-09-14) September 14, 1957 (age 67)
Stuttgart, Germany
Previous series
1985-1994
1998
CART
Craftsman Truck Series

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.gerbermotorsport.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

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American open–wheel racing results

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(key)

PPG Indycar Series

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(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
MEA
DNS
CLE
Rpl1
MCH
ROA
POC
MDO
SAN
MCH
38th 2 [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
31st 3 [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
43rd 0 [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
19th 10 [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
19th 12 [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
35th 0 [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
35th 1 [8]
1993 Burns Motor Sports Galmer G92B Chevrolet 265A SRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
23
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
MCH
NHA
ROA
39th 0 [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
18th 30 [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

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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

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1989   Team Schuppan   Will Hoy
  Jean Alesi
Porsche 962C C1 69 DNF DNF

NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 NCTC Pts Ref
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 35th 842 [12]

References

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  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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