Lee Brayton
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Lee E. Brayton (August 13, 1933 – April 30, 2022) was an American racing driver from Coldwater, Michigan. He competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1972 to 1975, making 16 starts with the best finish of 10th three times (twice at Michigan International Speedway and once at Texas World Speedway). He attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1972, 1973, and 1974, but after missing the field his first year, was taken out of contention by practice crashes the following two years. His son, Scott Brayton, was a long-time CART and Indy Racing League driver, who was killed in a crash during a practice run after qualifying for the pole position for the 1996 Indy 500 race.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Lee Brayton owned Brayton Engineering, an engineering firm that helped build the Buick V6 IndyCar engine as well as fielding a car in the CART series, primarily for his son Scott, from 1981 to 1986 and then fielded an Indy Racing League car in 2002. They entered two cars in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 for Memo Gidley and Steve Knapp but both missed the field; their single-car assault on the field in 2002 with John de Vries again failed. Their last IndyCar event came at the Michigan 400 in 2002 with Scott Harrington at the wheel.
He died on April 30, 2022, at a nursing home in his hometown of Coldwater.[1]
Racing results
USAC Championship Car series
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | PHX | TRE | INDY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | MCH 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | TRE | PHX | 38th | 60 | ||||||
| 1973 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | TWS 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
INDY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC | MCH | MIL | ONT | ONT | ONT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27th | 133 |
| 1974 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | ONT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | ONT DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX | TRE | MIL | POC 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIL | MCH 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRE | TRE | PHX | 36th | 20 | |||
| Webster Racing | INDY DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1975 | Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team | ONT | ONT 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PHX | TRE | INDY | MIL | POC | MCH | MIL | MCH | TRE | PHX | NC | 0 |
References
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External links
- Template:Racing-Reference driver
- Lee Brayton at ChampCarStats