Mark Smith (American racing driver)

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File:Mark Smith Formula Super Vee Grand Prix of Cleveland 1988.jpg
Formula Super Vee: Smith leading Groff at the 1988 Grand Prix of Cleveland
File:Indy Lights driver Mark Smith winning pole position Phoenix.jpg
Indy Lights: Smith qualifying at Phoenix International Raceway 1991
File:Mark Smith Long Beach Grand Prix 1993 Indy car race CART.jpg
CART: Smith driving for Arciero at the 1993 Long Beach Grand Prix

Mark Smith (born April 10, 1967) is a former American racing driver who competed in the CART IndyCar Series. Smith won the 1989 United States Formula Super Vee Championship and was the 1991 Indy Lights National Championship runner-up.

Career

Smith entered karting competition at the age of 14 and won 6 championships in multiple IKF divisions.[1] In 1985 he moved up to Formula Ford scoring 4 race wins in two seasons and then advanced to Formula Super Vee.[1]

After winning the 1989 United States Formula Super Vee Championship[2] with 5 wins and 4 poles,[3] Smith raced in Indy Lights from 1990 to 1992, finishing 3rd in series points his rookie year,[4] and 2nd in 1991[5] capturing 3 wins and 5 poles along the way.[6]

In December 1992, it was announced that Smith would make his racing debut in CART / Indy Car, signing with Arciero for the 1993 season.[7] Arciero, being a sparsely budgeted team, fielded a year old, 1992 Penske PC-21/Chevrolet B, for 13 of the 16 scheduled races.[8][9]

Smith scored two top 10 finishes in the first three races of the season.[10][11] At the fourth round, the Indianapolis 500, Smith qualified twice for the race but was bumped from the field.[12] His second bumping at the hands of Didier Theys happened just 6 minutes before the end of qualifications that year, an outcome that added to the Speedway myth about The Curse of the Smiths.[13]

Smith continued to show good pace his rookie year with several top 10 qualifying performances.[14][15][16] At the Grand Prix of Portland, the 7th round of the season, Smith qualified the Arciero PC-21/Chevy B 6th on the grid between the Lolas' of Danny Sullivan and Mario Andretti.[17] Early in the race while challenging for 5th Smith retired with a broken gearbox.[18] The Penske transverse gearbox at the back of the PC-21 plagued Arciero during the 1993 season. After the Grand Prix of Portland in June, Smith retired from the next five races in a row with gearbox problems.[19] Of the 13 races Arciero entered in 1993 the team finished four races, scoring points in three of those four races.[20][21][22][23]

Mark qualified for the 1994 Indianapolis 500 and was bumped from the field by Bobby Rahal. With 14 minutes remaining in the final session, Smith made a bold attempt to qualify an ill-handling T93 Lola back-up car. His warm up lap of 221.8 mph was fast enough to make the race. On the following lap he crashed heavily into turn two.[24]

Smith's best IndyCar finish was a 5th place at the 1994 Michigan 500.[25]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position
1985 SCCA Formula Ford P1 Racing 7 1 4 N/A N/A
1986 SCCA Formula Ford Evergreen 9 3 2 5 N/A N/A
1987 Formula Super Vee Wilbur Bunce Engineering 7 N/A N/A
1988 Formula Super Vee Dave White Motorsports 13 1 1 2 108 6th
1989 Formula Pacific Graeme Lawrence Autosport 10 0 2 7 39 4th
New Zealand Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Formula Super Vee Ralt America 11 5 4 8 169 1st
1990 Indy Lights Ralt America 2 1 2 128 3rd
Lanford 12 0 0 2
1991 New Zealand Grand Prix Graeme Lawrence Autosport 1 0 1 0 N/A Ret
Indy Lights Evergreen 12 2 3 5 103 2nd
1992 Indy Lights Evergreen 14 1 3 2 134 7th
1993 CART IndyCar Arciero 13 0 0 0 8 22nd
1994 CART IndyCar Walker 16 0 0 0 17 19th
2022 SVRA Formula Ford (PCF) Dave McMillan Racing 6 2 2 6 96 3rd
Emerald Cup (HF) Fossi 1 1 0 1 13 7th
2023 Emerald Cup (HF) Fossi 5 4 2 5 62 1st
Crossflow Cup (HF) 1 1 0 1 11 12th
2024 Emerald Cup (HF) Fossi 9 8 9 8 107 1st
Crossflow Cup (HF) 8 2 2 8 74 1st
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Formula Super Vee

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1988 Dave White Motorsports PHX
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5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IRP
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NIA
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEA
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		STP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		6th 108[54]
1989 Ralt America PHX
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IRP
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DEM
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
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Formula Pacific

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1989 Graeme Lawrence Autosport BAY
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3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PUK
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3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAN
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAN
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		WIG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		WIG
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TIM
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TIM
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New Zealand Grand Prix

Year Team Car Qualifying Main race
1989 Template:Flagicon Graeme Lawrence Autosport Swift DB4 - Ford 5th 3rd
1991 Template:Flagicon Graeme Lawrence Autosport Swift DB4 - Toyota 1st Ret

CART Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
1990 Ralt America PHX
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2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		3rd 128
Lanford MIL
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11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEA
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DEN
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAN
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAG
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1991 Evergreen LBH
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
2*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEA
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DEN
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAG
1*Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2nd 155
1992 Evergreen PHX
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LBH
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAN
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAG
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		7th 74

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref
1993 Arciero SRF
18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LBH
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INDY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL DET
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR
23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIC NHA ROA
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAN
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAG
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22nd 8 [57]
1994 Walker SRF
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LBH
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INDY
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DET
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIC
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOH
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NHA
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAN
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAG
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		19th 17 [58]

Film and photography

Smith has produced a number of short films including Two Balloons, Denmark and A House, A Home.[59][60][61] He is the co-author of two photography books The Powder Road and Österlandet.[62][63] Smith is a graduate of the University of Oregon.[64]

References

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Sporting positions
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