Dominic Dobson


Dominic Dobson 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, 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.
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 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 a high-end Collector Car Brokerage and Management service and Gerber Motorsport, a Porsche repair and restoration facility, both in Seattle. He also is co-founder and COO of in Hillsboro, OR, a company that builds products that power Virtual Reality experiences for the automotive market.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

PPG Indycar Series

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
1985Leader Card RacingMarch 84CFord Cosworth DFXLBH
INDY
MIL
POR
MEA
DNS		CLE
Rpl1		MCH
ROA
POC
MDO
SAN
MCH
38th2
1985Leader Card RacingMarch 85CFord Cosworth DFXLAG
18		PHX
MIA
11		38th2
1986Leader Card RacingMarch 86CFord Cosworth DFXPHX
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		31st3
1987Dobson MotorsportsMarch 86CFord Cosworth DFXLBH
PHX
INDY
DNQ		MIL
POR
MEA
CLE
TOR
MCH
POC
ROA
MDO
NAZ
LAG
MIA
NC-
1988Dale Coyne RacingMarch 86CChevrolet V8PHX
LBH
26		43rd0
1988Dobson MotorsportsLola T87/00Ford Cosworth DFXINDY
18		MIL
POR
21		CLE
TOR
MEA
MCH
POC
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
18		MIA
43rd0
1989Bayside Disposal RacingLola T88/00Ford Cosworth DFXPHX
23		LBH
19		INDY
18		MIL
DET
7		POR
18		CLE
MEA
17		TOR
11		MCH
POC
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
11		19th10
1990Bayside Disposal RacingLola T90/00Ford Cosworth DFSPHX
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		19th12
1991Burns RacingLola T89/00Judd AVSRF
LBH
PHX
INDY
13		MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
MCH
DEN
VAN
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
33rd0
1992Burns RacingLola T91/00Chevrolet 265ASRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
12		DET
POR
MIL
NHA
TOR
MCH
CLE
ROA
VAN
MDO
NAZ
LAG
35th1
1993Burns RacingGalmer G92BChevrolet 265ASRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
23		MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
MCH
NHA
ROA
39th0
1993PacWest RacingGalmer G92BChevrolet 265AVAN
14		MDO
DNQ		NAZ
LAG
18		39th0
1994PacWest RacingLola T94/00Ford XBSRF
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		18th30
1995PacWest RacingReynard 94IFord XBMIA
SRF
PHX
LBH
NAZ
INDY
Wth2		MIL
DET
POR
ROA
TOR
CLE
MCH
MDO
NHA
VAN
LAG
NC-

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