Danny Sullivan
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Daniel John Sullivan III, better known as Danny Sullivan, was born on March 9, 1950, is an American racing driver.
He has won 17 races in the CART Indy Car World Series, including the 1985 Indianapolis 500.
In 1988, Sullivan captured the 1988 CART Championship and finished third in points.
Sullivan was also winless in IROC.
CART career
For 1984, Sullivan returned to North America, where he competed in the CART PPG Indy Car series. He began racing at Shierson Racing, winning three races, including the Pocono 500, placing 4th in points. He rode Penske Racing in 1985, winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500. His triumph in Indy, nicknamed "spin and win" in auto racing history, is one of Indy 500 history's most legendary events.
In 1988, Sullivan would set the pace in Indy, qualifying second and leading 91 of the first 101 laps. Sullivan, a wing adjuster, and colleague Rick Mears and Al Unser Sr. broke on Sullivan's car shortly after the halfway point, causing his car to crash outside the wall in turn one, ending his day. Nonetheless, he recovered, placing finishes of 4th or better over the next six races, including victories at Portland and the Michigan 500. The win at Michigan brought an Indy car Triple Crown to a conclusion (Indianapolis, Michigan, Pocono). He had five top-five finishes in the final five races, with two winning. Sullivan took the pole position, led the most laps, and won the competition at Laguna Seca's second-to-last race of the season. Sullivan clinched the 1988 CART championship with just one race remaining, retaining an insurmountable 35-point lead. It was Sullivan's first championship title and Penske's first since 1985.
During training for the Indy 500 in 1989, Sullivan suffered a broken arm and would miss two races. In August, he won the Pocono 500 for his second appearance in the series, as well as one other category in which he came in seventh place in points. Sullivan spent 1990-1991 at Penske Racing, his last season. In 1990, he won two races, including the season finale at Laguna Seca. In his last game for Roger Penske, he won the pole and led wire-to-wire.
In 1991, Sullivan was recruited by Patrick Racing Alfa Romeo's Patrick Racing Alfa Romeo team. Patrick and I lost his job in 1991 in a very uncompetitive machine, and he's now winless. Sullivan competed in two more CART races between 1992 and 1993, most notably for Galles-Kraco Racing. At Long Beach, he scored his first victory for the Galmer chassis. It came after he bumped teammate and race leader Al Unser Jr. off the backstretch with fewer than four laps to go. The incident sparked internal conflict within the company. Inconsistency dogged his later years, resulting in a semi-retirement in 1994. Galles' brief time as president was dubbed "particularly difficult."
In 1986, Sullivan appeared on Miami Vice ("Florence Italy") as a race car driver accused of murdering a prostitute. The episode included a few scenes from outside the Miami Grand Prix's pit lanes. Sullivan had limited dialogue during the episode; his longest piece of dialogue was in a police station interrogation scene.
The Leland Corporation also released Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat in 1991, starring his likeness.
Racing career results
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(Bold) is the most important part of this story (Bold – Pole position was given at qualifying time). Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. – Most laps led.)