PDM Racing

PDM driver Jimmy Kite practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

PDM Racing was a racing team in the IndyCar Series and USAC Silver Crown series owned by Paul Diatlovich. Almost always a low budget team and affectionately dubbed "Poor Dumb Mechanics" by Diatlovich,^[1] it was known to make the most out of mediocre equipment. The team was founded in 1996 with the inception of the Indy Racing League and ran full seasons until 2002 when rising costs forced the team to scale back to a part-time venture. The team is most known for bringing three-time champion Sam Hornish Jr. into the league in 2000. Hornish earned the team's best finish that season, a 3rd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The team fielded a USAC Silver Crown team with its car driven by Thiago Medeiros whom they also fielded a car for in the 2006 Indianapolis 500. The team entered the 2007 Indianapolis 500 with driver Jimmy Kite returning to the team, but they were unable to come within 3 mph (4.8 km/h) of the speed necessary to make the field and failed to qualify. During the 2008 season the team partnered with American Spirit Racing to field Cyndie Allemann in the Firestone Indy Lights Series providing technical support and a base of operations. PDM Racing entered the Indy 500 but did not make an appearance. PDM Racing continued working with ASR to field the Indy Lights car^[2] driven by Junior Strous until the Freedom 100 when the program folded.^[3] The team has returned to Indy Lights in 2010 under its own banner with driver Rodrigo Barbosa.

Drivers that have driven for PDM

IRL IndyCar Series

Billy Boat (1997)
Mike Borkowski (1999)
Tyce Carlson (1997–1998, 2002)
Ed Carpenter (2003)
John de Vries (2002)
Jack Hewitt (1998)
Sam Hornish Jr. (2000)
Jimmy Kite (2003)
Steve Knapp (1998–1999)
Cory Kruseman (2002)
Scott Mayer (2003)
Robby McGehee (2004)
Thiago Medeiros (2006)
John Paul Jr. (1996–1998)
Jeret Schroeder (2001–2002)

Indy Lights

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1996						WDW	PHX	INDY
1996	Lola T93/00	Menard V6 t	G	John Paul Jr.	18	9	14	31
1996–97						NHA	LSV	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LSV
	Lola T93/00	Menard V6 t	G	John Paul Jr.	18	10	15
	G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8													12
	Dallara IR7							18	9	Wth			11	7
				Billy Boat								19
				Tyce Carlson (R)						19	14
	Lola T93/00	Menard V6 t		Tyce Carlson (R)	28	11	23
1998						WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHA	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TXS	LSV
	G-Force GF01B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	G	John Paul Jr.	18	10	19
				Jack Hewitt (R)				12	DNP	25
				Steve Knapp (R)							13		14	14	18	9
				Tyce Carlson								11
1999						WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LSV	TXS
	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	G	Steve Knapp	18	7
	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	G	Mike Borkowski (R)	18			C¹	DNQ
2000						WDW	PHX	LSV	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TXS
2000	Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	F	Sam Hornish Jr. (R)	18	20	17	3	24	20	19		9	27
2001						PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS
	G-Force GF05B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	F	Jeret Schroeder	18	26	14	19	20				15
	G-Force GF05B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	F	Jon Herb (R)	18												15	9
2002						HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS
	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	F	Tyce Carlson	18	11	DNS
				Jeret Schroeder				27
				John de Vries (R)							11
				Cory Kruseman (R)																26
2003						HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	GAT	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8	F	Scott Mayer	18	21	19	24
				Jimmy Kite					13
				Ed Carpenter															13	13	21
2004						HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	PPIR	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
2004	Dallara IR-04	Chevrolet Indy V8	F	Robby McGehee	18				22
2006						HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MCH	KTY	SNM	CHI
2006	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI6R V8	F	Thiago Medeiros (R)	18				31
2007						HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MCH	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI
2007	Panoz GF09C	Honda HI7R V8	F	Jimmy Kite	18					DNQ

^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

Sources

^ "What does Indy mean?". Crash. 2004-05-29. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^ 2009 ASR Indy Lights Driver Program^{[permanent dead link‍]}, American Spirit Racing
^ 2009 IndyCar Program^{[permanent dead link‍]}, American Spirit Racing

External links

Official PDM Racing website

[1] "What does Indy mean?". Crash. 2004-05-29. Retrieved 2023-12-31.

[2] 2009 ASR Indy Lights Driver Program^{[permanent dead link‍]}, American Spirit Racing

[3] 2009 IndyCar Program^{[permanent dead link‍]}, American Spirit Racing

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