Michael Greenfield (racing driver)

Michael Greenfield
Michael Greenfield
Nationality	American
Born	15 April 1963 (age 58); Whitestone, New York
Retired	1995
CART World Series
Years active	1989-1991, 1994-1995
Teams	Greenfield Racing; Dale Coyne Racing
Starts	9
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	12th in 1990
Previous series
1988	Indy Lights

Michael Greenfield (born 15 April 1963) is an American former owner-driver in the CART series. Born in Whitestone, New York. In 1985, his first season of SCCA Formula Atlantic racing, Michael finished 2nd in the SCCA National Championship Run Offs at Road Atlanta. During the years 1986 and 1987 he competed in the ECAR Formula Atlantic Championship with a total of 5 wins, finishing 3rd in points in 1987. He made 6 Indy Lights starts in 1988 with Chip Ganassi Racing with one win on his series debut at Pocono. In 1989, with Bettenhausen Racing's 1987 Lola chassis, he attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 but failed to do so, as did teammate Tony Bettenhausen. The same year at the Pocono Raceway event Michael crashed heavily in practice, failing to qualify there as well. In 1990, teamed with his father Peter, they placed first in the Camel Lights division at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He also returned to the CART series that year with a 1987 Lola chassis and competed in 7 races, his career-best finish of 12th coming in at the Meadowlands race. He also ran two more races with Dale Coyne Racing and competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1991, then returned in 1994 and 1995 to attempt to qualify for the Indy 500 with a 1993 Lola powered by a pushrod V8 engine designed and built by his father Peter. In 1994 Michael was not able to complete rookie orientation and the team was forced to hire Johnny Parsons to drive the car, however, it never came up to speed and they did not make a qualifying attempt. In 1995 Michael took over driving duties but again failed to make a qualifying attempt. They could not get up to speed due to a major reduction of turbo boost for the pushrod V-8's.^[1]

Racing record[]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[]

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1988		JER	VAL	PAU	SIL	MNZ DNQ	PER	BRH	BIR	BUG	ZOL	DIJ	NC	-

American open–wheel racing results[]

(key)

Indy Lights[]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1988	C. P. Racing	PHX	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MWL	POC 1	MDO 12	ROA 15	NAZ 9	LAG 7	MIA 15	12th	32

CART[]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1989	Greenfield/Bettenhausen Racing	PHX	LBH	IND DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	POC DNS	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS			NC	–
1990	Greenfield Engineering	PHX	LBH	IND	MIL DNS	DET	POR	CLE 17	MEA 12	TOR 21	MIS	DEN 21	VAN	MDO 25	ROA 24	NAZ 15	LS		33rd	1
1991	Dale Coyne Racing	SRF	LBH	PHX	IND	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	DEN	VAN	MDO 16	ROA 20	NAZ	LS	38th	0
1994	Greenfield Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LS		NC	–
1995	Greenfield Racing	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ	IND DNQ	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHA	VAN	LS	NC	–

References[]

^ Greuter, Henri. Mercedosaurus Rex at Indianapolis Park Part 14: Other bespoke-design 209s, Autosport, December 9, 2009, Retrieved 2010-11-23

External links[]

Statistics at ChampCarStats.com

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[1] Greuter, Henri. Mercedosaurus Rex at Indianapolis Park Part 14: Other bespoke-design 209s, Autosport, December 9, 2009, Retrieved 2010-11-23

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