Brad Murphey (born December 27, 1955, in Tucson, Arizona), is a former American racecar driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 seasons for Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with Eddie Cheever and Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.
He also has prior experience in Indy Lights, Trans-Am Series, Formula Super Vee, Formula Ford, and HotRod racing. In 1984 he attempted to qualify for the CART races at Mid Ohio and Las Vegas, but failed to do so.
Despite many websites stating that he is Australian, Murphey was born and raised in Arizona and has in fact never been to Australia. He believes the misconception was due to the fact that most of his race crew during his entire career was from Australia or New Zealand and that the phenomena of him being incorrectly identified as Australian predates the internet.[1]
American Open Wheel racing edit
CART IndyCar edit
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1984 | Wysard Racing | CART | LBH | PHX1 | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MIS1 | ROA | POC | MDO DNQ |
SAN | MIS2 | PHX2 | LAG | LVG DNQ |
NC | 0 | [2] |
Indy Lights edit
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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| 1986 | Louis Motorsports | ARS | PHX1 | MIL | MEA 5 |
TOR 6 |
POC 9 |
MDO 9 |
ROA | LS 10 |
PHX2 | MIA 9 |
12th | 33 | ||
| 1987 | TEAMKAR International | ARS | LBH | PHX | MIL 8 |
MEA 9 |
CLE 11 |
TOR 7 |
POC | MDO | NAZ | LS 9 |
MIA Ret |
12th | 22 | |
| 1988 | TEAMKAR International | ARS | PHX 10 |
MIL 12 |
POR | CLE | TOR 10 |
MEA | POC | MDO | ROA Ret |
NAZ | LS | MIA | 19th | 8 |
IRL IndyCar Series edit
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| Year | Team | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1996 | Hemelgarn Racing | IRL | WDW | PHX | INDY 23 |
34th | 12 | [3] | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Hemelgarn Racing | IRL | NHM 18 |
LVS 27 |
WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NH2 | LV2 | 38th | 25 | [4] |
Trivia edit
He is often referred to as "Bronco" Brad Murphey, as he is a former bronco riding champion.
References edit
- ^ Brad Murphey Interview, OldRacingCars.com, December 31, 2015, Retrieved 2017-09-25
- ^ "Brad Murphey – 1984 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Brad Murphey – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Brad Murphey – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
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