Scott Atchison (racing driver)

Scott Atchison (born July 16, 1962) is a former American racing driver from Bakersfield, California who competed in the CART IndyCar World Series in 1988 and 1989. He made 13 starts his rookie year and finished 20th in series points for Machinists Union Racing. He returned the following year to make 3 mid-summer road course starts for Euromotorsport. His best CART finish was 9th place at Long Beach and Miami his rookie year. He attempted to qualify for the 1988 Indianapolis 500 but was bumped from the field.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1985	Road Atlanta	Swift DB1	Ford	Formula Ford	1	1	Running

Formula Super Vee

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1987	Zephyr Racing, Simpson Racing	Ralt RT5/85, 86, 87	VW Brabham, Bunce	LBH 3	PHX 5	IRP 2	MIL 1	DET 3	MEA 1	CLE 1	ROA 4	MDO 3	NAZ 1	MIA 7	STP 3	1st	189
Source:[1][2]

References

"Scott Atchison, Racing highlights". driverdb.com. Driver Data Base. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
"US Formula Super Vee 1987". oldracingcars.com. Old Racing Cars. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Scott Atchison had been SCCA Formula Ford champion in 1985 and had moved into FSV in 1986, ending the season as rookie of the year. He started the 1987 season driving for Dominic Dobson before moving across to Bill Simpson's team. Atchison won four races, but more importantly he finished every race well inside the points, and this kept him ahead of his nearest challenger, Dave Kudrave.

External links

Scott Atchison career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "Scott Atchison, Racing highlights". driverdb.com. Driver Data Base. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[2] "US Formula Super Vee 1987". oldracingcars.com. Old Racing Cars. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Scott Atchison had been SCCA Formula Ford champion in 1985 and had moved into FSV in 1986, ending the season as rookie of the year. He started the 1987 season driving for Dominic Dobson before moving across to Bill Simpson's team. Atchison won four races, but more importantly he finished every race well inside the points, and this kept him ahead of his nearest challenger, Dave Kudrave.