Bradley Motorsportswas a racing team in theIndy Racing Leagueowned byColoradoconvenience store ownerBrad Calkins.His son,Buzz Calkins,drove the bright red cars shod in the livery ofBradley Food Marts,Brad Calkins' company. Bradley won the first IRL race in1996atWalt Disney World Speedwayand were the co-champions of the inaugural IRL season. The team began in1990,supporting Calkins' rise through theIndy Lightsdevelopment series. After Calkins' retirement from the cockpit at the end of the2001 season,the team ran a program in the first half of the2002 seasonfor Japanesepay driverShigeaki Hattori,but following poor finishes, Hattori left after thePikes Peak International Racewayrace. The team finished out the season unsponsored with BrazilianRaul Boeseldriving in his final season of open wheel racing. Bradley Motorsports earlier had a pro super vee team in the mid and late 1980s that ran the Bradley Food Marts car driven by futureRuSPORTco-owner Steve Wulff.
Complete IRL/IndyCar Series Results
edit(key) (Results inboldindicate pole position; results initalicsindicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pts Pos | Pos | ||||
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1996 | WDW | PHX | INDY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reynard95i | Ford-Cosworth | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 1* | 6 | 17 | 1st | 246 | |||||||||||||||||
1996–97 | NHA | LSV | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHA | LSV | |||||||||||||||
Reynard95i | Ford-Cosworth | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10th | 204 | ||||||||||||||||||
G-ForceGF01 | Infiniti | 11 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
1998 | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | NHA | DOV | CLT | PPIR | ATL | TXS | LSV | ||||||||||||||
G-ForceGF01B | OldsmobileAuroraV8 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 19th | 134 | |||||||||||
1999 | WDW | PHX | CLT | INDY | TXS | PPIR | ATL | DOV | PPIR | LSV | TXS | ||||||||||||||
DallaraIR9 | OldsmobileAuroraV8 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 17 | 14 | 13th | 201 | ||||||||||||||||||
G-ForceGF01C | C1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
2000 | WDW | PHX | LSV | INDY | TXS | PPIR | ATL | KTY | TXS | ||||||||||||||||
DallaraIR-00 | OldsmobileAuroraV8 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 15th | 145 | |||||||||||
2001 | PHX | HMS | ATL | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | ||||||||||||
DallaraIR-01 | OldsmobileAuroraV8 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 9th | 242 | |||||||
2002 | HMS | PHX | FON | NAZ | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | MCH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TXS | ||||||||||
DallaraIR-02 | Infiniti | Shigeaki Hattori | 12 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 27th | 78 | ||||||||||||||
Raul Boesel | 11 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 19th | 158 |
- ^The 1999VisionAire 500Kwas cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.
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