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

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(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
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
  1. ^The 1999VisionAire 500Kwas cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.
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