Daniel John "Danny" Sullivan III (born March 9, 1950 in Louisville, Kentucky Louisville (usually pronounced /ˈluː.əvəl/ ; see Pronunciation below) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 (consolidated;) is a former racing driver from the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language. He is best known for winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500.

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Before Racing

Sullivan was born to a building contractor father in Louisville Kentucky. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute and then the Jim Russell Racing School. He had several odd jobs before his racing career, including lumberjack, and most famously, New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the cab driver. [1]

Indy Car Career

Sullivan participated in 15 Formula One Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants' cars must comply. The F1 World Championship Grands Prix, all during 1983, debuting on March 13. He scored two championship points. The following year Sullivan returned to America, where he competed in the CART A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from a dray or wagon, which is a heavy transport vehicle with four wheels and normally at least two horses, which in turn is different from a carriage, (Championship Auto Racing Teams) open-wheel series winning the Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 and commonly known simply as The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The event lends its name to the IndyCar class, or formula, of open-wheel race cars that have in 1985. The "spin and win" footage of his red and white Miller American spinning through 360 degrees down the south short chute (between turns one and two) at Indy after passing Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti is a retired Italian-born American automobile racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars, and drag for the lead in the race's 120th lap has been played on countless motorsports programs. Recovering from the spin undamaged except for flat-spotted tires, Sullivan went into the pits for new rubber, then returned to the track and passed Mario a second time twenty laps later to go on for the win. Danny would set the pace at Indy again in 1988, leading 91 of the first 101 laps, until he drifted out and hard into the turn 1 wall. Nevertheless, he went on to win the CART series title for Roger Penske Roger Penske is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. He is currently involved in purchasing the Saturn Corporation, makers of Saturn cars that year.

In 1986, Sullivan was a guest star In show business , a guest appearance is a participation of an outsider performer (musician, actor, etc.), usually called guest artist (guest dancer, guest violinist, etc.), in an event (music record, concert, show, etc.), i.e., the participation of a performer which does not belong to the regular crew (cast, band, contract personnel, etc.) In on the television show Miami Vice Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became noted for its heavy integration of music and visual effects to tell a story. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–198, playing a race car driver accused of murdering a prostitute. In 1992, Rare Rare, Ltd. is a British video game development company. It was founded in 1982 by brothers Tim and Chris Stamper as Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd. (ACG). Publishing as Ultimate Play the Game, they developed games for 8-bit platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro, before the name was sold to U.S. Gold in 1985. In 199 released Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat for Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), China, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines, it was released as the Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ?), commonly.

After Indy

In 1994, Sullivan took a sabbatical from Indycar racing, and joined ABC ESPN on ABC is the brand used for sports programming on the ABC television network. Officially the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, for all practical purposes, ABC's sports coverage has been delegated to ESPN, a sports cable network majority-owned by ABC's parent, The Walt Disney Company/ESPN Entertainment Sports Programming Network, almost always referred to by its initialism ESPN, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day as a color commentator. He also attempted to run selected events in the NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr. NASCAR is the largest sanctioning body of stock Winston Cup Series that season. He, however, qualified for only one race (the 1994 Brickyard 400), and finished 33rd for a very underfunded team. In 1994, he had some guest starts for Alfa Romeo in the DTM The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996. Originally based in Germany, it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide and together with Thierry Boutsen and Hans-Joachim Stuck he was third overall with the Dauer 962 LM at the 24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and runs on a circuit containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and.

He returned to Indycar racing for one final year in 1995. His season ended early after a serious crash at Michigan International Speedway. While recovering from a broken pelvis and other injuries, he announced his retirement from open-wheel competition. He returned to ABC-TV for 1996-1997.

Sullivan was also instrumental in the Red Bull Driver Search program to find an American driver to compete in the Formula 1 world championship. The program successfully promoted American Scott Speed from California.

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired Team
1982 53 13 196.292 17 14 148 0 Crash T4 Forsythe
1984 30 28 203.567 17 29 57 0 Broken Wheel Shierson
1985 5 8 210.298 8 1 200 67 Running Penske
1986 1 2 215.382 2 9 197 0 Flagged Penske
1987 3 16 210.271 6 13 160 4 Engine Penske
1988 9 2 216.214 2 23 101 91 Crash T1 Penske
1989 1 26 216.027 15 28 41 0 Rear Axle Penske
1990 7 9 220.310 9 32 19 0 Crash T1 Penske
1991 20 9 218.343 17 10 173 0 Turbo Patrick/Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automaker founded on June 24, 1910 in Milan. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986, and since February 2007 a part of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. The company was owned by Italian state holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale between the end of 1932 to 1986. The
1992 18 8 224.838 9 5 199 0 Flagged Galles/Kraco
1993 7 12 219.428 19 33 29 0 Crash T3 Galles
1995 17 18 225.496 29 9 199 0 Running PacWest
Totals 1523 162
Starts 12
Poles 0
Front Row 2
Wins 1
Top 5 2
Top 10 5
Retired 8

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
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CART career results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
1982 Forsythe Newman PHO ATL 3 MIL 21 CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHO 22nd 28
1984 Shierson Racing LBG 24 PHO 6 IND 29 MIL 16 POR 23 MEA 2 CLE 1 MCH 10 ROA 19 POC 1 MDO 3 SAN 1 MCH 9 PHO 20 LAG 9 LAV 18 4th 110
1985 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President LBG 3 IND 1 MIL 4 POR 27 MEA 18 CLE 27 MCH 14 ROA 13 POC 5 MDO 2 SAN 5 MCH 8 LAG 8 PHO 4 MIA 1 4th 126
1986 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President PHO 4 LBG 11 IND 9 MIL 11 POR 11 MEA 1 CLE 1 TOR 2 MCH 25 POC 16 MDO 3 SAN 5 MCH 12 ROA 6 LAG 2 PHO 2 MIA 26 3rd 147
1987 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President LBG 22 PHO 11 IND 13 MIL 11 POR 11 MEA 20 CLE 4 TOR 2 MCH 4 POC 17 ROA 5 MDO 3 NAZ 22 LAG 2 MIA 12 9th 87
1988 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President PHO 23 LBG 13 IND 23 MIL 2 POR 1 CLE 3 TOR 2 MEA 4 MCH 1 POC 18 MDO 5 ROA 4 NAZ 1 LAG 1 MIA 5 1st 182
1989 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President PHO 3 LBG 8 IND 28 MIL 10 DET 24 POR CLE MEA 8 TOR 3 MCH 23 POC 1 MDO 5 ROA 1 NAZ 3 LAG 14 7th 107
1990 Penske Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based, closely-held, diversified transportation services company. Auto racing legend Roger Penske serves as Chairman, and Rob Kurnick as President PHO 6 LBG 3 IND 32 MIL 8 DET 14 POR 4 CLE 1 MEA 14 TOR 4 MCH 21 DEN 2 VAN 2 MDO 5 ROA 16 NAZ 18 LAG 1 6th 139
1991 Patrick Racing SUR 4 LBG 11 PHO 7 IND 10 MIL 5 DET 10 POR 21 CLE 9 MEA 6 TOR 14 MCH 18 DEN 18 VAN 9 MDO 17 ROA 16 NAZ 20 LAG 9 11th 56
1992 Galles Racing SUR 5 PHO 12 LBG 1 IND 5 DET 5 POR 12 MIL 12 NHA 9 TOR 3 MCH 8 CLE 20 ROA 7 VAN 7 MDO 8 NAZ 17 LAG 7 7th 99
1993 Galles Racing SUR 13 PHO 23 LBG 8 IND 33 MIL 16 DET 1 POR 14 CLE 14 TOR 3 MCH LOU 22 ROA 26 VAN 10 MDO 27 NAZ 20 LAG 27 12th 43
1995 PacWest Racing MIA 9 SUR 5 PHO 27 LBG 10 NAZ 18 IND 9 MIL 17 DET 12 POR 22 ROA 25 TOR 18 CLE 5 MCH 16 MDO LOU VAN LAG 19th 32

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