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Steve Chassey (born February 27, 1945 in Brockton, Massachusetts), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 9 seasons (1981, 1983–1989, and 1992), with 44 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1983, 1987, and 1988. He finished in the top ten 4 times, with his best finish in 5th position in 1981 at Watkins Glen International. He raced his last Indy 500 in 1988 for Gary Trout Motorsports finishing 24th.
Chassey was also a regular competitor in the USAC Silver Crown Series championship, racing from 1975 to 1992. He was runner-up in the 1980 season, and had two career wins, at the 1984 Hoosier Hundred and 1988 Tony Bettenhausen 100.[1][2] After retiring from driving, he also worked for ESPN, commentating on Thursday night "Thunder" USAC events.
American open–wheel racing results
PPG Indycar Series
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jet Engineering | PHX DNQ | MIL 24 | ATL 23 | MCH 20 | RIV 15 | MIL 15 | MCH 12 | WGL 5 | MEX | PHX DNQ | 20th | 31 | |||||||
| Alex Foods | ATL 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Jet Engineering | PHX DNQ | ATL | MIL | CLE | MCH | MIL | POC | RIV | ROA | MCH | PHX | — | 0 | ||||||
| 1983 | Gohr Racing | ATL 17 | INDY 11 | MIL 19 | CLE 22 | MCH 10 | ROA 6 | POC 25 | RIV 17 | MDO | MCH | CPL 12 | LAG 10 | PHX 19 | 19th | 17 | ||||
| 1984 | Gohr Racing | LBH DNQ | PHX DNQ | INDY DNQ | MIL DNQ | POR | MEA DNQ | CLE 16 | MCH 32 | ROA 24 | POC 22 | MDO 28 | SAN | MCH 20 | PHX DNQ | LAG 16 | CPL DNQ | NC | 0 | |
| 1985 | Gohr Racing | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL DNS | POR DNQ | MEA 20 | CLE DNS | MCH 12 | ROA 26 | POC 11 | MDO 12 | SAN | MCH 14 | LAG 15 | PHX 11 | MIA DNQ | 34th | 6 | ||
| 1986 | Gohr Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL 17 | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH 28 | POC | MDO | SAN | NC | 0 | |||||
| Arciero Racing | MCH 17 | ROA | LAG | PHX | MIA | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | United Oil | LBH | PHX | INDY 25 | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | MIA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1988 | Gary Trout Motorsports | PHX | LBH | INDY 24 | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | MEA | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | MIA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1989 | R. Kent Baker Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bettenhausen Motorsports | MEA 28 | TOR | MCH 29 | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | D.B. Mann Motorsports | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | — | 0 | |
| 1992 | Euromotorsport | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | DET | POR | MIL 22 | NHA 19 | TOR | MCH 19 | CLE | ROA | VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG | NC | 0 |
Indy 500 results
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Eagle | Chevrolet | Failed to Qualify | |
| 1982 | Rattlesnake | Cosworth | Practice Crash | |
| 1983 | Eagle | Chevrolet | 19th | 11th |
| 1984 | Eagle | Chevrolet | Qualifying Crash | |
| 1985 | March | Chevrolet | Failed to Qualify even after setting one and four lap records for normally aspirated push rod V-8 engines | |
| 1986 | March | Buick | Failed to Qualify | |
| 1987 | March | Cosworth | 32nd | 25th |
| 1988 | March | Cosworth | 26th | 24th |
| 1989 | March | Cosworth | Failed to Qualify | |
| 1990 | Lola | Buick | Practice Crash |