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Nick Firestone

{{Short description|American racing driver (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox racing driver

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| birth_name = Nicholas Stanley Firestone

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|03|31}}

| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

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| prev series = EFDA Nations Cup
British Formula 2 Championship
Indy Lights
IndyCar Series
Karting

| prev series years = 1990
1992
1993-96
1999
1996-2008

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Nicholas Stanley Firestone (born March 31, 1966) is an American former race car driver.

A great-grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) and Idabelle Smith, grandson of Roger (1912–1970) and son of Peter, he graduated from Princeton University in 1989.

Starting in Karts, he moved to junior formula cars and finally on the British Formula 2 Championship. He competed in 42 Indy Lights races from 1993 to 1996. His best finish was second at Nazareth Speedway and The Milwaukee Mile in 1993.[http://www.champcarstats.com/lights/drivers/FirestoneNick.htm "Nick Firestone" champcarstats.com] He attempted to qualify for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 for McCormack Motorsports but failed to make the field. He has now moved back to racing Karts. He has two children, Peter and Annabel.

Career Results

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! Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

1990

| EFDA Nations Cup

|align="center"| 12th

| Reynard - Opel

| Team USA

1992

| British Formula 2 Championship

|align="center"| 13th

| Ralt RT23 - Cosworth

| Valvoline ERM

1993

| Indy Lights

|align="center" | 6th

| Lola T93/20 - Buick

| Simon Racing

1994

| Indy Lights

|align="center" | 6th

| Lola T93/20 - Buick

| Simon Racing

1995

| Indy Lights

|align="center" | 9th

| Lola T93/20 - Buick

| Brian Stewart Racing

1996

| Indy Lights

|align="center" | 17th

| Lola T93/20 - Buick

| Brian Stewart Racing

1996

| SKUSA SuperNationals XIV - G1

|align="center" | 6th

| Tony Kart - TM

| 2Wild Karting

2006

| SKUSA SuperNationals X - G1

|align="center" | 7th

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2007

| SKUSA SuperNationals X - G1

|align="center" | 5th

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2008

| Arizona Sprint Kart Championship - Shifter

|align="center" | 15th

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=American Open-Wheel racing results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

==USAC FF2000 Championship results==

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! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! Pos

! Points

1990

!

| WSR1

| MMR

| WSR2

| CAJ

| WSR3

| SON1

| FIR

| SON2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
{{small|4}}

| ???

| ???

==Indy Lights results==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! Rank

! Points

1993

! Simon Racing

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MIL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| POR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CLE
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TOR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| NHM
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VAN
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NZR
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LS
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 85

1994

! Simon Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHX
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LBH
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLE
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TOR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHM
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| VAN
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MDO
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| NZR
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LS
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 72

1995

! Brian Stewart Racing

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHX
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LBH
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZR
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIL
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| CLE
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| NHM
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| VAN
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LS
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 9th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 52

1996

! Brian Stewart Racing

|MIA

|PHX

|NZR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIS
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIL
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DET
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| POR
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLE
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
{{small|19}}

|TRV

|VAN

|LS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 17th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18

== IndyCar Series ==

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! Year

! Team

! Chassis

! No.

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! Rank

! Points

! Ref

1999

! McCormack Motorsports

! G-Force GF01C

! 31

! Oldsmobile Aurora V8

|WDW

|PHX

|CLT

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|INDY
{{small|DNQ}}

|TXS1

|PPIR1

|ATL

|DOV

|PPIR2

|LVS

|TX2

!NC

!0

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/firesni01/1999/O/|title=Nick Firestone – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 7, 2023}}

References

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External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|nick-firestone}}
  • [http://firestonekartinfo.com/ Firestone Kart site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701141558/http://firestonekartinfo.com/? |date=July 1, 2011 }}

{{McCormack Motorsports}}

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Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:Princeton University alumni

Category:American people of Austrian descent

Category:Firestone family

Category:Indy Lights drivers

Category:British Formula 3000 Championship drivers

Category:EFDA Nations Cup drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Phoenix, Arizona

Category:U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers

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