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Stan Wattles

{{Short description|American racing driver (born 1961)}}

Stan Wattles (born July 24, 1961 in Glen Cove, New York) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996–2001 seasons with 19 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1998–2000. He placed 8th in two races, and led his 2 laps in his first, in 1996 at Walt Disney World Speedway, but never led in his other contests. In the 1999 VisionAire 500K at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Wattles was involved in a crash that killed three spectators when debris from his car cleared the fence, and 18 laps later, the race was cancelled.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/1999/05/01/spectators_killed/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119192837/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/1999/05/01/spectators_killed/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|title=Tragedy at the track|work=CNN Sports Illustrated|date=1999-08-16|accessdate=2012-12-21}}

Racing record

=SCCA National Championship Runoffs=

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YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1988Road AtlantaSwift DB4ToyotaFormula Atlanticstyle="background:#FFDF9F;"| 33Running
1994Mid-OhioRalt RT40ToyotaFormula Atlanticstyle="background:#FFFFBF;"| 11Running

=American Open Wheel=

(key)

==IndyCar==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! Rank

! Points

! Ref

1996

! Leigh Miller Racing

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

|style="background:#DFC484;"|PHX
{{small|Wth}}

|INDY

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!

!

!

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 44

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/1996/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 1996 Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 1996-97

! McCormack Motorsports

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|NHM
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LVS
{{small|18}}

|WDW

|PHX

|INDY

|TXS

|PPIR

|CLT

|NH2

!

!

!

!

|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 31st

|rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 63

!rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/1997/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 1997 Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

Metro Racing Systems

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!

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|LV2
{{small|8}}

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1998

! Metro Racing Systems

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|WDW
{{small|22}}

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|28}}

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|NHM
{{small|17}}

|DOV

|CLT

|style="background:#DFC484;" |PPIR
{{small|Wth}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|ATL
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TX2
{{small|8}}

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

!

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 88

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/1998/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

1999

! Metro Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|WDW
{{small|24}}

|PHX

|CLT
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|17}}

|TXS

|PPIR

|ATL

|DOV

|PPI2

|LVS

|TX2

!

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 35th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 19

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/1999/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

2000

! Hemelgarn Racing

|WDW

|PHX

|LVS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
23

|TXS

|PPIR

|ATL

|KTY

|TX2

!

!

!

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 43rd

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/2000/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

2001

! Hemelgarn Racing

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|HMS
{{small|26}}

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

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

|TXS

|PPI

|RIR

|KAN

|NSH

|KTY

|STL

|CHI

|TX2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32nd

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/wattlst01/2001/O/|title=Stan Wattles – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 6, 2023}}

==Indy 500 results==

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Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Start

! Finish

1998

| Riley & Scott

| Oldsmobile

| 29th

| 28th

1999

| Dallara

| Oldsmobile

| 20th

| 17th

2000

| Dallara

| Oldsmobile

| 8th

| 23rd

2001

| Dallara

| Oldsmobile

|colspan=2| Qualifying Crash

References

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External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|stan-wattles}}

{{McCormack Motorsports}}

{{Hemelgarn Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wattles, Stan}}

Category:1961 births

Category:Living people

Category:IndyCar Series drivers

Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers

Category:Atlantic Championship drivers

Category:Sportspeople from Glen Cove, New York

Category:Racing drivers from New York (state)

Category:SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners

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