Paul Durant

Paul Durant (born September 26, 1959), is a former driver American racecar driver from San Diego, California.

He first excelled in modified stock car racing, winning a number of regional championships. He then competed in the USAC Silver Crown Series in 1994. Following the founding of the Indy Racing League in 1996, he competed in the series' second ever race at the Phoenix International Raceway but broke on the first lap. Two months later, he competed in the Indianapolis 500, qualifying the oldest car in the field, a 1992 Lola powered by a stock-block Buick V6 engine in the 24th position. He moved up from 24th to 18th in 9 laps before his engine failed.^[1] The following year he took over A. J. Foyt Enterprises' #1 car late on bump day and qualified in the final position with only 12 laps of practice in the car. He crashed on lap 111 of the race and was credited with 21st. Later that season he drove at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Byrd-Cunningham Racing and finished 26th after a mechanical issue on lap 62. He drove in the first race of the 1998 season at Phoenix for Cobb Racing but suffered an engine failure 99 laps in. He failed to qualify for the 1998 Indianapolis 500 in the same car and his entry failed to arrive at the race the following week at Texas Motor Speedway despite being entered.

He currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1996	ABF	WDW	PHX 22	INDY 32									31st	16
1996-1997	Foyt	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY 21	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NH2			40th	23
	Byrd-Cunningham										LV2 26
1998	Cobb	WDW	PHX 21	INDY DNQ	TXS	NHM	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TX2	LVS	38th	9

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Lola	Buick	24th	32nd	ABF
1997	G-Force	Oldsmobile	33rd	21st	Foyt
1998	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify		Cobb

References

1. A Conversation with Paul Durant, The Auto Channel, June 25, 2003

External links

• Paul Durant at ChampCarStats.com