Pete Halsmer

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Halsmer at the 2014 Indianapolis 500.

Pete Halsmer (born March 3, 1944 in Lafayette, Indiana), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 5 seasons (1980, 1982–1985), with 33 career starts, and started in the Indianapolis 500 in 1981-1982. He finished in the top five three times in the CART series, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1983 at Cleveland. In 1992, Halsmer raced in the IROC series, representing IMSA. Pete drove for Ford/Roush (NASCAR owner Jack Roush) from 1986 through 1989 and won six Trans Am races and four GTO races winning the 1989 GTO championship. From 1990 through 1992 he drove for Mazda and won another GTO championship in 1991. From 1994 through 1997 he drove BMWs, winning four GT2 races and winning the Manufacturer's Title in 1996. From 1999 to 2004 he drove for and provided technical consulting for Honda America Race Team winning several championships in Motorola Cup and Grand Am Cup series. Halsmer is also a 3 time class winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and was trained as a helicopter pilot and served in the Vietnam War.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1974	Road Atlanta	Brabham BT29	Cosworth	Formula B	15	9	Retired

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

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
1977	Race Research Inc.	TRE	MIL	MOS	PIR 3							12th	140
1978	Simpson Racers	PIR1 4	TRE1 9	MOS 6	MIL1 21	TEX 24	MIL2 15	OMS1 10	OMS2 10	TRE2 19	PIR2 23	12th	318
1979		TEX1 4	IRP 9	MIL1 8	POC 8	TEX2 12	MIL2 5	MIN1 4	MIN2 2			4th	650
1980	Frank Arciero	MIL 3	POC 2	MDO 23	MIN1 4	MIN2 14	ONT 1					2nd	628