Ted Prappas
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Theodore Panos Prappas[1] (November 14, 1955 – April 22, 2022),[2] was a driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1991-1992 seasons with 26 career starts, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top-ten four times and his best career finish was in 6th position at the 1991 Grand Prix of Long Beach. He finished the 1991 season as runner-up to Jeff Andretti for Rookie of the Year.
Before moving to CART, Prappas was the 1986 West Coast Atlantic Racing champion and was runner up in the 1990 Indy Lights championship. He started racing in Super Vee in 1983, in a car bought for him by James Stewart, who had previously hired his mother as his business agent.
Prappas died April 22, 2022, aged 66 of colon cancer.[2][3]
Career results
[edit | edit source]American Racing Series
[edit | edit source]| American Racing Series / Indy Lights results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | TEAMKAR International | PHX 5 |
MIL 6 |
POR 12 |
CLE 8 |
TOR 5 |
MEA 4 |
POC 5 |
MDO 3 |
ROA 3 |
NAZ 10 |
LS 6 |
MIA 6 |
6th | 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | TEAMKAR International | PHX 5 |
LBH 10 |
MIL | DET 1 |
5th | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P.I.G. Racing | POR 3 |
MEA 7 |
TOR 4 |
POC 3 |
MDO 4 |
ROA 12 |
NAZ 7 |
LS 17 |
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| 1990 | P.I.G. Racing | PHX 4 |
LBH 8 |
MIL 4 |
DET 5 |
POR 5 |
CLE 5 |
MEA 2 |
TOR 2 |
DEN 11 |
VAN 10 |
MDO 11 |
ROA 12 |
NAZ 3 |
LS 1 |
2nd | 135 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CART
[edit | edit source]| PPG IndyCar World Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | P.I.G. Enterprises | Lola T91/00 | Judd V8t | SRF 22 |
LBH 6 |
PHX | INDY DNQ |
MIL | DET 25 |
POR 17 |
CLE 18 |
MEA 22 |
TOR 16 |
MIC | DEN 21 |
VAN 14 |
MDO 12 |
ROA 23 |
NAZ | LAG 23 |
19th | 9 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | P.I.G. Enterprises | Lola T92/00 | Chevrolet 265A V8t | SRF 10 |
PHX | LBH 14 |
INDY 16 |
DET 14 |
POR 15 |
MIL 15 |
NHA 20 |
TOR 23 |
MIC | CLE 13 |
ROA 10 |
VAN 9 |
MDO 11 |
NAZ 19 |
LAG 18 |
17th | 12 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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External links
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- Profile at ChampCar stats
- Profile at Racing Reference
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