Brad Murphey

Brad Murphey (born December 27, 1955 in Tucson, Arizona), is a former American racecar driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997 seasons for Hemelgarn Racing with 3 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 where he was credited with 23rd place, but never finished a race or led a lap. His last IRL race was the inaugural 500K at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where his right leg/pelvis was broken while involved in an accident with Eddie Cheever and Stephane Gregoire on lap 29.

He also has prior experience in Indy Lights, Trans-Am Series, Formula Super Vee, Formula Ford, and HotRod racing. In 1984 he attempted to qualify for the CART races at Mid Ohio and Las Vegas, but failed to do so.

Despite many websites stating that he is Australian, Murphey was born and raised in Arizona and has in fact never been to Australia. He believes the misconception was due to the fact that most of his race crew during his entire career was from Australia or New Zealand and that the phenomena of him being incorrectly identified as Australian predates the internet.[1]

American Open Wheel racing

CART IndyCar

(key)

Year Team Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1984 Wysard Racing CART LBH PHX1 INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MIS1 ROA POC MDO
DNQ		 SAN MIS2 PHX2 LAG LVG
DNQ		 NC 0

Indy Lights

(key)

Year Team Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
1986 Louis Motorsports ARS PHX1 MIL MEA
5		 TOR
6		 POC
9		 MDO
9		 ROA LS
10		 PHX2 MIA
9		 12th 33
1987 TEAMKAR International ARS LBH PHX MIL
8		 MEA
9		 CLE
11		 TOR
7		 POC MDO NAZ LS
9		 MIA
Ret		 12th 22
1988 TEAMKAR International ARS PHX
10		 MIL
12		 POR CLE TOR
10		 MEA POC MDO ROA
Ret		 NAZ LS MIA 19th 8

IRL IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1996 Hemelgarn Racing IRL WDW PHX INDY
23		 34th 12
1996–97 Hemelgarn Racing IRL NHM
18		 LVS
27		 WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NH2 LV2 38th 25

Trivia

He is often referred to as "Bronco" Brad Murphey, as he is a former bronco riding champion.

References
  1. Brad Murphey Interview, OldRacingCars.com, December 31, 2015, Retrieved 2017-09-25


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