Tom Bagley

Tom Bagley (born December 3, 1939, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is a former driver in the USAC, CART Championship Car, IMSA, Formula Atlantic, and Trans-Am Series. He raced Indycars in the 1978-1980 and 1983 seasons, with 42 combined career starts, including the 1978-1980 Indianapolis 500,[1] finishing in the top ten 23 times, with a best finish, three times, of 4th position. He was USAC Rookie of the Year in 1978, and did not finish worse than 11th in points during his three full-time seasons. He did not begin racing until age 31, after earning a master's degree in Physics from Pennsylvania State University.[2] Bagley and Janet Guthrie were the only physicists to compete in Indycar in the 1970s. Bagley rose to fame driving Formula Super Vee cars, winning the SCCA championship in 1976, and was USAC co-champion in 1977. Bagley owned and maintained his own race cars in this part of his career. He next joined the Indycar ranks with sponsorship from Kent Oil, driving for Longhorn Racing and Patrick Racing. After retiring from racing full-time, Bagley worked as a physicist for longtime series sponsor PPG Industries, developing new methods for creating powder paints. From 2004 to 2020 he worked at Autobahn Country Club as the Director of Racing Instruction, responsible for designing the safety features at the track and overseeing the instruction, licensing, and racing activities.[3] Bagley still competes in club and endurance races in his Spec Miata and vintage events including the Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race on occasion. Bagley was described by the SVRA in 2019 as a "driver who accomplished much with limited resources" and "the driver to beat in Formula Super Vee" [4]

For other uses, see Tom Bagley (disambiguation).
Tom Bagley in 2013

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs
YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1972Road AtlantaRoyaleVolkswagenFormula Super Vee204Retired
1973Road AtlantaRoyaleVolkswagenFormula Super Vee65Running

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
1977 Tom Bagley TRE
1		 MIL
5		 MOS
1		 PIR
17		 1 500
1978 PIR1
3		 TRE1 MOS MIL1 TEX MIL2 OMS1 OMS2 TRE2 PIR2 19th 140

Complete USAC Championship Car results
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
1978 PHX
8		 ONT
17		 TXS
10		 TRE
12		 INDY
27		 MOS
17		 MIL
7		 POC
26		 MIC
12		 ATL
6		 TXS
16		 MIL
DNS		 ONT
4		 MIC
6		 TRE
12		 SIL
13		 BRH
14		 PHX
14		 11th 1.188
1979 Longhorn Racing Penske Cosworth PHX
8		 ATL
8		 ATL
7		 INDY
9		 TRT
8		 TRT
4		 MIC
6		 MIC
6		 WGL
6		 TRT
7		 ONT
32		 MIC
5		 ATL PHX
9		 8th 1.208
1980 Patrick Racing Penske
Wildcat		 ONT
5		 INDY
Ret		 MIL
Ret		 POC
Ret		 MDO
DNS		 MIC
8		 WGL
6		 MIL
4		 ONT
Ret		 MIC
8		 MXS
Ret		 PHX
Ret		 11th 794
1983 ATL INDY MIL CLE
DNQ		 MIC ROA POC
34		 RIV MDO MIC CPL LAG PHX 60th 0

Indy 500 results
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1978 Watson Offy 14th 27th
1979 Penske Cosworth 15th 9th
1980 Wildcat Cosworth 13th 28th
1981 Lola Cosworth Failed to Qualify

References
  1. Utterback, Bill (1989) "His career ran out of gas, but memories keep going", Pittsburgh Press, October 16, 1989, retrieved 2010-10-03
  2. http://www.rrdc.org/member/tom-bagley/
  3. https://autobahnmembers.com/autobahn-staff/
  4. Staff, SPEED SPORT (2019-08-01). "Field Full For Indy Charity Pro-Am". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved 2020-10-12.


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