Casey Mears
Casey Mears, IRL event, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Miami, Flordia, 8th April 2001. Copyright LAT Photographic 2011. Used with permission.
Casey Mears, 2010 NASCAR meeting, Pocono Speedway, 6th June 2010. Copyright LAT Photographic 2010. Used with permission.
Born: |
12 Mar 1978 |
Nationality: |
United States |
Indy 500s: | 0 (2001) |
Son of Roger, who until 2017, raced in NASCAR. Also won Daytona in 2006. Casey followed his father's footsteps and started in off-road racing as a fourteen-year-old in 1992, before then moving to sprint cars a couple of years later. Casey then moved into single-seater open wheel racing, appearing in Indy Lights in a team run by his father, which proved a success and it saw him move up to Champ Cars in 2000. Casey's next stop was NASCAR and was in the discipline from 2003 until 2017 with the occasional sportscar one-off in addition. Didn't race in 2018, but was back in NASCAR with a part-time drive in 2019. From late 2019 onwards he has returned to one of his - and his father's - first loves; off-road racing. He has also appeared in a few Track Attack races.
Biography last updated 29 Mar 2024