Cory Witherill

Cory Witherill
Cory Witherill Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2003
Born	(1971-12-17) December 17, 1971 Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Cory Witherill (born December 17, 1971) is an American race car driver from Los Angeles who competed in the Indy Racing League, Infiniti Pro Series, Indy Lights, and ARCA series. He made an incredible bump day run on a brand new engine to qualify for the 2001 Indianapolis 500, becoming the only full-blooded Native American to race in the Indy 500. He finished 19th. In 2002 and 2003, with the collapse of the IRL team he drove for, he went to the Infiniti Pro Series driving for Ron Hemelgarn Racing. In 2002, he had 8 podium finishes and 1 win at Nashville Superspeedway. He attempted to become the first full-blooded Native American in NASCAR.

Personal life

He currently lives in Santa Monica, with his wife Jennifer Khasnabis (former reporter for MotorWeek TV). Their first child, Graham Liston Witherill, was born in September 2009. In late 2017, the couple announced they were separating, and subsequently filed for divorce.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

CART Indy Lights / Infiniti Pro Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1998	Genoa Racing	HMS	LBH	NAZ	GAT	MIL 13	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	TRO	VAN 15	LAG 12	FON 4	23rd	13
1999	Genoa Racing	HMS 15	LBH 14	NAZ 14	MIL 17	POR 19	CLE 16	TOR 11	MIS 17	DET 12	CMS 15	LAG 11	FON 4			18th	17
2000	Genoa Racing	LBH 19	MIL 13	DET 15	POR 15	MIS 11	CMS 14	MDO	VAN	LAG	GAT DNS	HOU	FON 13			19th	2
2001	Indy Regency Racing	MTY 9	LBH 7	TXS	MIL 11	POR 7	KAN 6	TOR 11	MDO 8	GAT 10	ATL 10	LAG 11	FON 10			12th	44
2002	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	KAN 3	NSH 1*	MIS DNS	KTY 3	GAT 11	CHI 13	TXS 2								4th	213
2003	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	HMS 12	PHX 9	INDY 2	PPR 12	KAN 5	NSH 6	MIS 15	GAT 2	KTY 2	CHI 6	FON 9	TXS 3			5th	336
2004	Hemelgarn Racing	HMS	PHX	INDY 7	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPR	CHI 15	FON	TXS			21st	41

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points	Ref
2001	Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	16	Oldsmobile	PHX	HMS	ATL 22	INDY 19	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	GTW	CHI	TXS	40th	19

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	31	19	Indy Regency Racing

External links

• Cory Witherill career summary at DriverDB.com
• Cory Witherill driver statistics at Racing-Reference