About John

Employment History

Team Manager

Dragon Racing

February 2008December 2011

John Cummiskey Racing

January 2006February 2008 (2 years 2 months)

John Cummiskey Racing is a race car restoration company that specializes in restoring Indy Cars.

Mechanic

Newman Haas Racing

20042006 (2 years)

Newman Haas Racing in Indianapolis. The 2004 and 2005 NHR Indy 500 programs were operated from our shop in Indy along with restoring some NHR championship cars. Mario Andretti’s 1984 Lola, Michael Andretti’s 1991 Lola, Nigel Mansell’s 1993 Lola.

Chief Mechanic

Team Green Racing

20002003 (3 years)

2000 mechanic for #27 Team Kool Green Dario Franchitti
2000-2003 Chief Mechanic for #39 Motorola Michael Andretti

Mechanic

Penske Racing

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sports industry

19881999 (11 years)

1988 Part time helper at 5 races #5 Rick Mears and #9 Danny Sullivan
1989 Fuel truck driver and mechanic #4 Rick Mears
1990 Mechanic #1 Emerson Fittipaldi
1991 Mechanic #3 Rick Mears
1992 Mechanic #4 Rick Mears and Paul Tracy
1993 Mechanic #12 Paul Tracy
1994 Mechanic #3 Paul Tracy
1995 Mechanic #1 Al Unser Jr
1996 Chief Mechanic Test Team Al Unser Jr and Paul Tracy
1997
1998
1999

John Cummiskey’s Education

Lewis University

Aviation Maintenance

19841986