Mark Hotchkis (born April 17, 1969) is an American former racing driver from

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Racing career

After graduating from the

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School of High Performance Driving and the Elf-Winfield School first in class Hotchkis started competitive racing in

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in 1993. Hotchkis made his auto racing debut in 1993. In the regional Formula Dodge championships. Hotchkis won the Rookie of the Year title in the Western and Midwestern championships. The driver from Pasadena captured another five wins in the Eastern championship. For 1994 Hotchkis graduated into the Barber Saab Pro Series. In his first race at Bicentennial Park in

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Hotchkiss finished eleventh. Near the end of the season with three rounds to go Hotchkis was placed third in the championship. As Hotchkis won both races at

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and placed second in the season finale at

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the American beat

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for the second place in the standings. The following year Hotchkis moved into

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, finishing 7th in points. He captured his first win the following year from the pole at the

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and finished a career best 5th in points. He drove for Team Green in 1997 but failed to win and again finished 7th in points. He competed part-time in 1998 and won his final Indy Lights race, the season finale at

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Personal life

Hotchkis is an alumnus of

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where he studied legal studies. Hotchkis is now involved with his brother John's company, Hotchkis Sport Suspension, which designs and markets high performance suspension systems for classic

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s. Mark and John also own a classic

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race car that they campaign in various vintage races.Hotchkis featured on Adam Carolla Show
Hotchkis Sport Suspension PR, September 8, 2009, Retrieved 2010-01-02 He is married with two children.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

References

External links

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Mark Hotchkis Indy Lights results
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