Michael Greenfield

Who is Michael Greenfield?

Michael Greenfield is an American former owner-driver in the CART series. Born in Whitestone, New York, he made 6 Indy Lights starts in 1988. In 1989 he purchased a 1987 Lola chassis and attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and the Pocono Raceway event, crashing during practice both times. He returned the next year with the same car and competed in 7 races, his career-best finish of 12th coming in an attrition-filled Meadowlands race. He funded two more races with Dale Coyne Racing and competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1991, then returned in 1994 and 1995 to attempt to qualify for the Indy 500 with a 1993 Lola powered by a pushrod V8 engine designed and built by his father Peter. In 1994 Michael was not able to complete rookie orientation and the team was forced to hire Johnny Parsons to run the car, however, it never came up to speed and they did not make a qualifying attempt. In 1995 Michael took over driving duties but again failed to make a qualifying attempt. According to Peter Greenfield, the team was forced to modify the Lola chassis to accept the larger pushrod engine but in doing so had ruined its handling balance.