(1971-05-02) May 2, 1971 (age 53) Denver, Colorado
Retired
2001
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active
1996-2001
Teams
Bradley Motorsports
Starts
53
Wins
1
Podiums
3
Fastest laps
0
Best finish
1st in 1996
Previous series
1993-1995
Indy Lights
Championship titles
1996
Indy Racing League Co-Champion
Bradley Hobson "Buzz" Calkins Jr.[1] (born May 2, 1971 in Denver, Colorado) is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL. He won the series' inaugural race, the 1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World ahead of Tony Stewart and was that year's league co-champion with Scott Sharp. He competed in the Indianapolis 500 six times, with a best finish of 10th in 1998[1]. His win in the series' first race would end up to be his only IRL win. Calkins graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1993.[2] Calkins earned a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2000.[3] He drove until 2001 when he retired and ventured into the business world. He served as president of his father's company, Bradley Petroleum, until its sale in 2017.[4][5]
^"Bradley H Calkins from Cherry Hills Village, CO". Radaris.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^"Alumni News, Spring 2004, Northwestern Magazine". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
^"Kellogg World Alumni Magazine, Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
^IRL: Racing a family affair for Calkins[permanent dead link]Motorsport.com, August 7, 1998. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
^Bradley Petroleum & Sav-O-Mat Stations Sold Convenience Store News, February 15, 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
Bradley Hobson "Buzz" Calkins Jr. (born May 2, 1971 in Denver, Colorado) is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights...
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season. At the conclusion of the three-race schedule, Scott Sharp and BuzzCalkins ended up tied for first place in the season championship. With no tiebreaker...
Scott Goodyear 11- Eliseo Salazar 98- Donnie Beechler 14- Jeff Ward 12- BuzzCalkins 81- Billy Boat 55- Robby McGehee This was Robbie Buhl's 2nd and final...
1909. ^ In 1996, Scott Sharp and BuzzCalkins were tied in the final standings and were declared co-champions. Calkins had one win, as opposed to Sharp...
98- Billy Boat 21- Felipe Giaffone 35- Jeff Ward 10- Robby McGehee 12- BuzzCalkins 88- Airton Daré This race was held April 8 at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
convenience store owner Brad Calkins. His son, BuzzCalkins, drove the bright red cars shod in the livery of Bradley Food Marts, Brad Calkins' company. Bradley won...
completed all four phases of their rookie tests: Stewart, Mark Dismore, BuzzCalkins, Michel Jourdain Jr., Michele Alboreto, Richie Hearn, Racin Gardner,...
Eliseo Salazar 81- Robby Unser 9- Davey Hamilton 28- Mark Dismore 12- BuzzCalkins 8- Scott Sharp Failed to qualify: 19-Stan Wattles and 50-Roberto Guerrero...
enough to strip the win away from BuzzCalkins, who took the checkered flag by eight tenths of a second. With his win, Calkins became the first American driver...
Speedway, Stewart led 37 laps and finished a close second to fellow rookie BuzzCalkins. He also led laps at Phoenix in the early stages before a myriad of pit...
point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Robbie Buhl BuzzCalkins Doug Boyer Affonso Giaffone Full Results Held April 9 at Long Beach,...
championship circuits. It is reflected in the table for 1979, and 1996–2007. BuzzCalkins and Scott Sharp tied for the three-race 1996 Indy Racing League championship...
in 10th place as the last car in the lead lap, behind Scott Goodyear, BuzzCalkins, a recovering Eddie Cheever and Davey Hamilton. On the Lap 62 restart...
after that" Sam Schmidt, in a live interview during ABC's broadcast. BuzzCalkins and Buddy Lazier, both out of sequence, led the restart as the green...
was the co-champion of the IRL's inaugural season in 1996 along with BuzzCalkins. In 1997 two crashes resulting in severe concussions sidelined Sharp...
second day of qualifying, veterans Michael Andretti, Eddie Cheever, and BuzzCalkins withdrew their slow times from Saturday and re-qualified with better...
35- Jeff Ward 4- Scott Goodyear 99- Sam Schmidt 30- Raul Boesel 12- BuzzCalkins 51- Eddie Cheever Failed to qualify: 19-Stan Wattles, 27-Robbie Groff...
criticism about the Indianapolis 500 overshadowing the co-championship of BuzzCalkins and Scott Sharp, and the majority of motorsport series and potential...
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