Donnie Beechler

Donnie Beechler (born May 18, 1961), is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He was born in Springfield, Illinois.

Beechler raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings. His best career finish was 3rd, achieved twice, at the 2000 IRL Phoenix 200 won by Buddy Lazier at Phoenix International Raceway and the 2001 300-mile race won by Eddie Cheever, Jr. at Kansas Speedway.

Since leaving IndyCars he has returned to the USAC Silver Crown Series on a part-time basis. Also was an avid roller skater competing in several Illinois State Speed Meets.

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IndyCar results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1998	Cahill	WDW	PHX	INDY 32	TXS 27	NHM 20	DOV	CLT 19	PPI 10	ATL 22	TX2 19	LVS 23			28th	71
1999	Cahill	WDW 26	PHX 11	CLT C1	INDY 29	TXS 17	PPIR 22	ATL 8	DOV 10	PPI2 20	LVS 18	TX2 11			21st	130
2000	Cahill	WDW 6	PHX 3	LVS 26	INDY 12	TXS 22	PPIR 5	ATL 5	KTY 10	TX2 6					5th	202
2001	Foyt	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 25	TXS 6	PPI 16	RIR 7	KAN 3	NSH 10	KTY 5	STL 14	CHI 5	TX2	15th	204
2002	Foyt	HMS DNS				INDY DNQ									NC	0

Indy 500 results