 Dale Coyne raced smaller open-cockpit cars during the late-1970s and early-1980s before pursuing a career in the fledgling CART series.He attempted to qualify, with limited success, for each CART race in 1984, but his efforts earned him a CART franchise for the following season.In 1986, the team raced the Coyne DC-1, which was a 1984 Lola Indy car modified to fit a Chevrolet stock-block engine.