Kevin Cogan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Cogan
Occupation	Formula One Driver
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1956(1956-03-31)
Age	68
Birthplace	Culver City
Country	United States
Birth City	Culver City
Horoscope	Aries

Kevin Cogan Biography

Kevin Cogan is one of the most popular and richest Formula One Driver who was born on March 31, 1956 in Culver City, Culver City, United States. Kevin Cogan (full name John Kevin Cogan), born in Culver City, California, March 31, 1956 is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from 1980 to 1981. Driving a RAM Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell at the 1981 US GP West. He then moved over to Indy cars in 1982 but his career was cut short by a series of accidents.

Cogan never managed to win a race in 1982, and was possibly fired by Roger Penske because of it and replaced by Al Unser in 1983.

In 1982 Cogan joined Team Penske to drive the No. 4 Norton Spirit Penske PC-10-Cosworth DFX. At the season-opening Kraco Car Stereos 150 at Phoenix International Raceway Cogan qualified and finished in third place. The remainder of Cogan’s season proved to be inconsistent, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Domino’s Pizza Pocono 500 at Pocono International Raceway to teammate Rick Mears. Cogan also scored a pair of pole positions at the Budweiser Cleveland 500 at Burke Lakefront Airport and the AirCal 500 at Riverside International Raceway. At the end of the season Cogan finished sixth in points while Mears won the championship. Penske released Cogan at the end of the season.

In 1983 Cogan began driving for Bignotti-Cotter Racing in the No. 6 Master Mechanic/Caesar’s Palace March 83C-Cosworth DFX (numbered 16 at Indianapolis only). During the season results were hard to come by for Cogan with his best finish being a 5th place at the Indianapolis 500 where teammate Tom Sneva won. Helping neither Cogan nor Sneva was that Bignotti-Cotter began to develop the Theodore 83 rather than continue to use the proven March 83C. At the end of the season Cogan finished 15th in the CART standings and 6th in the USAC standings. At the end of the season Cogan and Bignotti-Cotter parted ways.

Cogan made his Indycar debut at the 1981 Indianapolis 500, driving the No. 32 Sugaripe Prunes Phoenix PR-01-Cosworth DFX for Jerry O’Connell Racing, as part of the USAC Gold Crown Championship. Cogan qualified in 12th place and finished the race in fourth place with 197 laps complete. Despite this Cogan lost the Rookie of the Year Award to Josele Garza. Cogan then competed in the rival CART/PPG World Series for O’Connell. In his debut, the Gould Rex Mays Classic at the Milwaukee Mile Cogan qualified in seventh place and finished in second. After the race Cogan was ranked fifth in points. Cogan participated in four more races that season with his best finish coming at the Los Angeles Times 500 at Riverside International Raceway. Cogan finished his debut CART season 23rd in points.

Kevin Cogan Net Worth

Kevin Cogan is one of the richest Formula One Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Cogan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cogan quickly fell out of favor following the humiliation stemming from the accident. It was followed by a noticeable “blacklisting” by fans and press. Cogan nearly had the dubious distinction of taking out two of the most famous American auto racing legends (Foyt and Andretti) in one move in the biggest race of the season. The incident also further rehashed a standing feud between Team Penske and Patrick Racing. A year earlier, Penske and Patrick were the key fixtures in the controversial 1981 race.

At the end of the USAC Gold Crown season Cogan finished 47th in points. The reason was that Cogan ran the 1981 race without a USAC Class I license and got no points for his 4th-place finish.

Gordon Johncock, Johnny Rutherford and Bobby Unser later placed some blame of the accident on the polesitter Rick Mears, for bringing the field down at such a slow pace. Gordon Johncock, who went on to win the 1982 race, pointed out that Andretti had jumped the start, and could have avoided the spinning car of Cogan had he been lined up properly in the second row. Foyt wrote a memoir of his career in 1983 and when mentioning the crash, in a more analytic form, assigned some blame on Mears for the slow start, while assigning Cogan the rest of the responsibility.

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In 1988, ESPN reporter Jack Arute reported that Cogan was married, to Tracy, and had a son. In a 2015 interview with a news reporter it was revealed that Cogan has 2 more children, a daughter and a son, since his retirement.

Facts & Trivia

Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Formula One Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kevin Cogan celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

For 1989 Cogan returned with the Machinists Union driving the No. 11 Schaefer Beer/Playboy Fashions March 88C-Cosworth DFX. Another frustrating season saw Cogan finish 14th in points with a best finish of 8th at the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca Raceway. The only ‘highlight’ of Cogan’s season was a major crash at the Indianapolis 500. At the end of the third lap, Cogan spun in turn four and hit the entrance to the pit lane. The car broke in half, rebounded and slammed into the end of the pit wall before finally sliding to a stop on its side in the pit lane. To everyone’s surprise, Cogan immediately climbed from his destroyed car unharmed.