 Dan Drinan akaberekwa musi wa4 Chikunguru 1960 mutyairi wemota yekuAmerica anobva kuIndianapolis uyo akakundikana pazviitiko zvitatu zvakasiyana kuti akwanise kuenda kuIndianapolis 500. Kuedza kwake kwokutanga kwakauya muna 1996, gore rokutanga iro Indy Racing League rakatendera mujaho wacho. Drinan akadonhedza chassis yake ya1991 Lola, chassis yekare yakanyoreswa semunhu anogona kukodzera, panguva yekudzidzira kunyangwe zvisingaite kuti chassis yake yechinyakare uye injini yeBuick ingadai yakagadzira kumhanya kunodiwa kuti iite munda. Drinan akakuvadzwa muuropi uye akatyoka gumbo mutsaona yacho. Akadzoka muna 1998 uye Mann Motorsports Dallara yake zvakare yakatadza kuwana kumhanya kunodiwa kuti iite munda. Kuedza kwake kwekupedzisira kwaiva muna 2000, paakapiwa Dallara yekare uye vashandi vashoma neHemelgarn Racing, asi motokari yacho haina kumbobata zvakanaka uye Drinan akadonha zvakare panguva yekudzidzira, achimudzivisa kubva pakukwanisa. Drinan akaramba ari mukwikwidzi wepamusoro-soro muUSAC sprint mota uye midget mujaho. Pashure pokusiya chikwata cheIWX nesimba, iye zvino ari kutsigira mwanakomana wake muduku mupurogiramu yake yomumhanyi Danny Drinan Jr uyo ane tarisiro inopikira yenguva yemberi iri kuuya. 