# Bill Tempero

Bill Tempero (born January 16, 1944) is an American former racing driver from Milwaukee. He raced in the CART Championship Car series from 1980 to 1984 competing in full seasons his first two years and partial schedules thereafter. He failed to qualify for both the races he attempted in 1984, so he was not credited with a race start that season. Tempero finished 20th in CART points in 1980 with two top-10 finishes including his series-best result of 6th place at the Milwaukee Mile while driving for Hopkins Racing. He fielded his own car in 1981 and 32nd in points without a single top-ten. He attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1980, 1981, and 1983 but failed to make the field in 1980 and 1983 and crashed while attempting to qualify in 1981.
After a decline in his performance in CART as costs and talent levels rose throughout the 1980s, Tempero went to the declining Can-Am series in 1984 and finished 4th and 2nd in championship points in his two seasons in the series, the series' final two years of operation in 1985 and 1986.
After the short stint, Can-Am finally folded, and Tempero led an effort to create a new series, the American Indycar Series in 1988. Tempero dominated the second-tier series, which featured year-old (and older) chassis from CART competition.
Tempero attempted to return to top-level open wheel racing in the Indy Racing League's first race at the Walt Disney World Speedway in 1996. His four-year-old Lola/Buick V6 failed to make the field, but the team continued to enter IRL races throughout 1996 for other drivers. Following his retirement from racing, Tempero pursued his interest in history, and currently serves as the president of the United States Cavalry Association.

## Motorsport results
### CART

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
| 1980 | Tempero Racing | Eagle 74 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | ONT 17 | INDY DNQ | MIL 16 | POC | MDO 17 | MCH 17 | WGL 15 | MIL 6 | ONT 18 | MCH 16 | MXC 8 | PHX 11 | | | | | 20th | 331 |
| 1981 | Tempero Racing | McLaren M24 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | PHX 18 | MIL | ATL 15 | ATL 14 | MCH 34 | RIV 28 | MIL 17 | MCH 15 | WGL 23 | MXC 12 | PHX DNQ | | | | | | 32nd | 7 |
| 1982 | Tempero Racing | Longhorn LR-01 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | PHX DNQ | ATL | MIL | CLE 8 | MCH | MIL 19 | POC | RIV 14 | ROA 18 | MCH | PHX DNQ | | | | | | 29th | 22 |
| 1983 | Tempero Racing | Longhorn LR-01 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | ATL | INDY DNQ | MIL | CLE 23 | MCH | ROA DNQ | POC | RIV | MDO 21 | MCH | CPL | LAG | PHX | | | | 49th | 0 |
| 1984 | Alsup Racing | Longhorn LR-01 | Chevrolet Indy V8 | LBH DNQ | PHX | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MCH | | | | | | | | | NC | — |
| 1984 | Jet Engineering | March 84C | Cosworth DFX V8t | | | | | | | | | ROA DNQ | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | PHX | LAG | CPL | NC | — |

### IRL IndyCar

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 1996 | Tempero-Giuffre Racing | Lola T92/00 | 15 | Buick V6 | WDW Wth | PHX | INDY | NC | — | |

### SCCA National Championship Runoffs

| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
| 1973 | Road Atlanta | Lola T192 | Chevrolet | Formula A | 4 | 4 | Running |
| 1975 | Road Atlanta | Merlyn Mk. 29 | Ford Kent | Formula Ford | 19 | 24 | Running |
| 1976 | Road Atlanta | Royale | Ford Kent | Formula Ford | 25 | 12 | Not running |