Chris Bingham

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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Christopher Bingham (born December 15, 1971) is an American professional racing driver from Kirkland, Washington. He is a noted sports car driver but also competed in stock cars, with eleven Busch Series starts and one ARCA start in his career.

Racing career

Early career

Bingham started in motocross at the age of 10, and ventured into car racing after completing an advance driving course at the Jim Russell Racing School in 1991.[1][2] He began his professional racing career in 1994 at the last round of the IMSA championship, finishing 15th at the 2 hours of Phoenix driving a Tiga DBIV for Bobby Brown Racing.[3] In 1997, Bingham participated in the 24 Hours of Daytona in a GT3-class Porsche and made four Indy Lights starts, with a best finish of 11th at Nazareth Speedway. He returned to Daytona and made his 12 Hours of Sebring debut in 1998. In 1999 and 2000 Bingham was the #2 driver for the Hybrid R&D Riley & Scott-Ford Le Mans Prototype team in the American Le Mans Series. He also passed his Indy Racing League rookie test with Mid-America Motorsports but decided not to pursue an entry into the IRL. In 2001 and 2002 Bingham drove the works Saleen S7R in the Grand-Am Series' GTS class to back to back championships, including 11 class victories.

NASCAR Busch Series

Bingham decided to foray into NASCAR in 2003, when Bingham signed a deal to drive for Jay Robinson Racing in the Busch Series. He made his debut at North Carolina, starting 38th and finishing 34th after transmission issues. DNFs would plague his season, as Bingham fell out of seven of his eleven starts. Even when he did not fall out, Bingham struggled, earning just a career-best finish of 26th at Darlington and Texas. After his inconsistency, Bingham was released following a 33rd at Charlotte.

Return to sports cars

Bingham returned to the Grand Am Series' Daytona Prototype class in 2004 and began fielding his own entry in 2005. In 2006 he drove Derhaag Motorsports' Daytona Prototype but resigned from the team in August after poor finishes.[4] Earlier that season he was involved in a fistfight with competitor J. C. France after the two collided at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City and was suspended for one race and placed on probation.[5] He did not make any appearances in the series in 2007.

Motorsports career results

Complete American Open Wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1997 Leading Edge Motorsports MIA
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LBH
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAV STL MIL DET POR
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TOR TRO VAN LAG FON 29th 2

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NBSCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2003 Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford DAY CAR
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LVS
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DAR
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRI
37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TEX
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TAL NSH
42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RCH
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLT
33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 55th 680 [6]
39 CAL
38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GTY
34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NZH
30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ARMCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts Ref
2003 Capital City Motorsports 83 Pontiac DAY
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 163rd 95 [7]

References

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  4. ↑ Press Release from Chris Bingham - Grand Am Rolex Series Competitor, TheAutoChannel.com, August 6, 2006
  5. ↑ Grand-Am drivers Bingham, France issue apologies after Mexico City altercation Script error: No such module "webarchive"., FeedMeSportsCars.com, March 9, 2006
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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