Wade Cunningham

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wade Grant Cunningham (born 19 August 1984) is a racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand who competed in the IndyCar Series from 2011 to 2012.

Racing career

Indy Lights

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Cunningham driving his Indy Lights car on the Streets of St. Petersburg in 2005

Cunningham's professional career began when he won the Karting World Championship in 2003.

The following year he moved to the United States and competed in the Cooper Tires Formula Ford Zetec Championship in which he finished 5th after winning four consecutive poles and seven podium finishes. He won the 2005 Indy Lights Series championship in his rookie season for Brian Stewart Racing despite only winning a single race.

He continued with the team in 2006 and won 3 more races, including the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (becoming the first driver from New Zealand to do so) and placed third in championship points despite missing two races due to an emergency appendectomy. While missing out on the drivers title the team was still able to claim their second consecutive entrants championship because they were able to replace Wade with a reserve driver for those events. He narrowly missed the title by 11 points and would have easily clinched his second drivers championship had he started either of those events.

He drove in the A1 Grand Prix series as practice driver for A1 Team New Zealand in the round in Taupō, New Zealand, and China.^[1] He returned to the Indy Lights Series in 2007 for AGR-AFS Racing where he finished 3rd.

IndyCar Series

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Cunningham (inside) racing in Indy Lights in 2008

In December 2007 Cunningham tested an IndyCar Series machine for the first time at Sebring as a reward for his results with their satellite team in the Indy Lights Series, driving the Andretti Green Racing IndyCar normally driven by Marco Andretti.^[2]

Wade's brother Mitch made his Firestone Indy Lights Series debut (formerly the Indy Pro Series) in 2008 for Brian Stewart Racing, the same team with whom Wade had his initial success. Wade made a handful of starts in the series in 2008, both for Brian Stewart and in the Mid-Ohio double-header for the new Alliance Motorsports team.

He signed on to return to the series full-time in 2009 driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Upon joining the team, he became the first driver to win a second Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Cunningham won again that race in 2010 in a one-race deal for the Schmidt team, becoming the only three-time winner of the Freedom 100.

Sam Schmidt announced 11 February that Cunningham would make his Izod IndyCar Series debut in 2011 with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in a three race deal. He qualified 8th on debut at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone Texas Twin 275s and posted a season and career best IndyCar finish at the Indy Kentucky 300 when he finished 7th a mere 0.702 seconds from the lead.

Racing record

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	A1 Team New Zealand	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR POScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NZL FEA POScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR POScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SHA FEA POScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	2nd	93

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2005	Brian Stewart Racing	HMS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PHX 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TXS 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PPIR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FON 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			1st	504
2006	Brian Stewart Racing	HMS 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP1	STP2	INDY 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".					3rd	379
2007	AGR-AFS Racing	HMS 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP1 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IMS2 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NSH 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM1 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM2 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	3rd	423
2008	Brian Stewart Racing	HMS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP1	STP2	KAN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW	WGL1	WGL2	NSH							19th	169
	Alliance Motorsports											MOH1 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY	SNM1	SNM2
	Integra Motorsports w/ CGRT																CHI 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP1 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	STP2 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LBH 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KAN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INDY 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	WGL 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TOR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EDM 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KTY 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MOH 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SNM 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHI 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HMS 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		4th	416
2010	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MOH	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				15th	87

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	99	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TXS2 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MOH	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT			37th	36	^[3]
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	17																		KTY 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LVS CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	37th	36	^[3]
2012	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12	41		STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MOH	SNM	BAL					28th	29	^[4]
2012	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12	14																FON 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				28th	29	^[4]

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2012	Dallara	Honda	26	31	A. J. Foyt Enterprises

References

↑ SuperPoints A1GP Taupo, New Zealand: Driver sign-on, A1GP.com, 18 January 2007
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External links

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[1] SuperPoints A1GP Taupo, New Zealand: Driver sign-on, A1GP.com, 18 January 2007

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