Darren Manning

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Darren Manning
Darren Manning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Second Qualification Day for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	British
Date of birth	30 April 1975 (1975-04-30) (age 34)
Place of birth	Knaresborough, England, UK
2009 IRL IndyCar Series
Debut season	2004
Current team	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Car no.	23
Former teams	Chip Ganassi Racing, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts	60
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	11th in 2004
Previous series
2000-2001 2002 2002-2003 2006-2007	Formula 3000 ASCAR CART A1 Grand Prix

Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975 in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England) is a motor racing driver, most recently racing in the IRL IndyCar Series for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Contents 1 Career history 1.1 Early career 1.2 International career 2 Motorsports career results 2.1 Complete International Formula 3000 results 2.2 Complete A1 Grand Prix results 2.3 American Open-Wheel 2.3.1 CART 2.3.2 IndyCar 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career history

[edit] Early career

Darren began his racing career at the age of 10, competing in British and International karting events. In 1992, he took part in the Brands Hatch Formula First Winter Series, finishing second after recording two wins. His SpeedSport team took him in 1993 to race in the Formula Vauxhall championship again recording 2 victories en route to a second place finish in the championship. He was also a finalist for the McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. He continued in Formula Vauxhall in 1994 and 1995 and moved up to Formula 3 in 1996 and 1997. Budget constraints meant that he only raced a limited F3 schedule in 1998, but he did achieve two wins including at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix support race.

[edit] International career

In 1999 Darren won the All-Japan Formula Three championship, and was the first driver to achieve the "perfect victory" at the Macau Grand Prix since Ayrton Senna by winning from pole position, leading every lap and setting a lap record. He also tested with the Williams F1 team. In 2000 he began working for the BAR Honda F1 team as a test driver whilst also racing in the FIA International Formula 3000 championship for Arden Team Russia.

In 2002 he competed in the ASCAR (now SCSA) championship. He also made a one off drive at Rockingham in the CART series for Team St George, leading 18 laps on the way to 9th place. This led to a full-time drive for Walker Racing in 2003, taking one top-3 finish and 9th overall in the championship.

He joined Chip Ganassi's IRL team for 2004, finishing 11th in the championship having achieved 8 top-ten finishes but he was released from his contract in the middle of 2005 after 24 starts, including the 2004 and 2005 Indianapolis 500.

He raced at the last round of the 2005/6 A1 Grand Prix series at Shanghai, because main driver Robbie Kerr had other commitments and Darren helped secure A1 Team Great Britain third place in the overall standings. During 2006 he also drove a Nissan 350Z in the FIA GT Championship for RJN Motorsport.

For the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season he moved into a permanent role in the Great Britain A1GP team, alongside Robbie Kerr and Oliver Jarvis.

On 14 November 2006, Manning was named the driver of the A.J. Foyt Enterprises #14 car in the IRL IndyCar series for the 2007 season, marking his return to the league after a one-year absence.^[1] Manning also drove in the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona and led his team to a second-place finish, leading the race during a long overnight stint in the rain. He finished 13th in IndyCar points in 2007, capturing 5 top-tens in what was widely considered a significant step forward for the previously struggling Foyt team. In 2008 he finished second at Watkins Glen, with six further top ten finishes en route to 14th overall.

In 2009, he was racing for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in IndyCar, but left after two races. No reason has been given by either driver or team.

[edit] Motorsports career results

[edit] Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2000	Arden Team Russia	Lola B99/50	Zytek KV V8	A	IMO 12	SIL 2	CAT 7	NUR Ret	MON Ret	MAG 8	A1R 3	HOC 13	HUN 8	SPA Ret			8th	10
2001	Arden Team Russia	Lola B99/50	Zytek KV V8	A	INT 8	IMO 2	CAT 20	A1R Ret	MON Ret	NUR 7	MAG 5	SIL 6	HOC Ret	HUN Ret	SPA Ret	MNZ Ret	11th	9

[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
2005–06	Great Britain	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR 2	CHN FEA 15	3rd	97
2006–07		NED SPR 5	NED FEA 7	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	3rd	92

[edit] American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

[edit] CART

2002 results to be completed.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2003	Walker	STP Ret	MTY 7	LBH 8	BRH 10	LAU 6	MIL 4	LS Ret	POR 6	CLE 10	TOR 8	VAN 5	ROA 6	MDO 8	MTL 10	DEN 8	MIA 11	MXC 9	SRF 2	FON NH	9th	103

[edit] IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2004	Ganassi	HMS 6	PHX 5	MOT 4	INDY Ret	TXS 8	RIR Ret	KAN 11	NSH 4	MIL Ret	MIS 13	KTY 10	PPIR 4	NZR 6	CHI Ret	FON DNS	TX2 INJ				11th	323
2005	Ganassi	HMS 6	PHX 8	STP 9	MOT 8	INDY Ret	TXS 17	RIR Ret	KAN 7	NSH Ret	MIL Ret	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			21st	186
2007	Foyt	HMS Ret	STP 12	MOT 12	KAN 11	INDY 20	MIL 11	TXS Ret	IOW 5	RIR 14	WGL 9	NSH 9	MDO 6	MIS Ret	KTY 13	SNM 12	DET 4	CHI Ret			13th	332
2008	Foyt	HMS 13	STP 13	MOT1 8	LBH1 DNP	KAN Ret	INDY 9	MIL 13	TXS Ret	IOW Ret	RIR 12	WGL 2	NSH 9	MDO 8	EDM 10	KTY Ret	SNM 22	DET 12	CHI 7	SRF2 Rpl	14th	323
2009	Dreyer & Reinbold	STP 8	LBH 16	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			31st	38

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
5	3	60	0	0	1	25	0	0

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Dumbreck	All-Japan Formula Three Champion 1999	Succeeded by Sebastien Philippe
Preceded by Peter Dumbreck	Macau Grand Prix Winner 1999	Succeeded by André Couto

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