Darren Manning

Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Darren Manning
Darren Manning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009.
NationalityBritish
Born (1975-04-30) 30 April 1975
Knaresborough, England
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season2004
Car number23
Former teamsChip Ganassi Racing, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts60
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish11th in 2004
Previous series
2000–2001
2002
2002–2003
2006–2007
Formula 3000
ASCAR
CART
A1 Grand Prix

Career history

Early career

Manning was born in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, and 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.

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 while also racing in the FIA International Formula 3000 championship for Arden Team Russia.

In 2002 he competed in the ASCAR (now SCSA) championship. He had a one-off drive in the FIA Sportscar championship at Magny-Cours driving a Tampolli SR2 RTA-2001 in the SR2 class for JCI Developments. He also had 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, in place of Tony Renna after his fatal testing accident, 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 No. 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.

In 2010 Manning drove for Spirit of Daytona Racing in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the number 90 Daytona Prototype.

Motorsports career results

Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points
2000 Arden Team Russia 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 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

American Open-Wheel

(key)

CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2002 Team St. George Lola B02/00 Ford XF V8 t MTY LBH MOT MIL LS POR CHI TOR CLE VAN MDO ROA MTL DEN ROC
9
MIA SRF FON MXC 21st 4
2003 Walker Racing Reynard 02i Ford XFE V8 t STP
13
MTY
7
LBH
8
BRH
10
LAU
6
MIL
4
LS
18
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

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2004 Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force GF09B Toyota Indy V8 HMS
6
PHX
5
MOT
4
INDY
25
TXS
8
RIR
20
KAN
11
NSH
4
MIL
19
MIS
13
KTY
10
PPIR
4
NZR
6
CHI
15
FON
DNS
TX2
INJ
11th 323
2005 Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz GF09C Toyota Indy V8 HMS
6
PHX
8
STP
9
MOT
8
INDY
29
TXS
17
RIR
15
KAN
7
NSH
20
MIL
20
MIS KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON 21st 186
2007 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 HMS
13
STP
12
MOT
12
KAN
11
INDY
20
MIL
11
TXS
13
IOW
5
RIR
14
WGL
9
NSH
9
MDO
6
MIS
15
KTY
13
SNM
12
DET
4
CHI
21
13th 332
2008 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 HMS
13
STP
13
MOT1
8
LBH1
DNP
KAN
24
INDY
9
MIL
13
TXS
28
IOW
21
RIR
12
WGL
2
NSH
9
MDO
8
EDM
10
KTY
19
SNM
22
DET
12
CHI
7
SRF2 14th 323
2009 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 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

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

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2007 Arena Motorsports International LMP1 Zytek 07S Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8 M SEB STP LNB TEX UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET
ovr:Ret
cls:Ret
MON
ovr:10
cls:4
16th 25

References

  1. Manning lands with Foyt www.grandprix.com
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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