Brandon Wagner

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Brandon Wagner
NationalityAmerican
Born (1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 36)
Lafayette, Indiana
Firestone Indy Lights
Years active 20082012
Former teamsWagner Racing
Davey Hamilton Racing
Team Moore Racing
Team E
Starts19
Wins1
Poles1
Best finish13th in 2010
Previous series
2004–2007 USAC National Midget Division

Brandon Wagner (born April 3, 1987) is an American racing driver from Lafayette, Indiana. He is a graduate of Central Catholic High School and is currently enrolled at Purdue University.

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Beginning in karting in 1999, he moved to USAC Midgets in 2004, competing for his father John's team. The family purchased a Firestone Indy Lights Series Dallara chassis in mid-2008 and he made his debut in the final race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway. He competed part-time in the 2009 season with the team being run in conjunction with Davey Hamilton and Kingdom Racing. He captured his first pole with Kingdom Racing on August 29, 2009 at Chicagoland Speedway but was involved in an early race accident and did not finish. Wagner made his 2010 debut in the Freedom 100 with Davey Hamilton/Kingdom Racing where he captured his best Indy Lights finish of 8th. The team continued running a partial season of ovals, similar to the schedule they ran in 2009. On October 2, 2010, Wagner captured his first win in the Firestone Indy Lights Series at Homestead Miami Speedway after passing polesitter Pippa Mann at the start and dueling with James Hinchcliffe for much of the race. Wagner continued part-time on ovals in 2011 with a best finish of fourth at Kentucky Speedway and finished fifteenth in points. He drove in the 2012 Freedom 100 for Team E, his only race of the season.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2008 Alliance-Wagner Motorsports HMS STP1 STP2 KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL1 WGL2 NSH MDO1 MDO2 KTY SNM1 SNM2 CHI
15
37th15
2009 Davey Hamilton/Kingdom Racing STP1
20
STP2
18
LBH KAN INDY
11
MIL IOW
16
WGL TOR EDM KTY
11
MDO SNM CHI
15
HMS
17
24th103
2010 Davey Hamilton Racing STP ALA LBH INDY
8
IOW
12
WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI
12
KTY
8
HMS
1
13th136
2011 Davey Hamilton Racing STP ALA LBH INDY
14
MIL
11
IOW
DNS
TOR EDM1 EDM2 TRO 15th134
Team Moore Racing NHM
9
BAL KTY
4
LVS
6
2012 Team E STP ALA LBH INDY
16
DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON 28th14


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