Daniel Herrington

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Daniel Herrington
NationalityAmerican
Born (1986-07-12) July 12, 1986 (age 37)
Baltimore, Maryland
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active2007–2011
Teams SpeedWorks
Michael Crawford Motorsports
Bryan Herta Autosport
Genoa Racing
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts33
Wins1
Poles0
Best finish7th in 2009
Previous series
2006
2004–2005
Star Mazda Series
Formula BMW USA

Daniel Herrington (born July 12, 1986) is an American racing driver from Baltimore, Maryland.

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Herrington began his professional racing career in Formula BMW USA in 2004 with a partial schedule. He competed full-time in 2005 for Jensen Motorsport and finished 12th in points. In 2006 he moved to the Star Mazda Series and finished 10th in points with one victory. In 2007 he made his Firestone Indy Lights Series (then called the Indy Pro Series) debut for SpeedWorks, competing in 5 road course races and placing 23rd in points. He drove another partial season in 2008, competing in 8 races for Michael Crawford Motorsports and finishing 20th in points. In 2009 he will compete full-time for the new Bryan Herta Autosport team. [1] Daniel captured his first FILS victory at the Chicagoland 100 and finished 7th in points. Herrington returned to the series for the penultimate race of 2010 at Kentucky, stepping into BHA's No. 29 car when Sebastián Saavedra quit mid-race weekend. He competed in the following race for Genoa Racing. In 2011 he competed in the Sam Schmidt Motorsports #77 car in Toronto while both the car's regular drivers, Conor Daly and Bryan Clauson, were unavailable due to other commitments. He also drove the car in the double-header in Edmonton.

He currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Star Mazda Championship

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2006 AIM Autosport SEB
2
HOU
1
MDO
7
MIL
2
MON
28
MMP
7
POR
26
TRR ROA MOS ATL
34
LAG
10
10th252

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2007 SpeedWorks HMS STP1 STP2 INDY MIL IMS1
22
IMS2
10
IOW WGL1
6
WGL2
3
NSH MDO
20
KTY SNM1 SNM2 CHI 23rd101
2008 Michael Crawford Motorsports HMS STP1 STP2 KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL1
8
WGL2
15
NSH MDO1
21
MDO2
15
20th152
RLR/Andersen Racing KTY
11
SNM1
7
SNM2
8
CHI
10
2009 Bryan Herta Autosport STP1
7
STP2
5
LBH
10
KAN
6
INDY
7
MIL
14
IOW
9
WGL
6
TOR
9
EDM
9
KTY
6
MDO
6
SNM
11
CHI
1
HMS
12
7th383
2010 Bryan Herta Autosport STP ALA LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY
12
21st44
Genoa Racing HMS
7
2011 Sam Schmidt Motorsports STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR
12
EDM1
9
EDM2
7
TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 21st66

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References

  1. Lewandowski, Dave. New to series Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine , IndyCar.com, January 29, 2009