Darrell Basham

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Darrell Basham
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1949-03-17) March 17, 1949 (age 74)
Henryville, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season1972
Current teamDarrell Basham Racing
Car number34
Starts333
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish7th in 1976
Awards
2003, 2011
2012
Spirit Award
Marcum Award
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish113th (1979)
First race 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 (Nashville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of September 20, 2014.
Last updated on: October 7, 2023.

Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 34 Chevrolet for Darrell Basham Racing.

Contents

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Basham's 2013 ARCA car at Road America Darrell Basham 34 at 2013 ARCA Scott 160 at Road America.jpg
Basham's 2013 ARCA car at Road America

Basham made his ARCA Racing Series debut in 1972. In 1975, Basham posted a career-best finish of fifth twice, both times at Salem Speedway. One year later, he finished a career-best seventh place in the standings. [1]

After driving sporadically over the next two decades, Basham began racing full-time again in 2002. The next season, Basham won the Spirit Award for his dedication and support for ARCA, uplifting spirit by way of example, perseverance, and positive attitude. [2] He finished ninth in the 2009 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona, tying his career-best finish at the track from 33 years earlier. That same year, Basham and his son Jason made ARCA history by becoming the first father/son duo to finish in the top 20 in the standings the same year. [1]

In 2011, Basham competed in all 19 races, having a best finish of 12th at Salem Speedway and finishing 10th in the season point standings. [1] He also won the Spirit Award for the second time. [2]

Basham made his 300th career ARCA start at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 2012, finishing 21st in the event. [3] He had a best finish of 14th place that season at Winchester Speedway, and ultimately finished 11th in the points standings. He was awarded the Marcum Award at the Championship Awards Banquet for his positive efforts and contributions within the ARCA Racing community. [3] [4]

2018 ARCA car at Madison 69 Darrell Basham car 2018 ARCA Madison.jpg
2018 ARCA car at Madison

After racing a full schedule in the ARCA Racing Series for the previous 11 seasons, the 63-year-old Basham decided to reduce his schedule for the 2013 season and only compete on short tracks. Basham would run seventeen more races between 2014 and 2019. He did not make any starts for the next three years, but returned to the series for the 2023 season finale at Toledo, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing, where he would finish twelfth, albeit nineteen laps down to race winner William Sawalich.

NASCAR

Basham has competed in a single NASCAR Winston Cup Series event in his career, the 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. He started and finished 24th in the 28-car field, completing 101 of the race's 420 laps before retiring from the event due to rear end failure. [5] Basham also competed in the NASCAR-sanctioned Goody's Dash Series, a racing formula for four-cylinder subcompact cars, in the early and mid 1990s. [6]

Personal life

Basham has three children. [1] His son Jason competed in 60 ARCA Racing Series events between 2003 and 2013. [7]

Basham operates a business as an independent trucker, operating his shop and trucking business from shops attached to his home in Henryville; he builds his own racing engines as well. [1] On March 2, 2012, Basham's race shop was destroyed by a tornado that devastated Henryville; [8] Basham was able to salvage his race cars and other parts to reopen in a garage in Marysville, Indiana, and successfully resumed racing in ARCA, christening his car the Spirit of Henryville. He also has a son named Mike, who also has competed in ARCA, [9] and a brother named Dugan, who worked as a crew chief for his Darrell's team.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPtsRef
1979 Jim Patrick Racing34 Mercury RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV
24
DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT 113th91 [10]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425AMSCPtsRef
1979 Jim Patrick Racing34 Mercury AVS
9
DAY NSV
8
FRS
11
SLM DSP IMS TAL FRS NA0 [11]
1980 DAY
18
NWS FRS FRS MCH TAL
29
IMS FRS MCH NA0 [12]
1981 DAY
DNQ
DSP
16
FRS FRS
9
BFS
9
TAL
27
FRS COR 18th285 [13]
1982 NSV DAY TAL FRS CMS
13
WIN
24
NSV TAT TAL FRS BFS MIL SND NA0 [14]
1994 50 Pontiac DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF
39
I70 ISF NA0 [15]
5 Pontiac DSF
17
TOL SLM WIN ATL
1996 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM
27
WIN
24
CLT ATL NA0 [16]
1997 DAY ATL SLM
23
CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM
11
WIN
26
CLT TAL ISF
20
ATL NA0 [17]
1999 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM
28
AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM
30
CLT TAL ATL 97th170 [18]
2000 Chevy DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM
32
CLT TAL ATL 135th70 [19]
2001 DAY NSH WIN SLM
11
GTY KEN
28
CLT KAN MCH POC
25
MEM GLN
33
KEN
18
MCH POC
19
NSH
12
ISF
22
CHI
17
DSF SLM
15
TOL
14
BLN
19
CLT
31
TAL
27
ATL
18
12th2905 [20]
2002 DAY
41
ATL
14
NSH
27
KEN
20
CLT
28
KAN
27
POC
24
MCH
25
TOL
13
SBO
14
KEN
35
BLN
21
POC
21
NSH
28
ISF
34
WIN
18
DSF
40
CHI
14
SLM
22
TAL
20
CLT
33
15th3565 [21]
50 SLM
31
2003 34 DAY
22
ATL
21
NSH
26
SLM
34
TOL
14
KEN
22
CLT
29
BLN
22
KAN
10
MCH
22
LER
27
POC
26
POC
38
NSH
26
ISF
13
WIN
20
DSF
13
CHI
23
SLM
13
TAL
40
CLT
34
SBO
18
14th3770 [22]
2004 DAY
24
NSH
20
SLM
11
KEN
14
TOL
19
KAN
19
POC
13
MCH
26
SBO
13
BLN
17
KEN
24
GTW
15
POC
15
LER
14
NSH
23
ISF
14
TOL
22
DSF
25
CHI
16
SLM
19
TAL
17
11th4280 [23]
Ford CLT
26
2005 Chevy DAY
DNQ
NSH
24
SLM
16
KEN
28
TOL
19
LAN
16
MIL
24
BLN
16
LER
16
ISF
16
TOL
26
DSF
20
CHI
22
SLM
17
TAL
17
12th4000 [24]
Pontiac POC
14
MCH
37
KAN
7
KEN
37
POC
16
GTW
21
NSH
18
MCH
40
2006 Chevy DAY
18
SLM
12
WIN
29
TOL
32
POC
17
MCH
29
BLN
18
ISF
17
TOL
20
DSF
20
SLM
22
TAL
21
13th3960 [25]
Pontiac NSH
34
KEN
30
KAN
29
KEN
21
POC
18
GTW
20
NSH
18
MCH
28
MIL
21
CHI
24
IOW
18
2007 Chevy DAY
18
USA
19
SLM
23
WIN
12
TOL
26
IOW
27
BLN
19
ISF
20
MIL
17
GTW
31
DSF
32
SLM
27
TAL
DNQ
TOL
19
15th3470 [26]
Pontiac NSH
28
KAN
28
KEN
26
POC
33
MCH
28
KEN
31
POC
35
NSH
37
CHI
37
2008 Chevy DAY
14
SLM
16
IOW
23
KAN
35
CAR
22
KEN
35
TOL
15
POC
16
MCH
33
CAY
20
KEN
27
BLN
22
POC
25
NSH
27
ISF
26
DSF
21
CHI
41
SLM
14
NJE
23
TAL
17
TOL
32
15th3565 [27]
2009 DAY
9
SLM
25
CAR
36
TAL
20
KEN
23
TOL
10
POC
22
MCH
34
MFD
18
IOW
22
BLN
21
POC
23
ISF
19
CHI
29
TOL
21
DSF
12
NJE
20
SLM
19
KAN
35
CAR
30
12th3710 [28]
31 KEN
26
2010 34 DAY
22
PBE
25
SLM
15
TEX
27
TAL
20
TOL
11
POC
24
MCH
25
IOW
33
MFD
18
POC
28
BLN
20
NJE
18
ISF
19
CHI
20
DSF
18
TOL
22
SLM
16
KAN
23
CAR
31
14th3425 [29]
2011 Ford DAY
25
10th3310 [30]
Chevy TAL
31
SLM
12
TOL
21
NJE
26
CHI
17
POC
27
MCH
33
WIN
19
BLN
20
IOW
21
IRP
15
POC
29
ISF
14
MAD
20
DSF
23
SLM
14
KAN
25
TOL
20
2012 DAY
27
SLM
17
TAL
23
TOL
35
ELK
19
POC
24
MCH
28
WIN
14
NJE
23
IOW
22
CHI
28
IRP
21
POC
28
BLN
18
ISF
21
MAD
25
SLM
17
DSF
C
KAN
36
11th3065 [31]
Ford MOB
35
2013 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL
23
TOL
19
ELK
15
POC
22
MCH
25
ROA
24
WIN
11
CHI
19
NJE
23
POC
27
BLN
19
ISF MAD DSF IOW
22
SLM
15
KEN
22
KAN
26
14th2390 [32]
2014 James Hylton Motorsports 48 Ford DAY MOB
22
SLM
23
TAL TOL 30th875 [33]
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy NJE
19
POC
20
MCH
23
ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM
15
KEN
25
KAN
2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM
14
TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM
20
KEN
21
KAN 54th415 [34]
2017 Hixson Motorsports3 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM
23
CHI KEN KAN 107th115 [35]
2018 Kimmel Racing69 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD
19
GTW CHI 35th565 [36]
Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy IOW
14
Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota ELK
18
BLN POC ISF
Dale Shearer Racing73 Ford DSF
20
IRP SLM KAN
2019 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy DAY FIF SLM
13
TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM 58th290 [37]
Fast Track Racing 1 Toyota IRP
21
KAN
2023 Fast Track Racing 11 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL
12
89th32 [38]

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