Darrell Basham | |||||||
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Nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Born | Henryville, Indiana | March 17, 1949||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 1972 | ||||||
Current team | Fast Track Racing | ||||||
Car number | 11 | ||||||
Former teams | Darrell Basham Racing, James Hylton Motorsports, Jim Patrick Racing | ||||||
Starts | 333 | ||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Best finish | 7th in 1976 | ||||||
Awards | |||||||
2003, 2011 2012 | Spirit Award Marcum Award | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 113th (1979) | ||||||
First race | 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 (Nashville) | ||||||
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Last updated on: October 7, 2023. |
Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing.
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]
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.
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]
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.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||||
1979 | Jim Patrick Racing | 34 | 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 | 113th | 91 | [10] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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