Darrell Basham

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Darrell Basham
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1949-03-17) March 17, 1949 (age 75)
Henryville, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season1972
Current teamFast Track Racing
Car number11
Former teamsDarrell Basham Racing, James Hylton Motorsports, Jim Patrick Racing
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
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.

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] He also has a son named Mike, who also has competed in ARCA, [8] and a brother named Dugan, who worked as a crew chief for his Darrell's team and also made some ARCA starts.


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; [9] 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.

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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