Mike Basham (racing driver)

Mike Basham
Basham at Madison International Speedway in 2018
Born	(1968-06-20) June 20, 1968 (age 56) Henryville, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
92 races run over 12 years
ARCA no., team	No. 12 (Fast Track Racing) No. 68 (Kimmel Racing)
Best finish	8th (2020)
First race	2002 Gateway ARCA 150 (Gateway)
Last race	2024 Salem ARCA 200 (Salem)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
7 races run over 3 years
ARCA East no., team	No. 10/12 (Fast Track Racing)
Best finish	21st (2020)
First race	2020 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Toledo)
Last race	2024 General Tire 150 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of August 11, 2024.

Mike Basham (born June 20, 1968) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in both the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 10/12 Ford/Toyota for Fast Track Racing. He is the son of long time ARCA Menards Series driver Darrell Basham. ^[1]

Racing career

In 2001, Basham would make his debut in the ARCA Re/Max Series at Gateway, driving the No. 34 Chevrolet for father Darrell's family owned team, finishing 28th due to overheating issues. He would make four more starts during the year with a best finish of 22nd at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds dirt track. Basham would run three more races over the next two years spitting between driving for his family owned team and Brad Smith's team.

Basham's No. 34 ARCA car at Road America in 2017

After spending twelve years on the sidelines, Basham would return to the series in 2015, driving in three races for Darrell Basham Racing in the No. 34 with a best finish of fifteenth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track. It was also during this year that he would run select races in the Indiana Late Model Series, where he would finish tenth in points with a best finish of sixth at Movieland Speedpark. ^[2] He would return in 2016, running a majority of the schedule with the same family owned team, this time in collaboration with Mullins Racing, ^[3] where he would finish tenth in the points standings with a best finish of tenth at Springfield. He would remain with the team for 2017, finishing thirteenth in the final points standings with a best finish of thirteenth at Winchester Speedway and Salem Speedway. For 2018, in addition to running with the same teams before, Basham also ran for Kimmel Racing for the first Pocono Raceway race that year, finishing 28th due to overheating issues. He would once again place thirteenth in the standings with a best finish of eleventhth at Elko Speedway.

Prior to the 2019 season, Basham stated that he had no plans to compete in the series. ^[4] He would eventually split time between Fast Track Racing, Kimmel Racing, and Darrell Basham Racing, where he would finish the season seventeenth in the standings having run only ten races in the schedule, with a best finish of thirteenth at Lucas Oil Raceway and Salem.

In 2020, Basham would return to Fast Track Racing driving for a majority of the races that season, including a collaboration with Fast Track and Chad Bryant Racing at the Kansas Speedway finale in the No. 77 Ford, where he would finish twelfth, albeit nine laps down. ^[5] Throughout that year, Basham would achieve three top-ten finishes, including a career best sixth-place finish at Springfield, and finished a career best eighth in the standings. ^[6] In addition, Basham would also run in three ARCA Menards Series East starts in combination races with the main ARCA Menards Series with a best finish of twelfth at Toledo Speedway. Basham would return to Fast Track for one race in 2021, running in Berlin Raceway, where he would finish sixteenth due to handling issues. ^[7]

In 2023, it was revealed that Basham would return to the series at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, driving for Kimmel Racing in the No. 69 Ford. ^[8] After placing thirteenth in the sole practice session, ^[9] he would go on to qualify in seventeenth, ^[10] but would finish 24th after running eleven laps due to brake issues. ^[11] It was also revealed a month later that Basham would run for the team at Bristol Motor Speedway, ^[12] where he would start 28th and finish 32nd after running nine laps due to mechanical issues. ^{[13] [14] [15]} He ran the season finale at Toledo, where he would only complete eleven laps before retiring from the event, finishing seventeenth. ^[16]

In 2024, it was revealed that Basham would drive the No. 10 Ford for Fast Track Racing at the season opening race for the ARCA Menards Series East at Five Flags Speedway. ^[17] After placing twelfth in the lone practice session, ^[18] he qualified in tenth and finished in sixth place, albeit five laps down to race winner Gio Ruggiero. ^{[19] [20]}

Personal life

Basham is the older brother of Jason Basham, who has previously competed in ARCA from 2003 to 2013.

Motorsports career results

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
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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2001	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy	DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY 28	KEN	CLT				MEM 32	GLN	KEN	MCH 27	POC	NSH	ISF	CHI	DSF 22	SLM	TOL	BLN	CLT	TAL	ATL	75th	445	[21]
			Pontiac								KAN 32	MCH	POC
2002	Brad Smith Motorsports	76	Ford	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT	KAN 34	POC																		143rd	125	[22]
			Chevy									MCH DNQ	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC
	Darrell Basham Racing	3	Chevy															NSH 38	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT
2003		94		DAY	ATL	NSH DNQ	SLM	TOL	KEN	CLT	BLN	KAN 39	MCH	LER	POC	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT	SBO				184th	60	[23]
2015	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy	DAY	MOB	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF 15	DSF 20	SLM	KEN	KAN 25						61st	390	[24]
2016				DAY	NSH 20	SLM 19	TAL	TOL 19	NJE	POC 28	MCH 22	MAD 16	WIN 13	IOW 21	IRP 18	POC 16	BLN 12	ISF 10	DSF 15	SLM 16	CHI 18	KEN 16	KAN 18						10th	2925	[25]
2017				DAY	NSH	SLM 16	TAL	TOL 15	ELK	POC 23	MCH 27	MAD 14	IOW 16	IRP 16	POC 25	WIN 13	ISF 15	ROA 20	DSF 15	SLM 13	CHI 18	KEN 23	KAN 18						13th	2745	[26]
2018				DAY	NSH 26	SLM 15	TAL	TOL 15	CLT			MAD 16	GTW 23	CHI 24	IOW	ELK 11	POC 18	ISF 19	BLN 14	DSF 19	SLM 12	IRP 24	KAN 24						13th	2120	[27]
	Kimmel Racing	69	Ford							POC 28	MCH
2019				DAY	FIF 20	SLM 17	TAL		TOL 16	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW 20	CHI			POC 19											17th	1455	[28]
	Fast Track Racing	11	Ford					NSH 16								ELK 17	IOW
			Toyota																ISF 18	DSF
	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy																		SLM 13	IRP 13	KAN
2020	Fast Track Racing	11	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP 19	KEN							GTW 20				WIN 7									8th	540	[29]
		10								IOW 20		TOL 14	TOL 15								MEM 12	ISF 6
		01	Chevy								KAN 17
		11												MCH 17
		10	Ford												DAY 15
		12	Toyota														I44 10	TOL 12
		10	Chevy																BRI 24
	Chad Bryant Racing	77	Ford																				KAN 12
2021	Fast Track Racing	01	Ford	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	TOL	CLT	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN 16	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN						99th	28	[30]
2023	Kimmel Racing	69	Ford	DAY	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH	IOW	POC	MCH	IRP 24	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI 32		TOL 17						43rd	85	[31]
		68																				SLM 18
2024	Fast Track Racing	12	Toyota	DAY	PHO	TAL	DOV 24	KAN	CLT	IOW	MOH 20	BLN	IRP																57th	65	[32]
	Kimmel Racing	68	Ford											SLM 23	ELK	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	GLN	BRI	KAN	TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2020	Fast Track Racing	11	Toyota	NSM	TOL 13	DOV						21st	83	[33]
		12					TOL 12
		10	Chevy					BRI 24	FIF
2023	Kimmel Racing	69	Ford	FIF	DOV	NSV	FRS	IOW	IRP 24	MLW	BRI 32	43rd	32	[34]
2024	Fast Track Racing	10	Ford	FIF 6								31st	58	[35]
		12	Toyota		DOV 24	NSV	FRS	IOW	IRP	MLW	BRI

References

1. "Basham named Grand Marshal of ARCA Fall Classic". The Tribune. 30 August 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
2. "Mike Basham". The Third Turn. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
3. "BASHAM, MULLINS SET FOR TEAMWORK IN 2017". Mullins Racing. 6 January 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
4. "Mike Basham Goes from "No Plans" to Seventeenth in Final Series Standings". ARCA Menards Series. 27 November 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
5. "Mike Basham - D - Chad Bryant Racing-77-AMS - 48682 - news and analysis, statistics, game logs, depth charts, contracts, injuries". NBC Sports Edge. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
6. "Ryan Unzicker Leads Every Lap, Wins First ARCA Race At Springfield". Frontstretch. 4 October 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
7. "LASTCAR.info: ARCA: Mike Basham finishes last at Berlin in first 2021 start". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
8. "Entry list: Reese's 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park". ARCARacing.com. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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11. "Race results: Reese's 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park". ARCARacing.com. August 11, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
12. "Entry list: Bristol 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway". ARCARacing.com. September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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14. "Race results: Bristol 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway". ARCARacing.com. September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
15. "ARCA: Basham claims last, Moeller claims tiebreaker for East Series title". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
16. "ARCA: Tim Monroe out early in Toledo finale, but clinches LASTCAR championship". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
17. "Entry list: Pensacola 150 at Five Flags Speedway". ARCARacing.com. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
18. "Practice results: Pensacola 150 at Five Flags Speedway". ARCARacing.com. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
19. "Qualifying results: Pensacola 150 at Five Flags Speedway". March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
20. "Race results: Pensacola 150 at Five Flags Speedway". March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
21. "Mike Basham – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
22. "Mike Basham – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
23. "Mike Basham – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
24. "Mike Basham – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
25. "Mike Basham – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
26. "Mike Basham – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
27. "Mike Basham – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
28. "Mike Basham – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
29. "Mike Basham – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
30. "Mike Basham – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
31. "Mike Basham – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
32. "Mike Basham – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
33. "Mike Basham – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
34. "Mike Basham – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
35. "Mike Basham – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

External links

• Mike Basham driver statistics at Racing-Reference