Patrick Lindsey | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Dallas, Texas | April 22, 1982
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Current team | Dempsey-Proton Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 88 |
Former teams | Team Project 1 |
Starts | 12 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 4 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 1st GTE Am in 2018-19 |
Patrick Lindsey (born April 22, 1982) is an American racing driver, team owner and businessman. Outside racing, he serves as president of the air transport company Mira Vista Aviation.
Lindsey's started his motorsport career in Bakersfield, California, where he used an old race truck in a drag race. In 2013, he drove together with his teammate Patrick Long in the Rolex Sports Car Series on a Porsche 997.
In the 2018-19 FIA WEC season, Lindsey drove for the Team Project 1 on a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. At the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, he raced alongside his teammates Jörg Bergmeister and Egidio Perfetti. [1] Lindsey, Bergmeister, and Perfetti won the 6 Hours of Fuji in the LMGTE Am category. [2] They also won the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same category, clinching the LMGTE Am championship in the process. [3] [4]
Lindsey returned to the FIA WEC in 2022 season, representing Dempsey-Proton Racing. [5]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2018 | Team Project 1 | Egidio Perfetti Jörg Bergmeister | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 332 | 34th | 7th |
2019 | Team Project 1 | Egidio Perfetti Jörg Bergmeister | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 334 | 31st | 1st |
Sources: [6] [7] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2018–19 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SPA 9 | LMS 3 | SIL 3 | FUJ 1 | SHA 2 | SEB 3 | SPA 5 | LMS 1 | 1st | 151 |
2022 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2L Flat-6 | SEB 10 | SPA 9 | LMS | MNZ 6 | FUJ 9 | BHR 12 | 23rd | 14 | ||
Sources: [7] [8] |
* Season still in progress.
(key)
Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2014 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT America | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 13 | SEB 17 | LGA 9 | DET 18 | WGL 18 | MOS 2 | IMS 10 | ELK 10 | VIR 17 | COA 10 | PET 13 | 20th | 173 | [9] | |
2015 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT America | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 16 | SIR 12 | LGA 1 | BEL 5 | WGL 11 | LIM 6 | ELK 3 | VIR 10 | AUS 5 | PET 1 | 5th | 266 | [10] | ||
2016 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 17 | SEB 17 | LGA 11 | BEL 2 | WGL 8 | MOS 6 | LIM 10 | ELK 2 | VIR | AUS 5 | PET 12 | 11th | 203 | [11] | |
2017 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 24 | SEB 6 | LBH 4 | AUS 8 | BEL 9 | WGL 8 | MOS 9 | LIM 1 | ELK 2 | VIR 10 | LGA 3 | PET 3 | 3rd | 298 | [12] |
2018 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 18 | SEB 9 | MOH | BEL | WGL 6 | MOS | LIM | ELK 11 | VIR | LGA 2 | PET | 16th | 112 | [13] | |
2019 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 7 | SEB 6 | MDO | DET | WGL 13 | MOS 4 | LIM | ELK 15 | VIR 5 | LAG DNS | PET | 15th | 137 | [14] | |
Source: [7] |
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