Ryan Hampton (racing driver)

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Ryan Hampton
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1974-04-17) April 17, 1974 (age 50)
Duarte, California
Indy Lights
Years active2002, 2004
Teams Ryan Hampton Racing
Brian Stewart Racing
Starts6
Wins1
Poles1
Best finish9th in 2002
Previous series
2002, 2004
2000–2002
1996–1999
1996
1994–1995
1992–1993		 Indy Lights
Rolex Sports Car Series
USF2000
Formula Continental
SCCA ITB
Karting

Ryan Hampton (born 17 April 1974 in Duarte, California) is a former American Indy Lights driver. Besides racing cars in races he also competed in drift competitions. [1] [2]

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Career

Hampton started his karting career in 1992 with the International Kart Federation. After racing touring cars in 1994 and 1995, Hampton made his open-wheel debut in 1996. The racing driver from California competed a Van Diemen in the SCCA Formula Contintental class. The young driver also made his debut in the USF2000 in 1996. After failing to qualify at Walt Disney World Speedway his first start was at Phoenix International Raceway. At the Arizona track Hampton failed to finish. Hampton started three more USF2000 races with a best finish of tenth at Watkins Glen International.

Ryan Hampton scored his first USF2000 win in 1997. At Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina a fierce battle for the win occurred between Hampton and Matt Sielsky. Hampton made a decisive pass for the win in lap 26 out of 30. Despite missing the first two races of the season, Hampton ended up sixth in the season standings. For 1998 Hampton was a championship contender in USF2000. Hampton won three races, one at Watkins Glen International and two at Charlotte Motor Speedway. However a devastating final race weekend obliterated his championship hopes. In the first race Hampton suffered car troubles. In the second race Hampton was disqualified as there was a foreign substance discovered on the cars tires in post-race technical inspection. [3] Hampton finished second in the standings. For 1999 Hampton raced a partial season in USF2000. At the end of the season Hampton, and Larry Foyt, attended the Indy Racing League rookie test at Texas Motor Speedway. Hampton passed the rookie test in a Dallara IR9, previously raced by Billy Boat. [4]

Grand-Am

In 1998 Hampton made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Hampton joined Kryderacing which entered a Nissan 240SX in the GT3 class. The car failed to finish due to a failed engine. The following year Hampton joined Pettit Racing in a Mazda RX-7. The car finished in 30th place overall.

For 2000 Hampton joined Archangel Motorsport Services for the full season in the Rolex Sports Car Series SRPII class. Hampton, and teammate Larry Oberto, first raced a Chevrolet powered Magnum SC205 the team switched to the popular Lola B2K/40. The team scored five class wins and Hampton and Oberto were crowned SRPII class champions. Winning the championship earned him a U.S. F2000 Hall of Fame nomination. [5] The following year Hampton joined Team Spencer Motorsports, again in the SRPII class. Racing a Kudzu Hampton was joined by Rich Grupp and Barry Waddell to score a class win at Watkins Glen International. The Californian remained at Team Spencer Motorsports for 2002 again running a partial schedule. [6]

Indy Lights

Willing to return to open wheel racing, Hampton founded Ryan Hampton Racing for the Indy Lights. Hampton made his debut at Michigan International Speedway finishing seventh. [7] At Gateway International Raceway the young driver won his first Indy Lights race. Hampton beat Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Ed Carpenter. The California driver lead each lap of the 30 lap race. [8] Hampton made a final appearance in the series in 2004. With sponsorship by Bush-Cheney '04 Hampton started tenth but crashed out of the race.

Drifting

In 2005 Hampton joined Falken Tire for their second Formula D season. Besides Formula D, Hampton also competed in the Falken Tire 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in D1GP.

Personal

Hampton currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. In his early career Hampton was an instructor at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, Panoz Racing School and the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving. Hampton is currently employed by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. The American racing driver is a Citrus College graduate.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Complete USF2000 National Championship results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
1996 WDW
DNQ		 STP PIR DSC1
51		 MOS IRP RIR WGI1
10		 WGI2
28		 MID
18		 NHS LVS
DNQ		N.C.N.C.
1997 Archangel Motorsport Services WDW STP PIR
15		 DSC1
5		 DSC2
3		 SAV
10		 PPI
16		 CHA1
1		 CHA2
2		 MID
9		 WGI
34		 WGI
28		6th133
1998 Tatuus WDW
11		 PIR
4		 HMS1
2		 HMS2
3		 WGI
4		 WGI
1		 MID1
5		 MIN
2		 CHA1
1		 CHA2
1		 MID2
36		 ATL
7		 PPI1
28		 PPI2
DSQ		2nd275
1999 Archangel Motorsport Services PIR
12		 CHA1
32		 CHA2
30		 MOS MOS MID ATL ROA1 ROA2 CTR MID PPI
18		 SEB1 SEB2 30th10

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2002 Ryan Hampton Racing
KAN
NSH 		MIS
7		 KTY
12		 STL
1		 CHI
14		 TXS
3		9th147
2004 Brian Stewart Racing HMS PHX INDY KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR CHI FON TXS
14		27th16

Sports Car racing

Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Rolex Sports Car Series results
YearTeamNo.MakeClass123456789101112Points
2000 Archangel Motorsport Services 22 Lola SRPII DAY1 PIR
9 / 1		 HOM
7 / 1		 LRP
7 / 1		 MDO
7 / 1		 DAY2
6 / 1		 ROA
7 / 3		 CTR
7 / 1		 WAT
38 / 3		274
2001 Team Spencer Motorsports 62 Kudzu SRPII DAY1
20 / 2		 HOM PIR WAT
4 / 1		 LRP1 LRP2 MDO ROA CTR1 CTR2 DAY2 73
2002 Team Spencer Motorsports 62 Kudzu SRPII DAY1
29 / 3		 HOM CAL PIR WAT1 DAY2 WAT2 VIR CMT DAY3 30
2003 Ferri Competizione 34 Ferrari GT DAY1
11 / 5		 HOM PIR BAR CAL WAT1 MID DAY3 WAT2 CMT VIR DAY2 26

American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

American Le Mans Series results
YearTeamNo.MakeClass12345678910Points
2002 Team Spencer Motorsports 62 Lola LMP675 SEB SON
25 / 4		 MID ROA WAS CTR MOS LAG
32 / 7		 MIA ATL
45 / 9		18

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References

  1. ↑ "Driver Ryan Hampton Career Statistics – Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Ryan Hampton". Motor Sport Magazine. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. ↑ "NA-F2000: Pikes Peak Race Two Report". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "IRL: Larry Foyt, Ryan Hampton Rookie Test Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "NA-F2000: Hall of Fame 2001 nominees announced". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Complete Archive of Ryan Hampton". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ryan Hampton". ChampCarStats. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "IPS: Gateway: Race summary". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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