Sean Guthrie

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Sean Guthrie
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1988-04-18) April 18, 1988 (age 35)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Related to Jim Guthrie (father)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season2012
Starts1
Wins0
Poles0
Previous series
2006-2010
2005
2004		 Firestone Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship
SCCA Formula Ford

Sean Guthrie (born April 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of former IndyCar Series driver Jim Guthrie, he is a former Firestone Indy Lights driver and currently competes part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

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Career

Guthrie racing in the 2007 Freedom 100 SeanGuthrie2007.jpg
Guthrie racing in the 2007 Freedom 100

Guthrie began his karting career at the age of eight. He won an IKF championship in 2002 and the SKUSA Long Track Nationals in 2003 and moved up to cars in SCCA Formula Ford in 2004. In 2005 he moved up to the Star Mazda Series and finished 14th in points in a season beset by mechanical problems. [1] The team, owned by his father, decided to move up to the Indy Pro Series in 2006, but Sean was forced to miss the first three races of the season as he was not yet the league-mandated 18 years old. He competed in 5 races with a best finish of 5th at Kentucky Speedway. [2] The team returned for 2007 for a full season. After crashing out of the first three races of the season, the team regrouped and finished the Freedom 100 and Sean registered a career-best 4th-place finish at the Milwaukee Mile a week later. [2] In the Iowa Speedway race Sean suffered a heavy crash and the team's car had to be sent back to the manufacturer Dallara in Italy for repairs. Sean injured both his foot and knee in the accident. Sean made three starts at the end of the season for Playa Del Racing as the team ran in cooperation with Guthrie. Until his suspension in April 2009, he drove for his father's team Guthrie Racing along with teammates Alistair Jackson and Jesse Mason. Sean finished 14th in the 2007 championship and returned to the series, now called the Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2008, finishing 10th in points. In April 2009 he was suspended from the Indy Racing League after the race at Kansas Speedway in which he was penalized for driving through an accident zone too quickly and passing a car under the yellow flag and then refused to respond to the black flag. [3] He made his return to the Firestone Indy Lights Series on October 9, 2009, at Homestead with Andersen Racing. [4] After participating in dirt track racing throughout 2010, Guthrie again returned to Indy Lights for the season finale at Homestead with Andersen, finishing 10th.

After driving in drifting for the 2011 season, Guthrie returned to professional motorsports in 2012, driving in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Sandia Motor Speedway in late September, [5] finishing 22nd and last in his debut in the series. [6]

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2006 Guthrie Racing HMS STP1 STP2 INDY
11		 WGL
16		 IMS NSH
8		 MIL KTY
5		 SNM1 SNM2 CHI
18		18th99
2007 Guthrie Racing
Playa Del Racing 		HMS
19		 STP1
16		 STP2
23		 INDY
19		 MIL
4		 IMS1
13		 IMS2
12		 IOW
20		 WGL1
15		 WGL2
16		 NSH
14		 MDO
12		 KTY
6		 SNM1
12		 SNM2
13		 CHI
6		14th274
2008 Guthrie Racing HMS
11		 STP1
15		 STP2
5		 KAN
6		 INDY
12		 MIL
10		 IOW
20		 WGL1
13		 WGL2
10		 NSH
8		 MDO1
13		 MDO2
7		 KTY
7		 SNM1
13		 SNM2
9		 CHI
17		10th322
2009 Guthrie Meyer Racing STP1
22		 STP2
12		 LBH
22		 KAN
18		 INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI 27th65
RLR Andersen Racing HMS
11
2010 Andersen Racing STP ALA LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY HMS
10		30th20

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References

  1. ↑ Meet Sean Archived 2009-01-20 at the Wayback Machine , Sean Guthrie Racing
  2. 1 2 Sean Guthrie Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , ChampCarStats.com
  3. ↑ Sean, Jim Guthrie suspended indefinitely by IRL, Associated Press via CNN.com, April 30, 2009
  4. ↑ Clear to return [ permanent dead link ], IndyCar.com, October 6, 2009, retrieved 06-10-2009
  5. ↑ Christ, Bob (September 29, 2012). "K&N Pro Series Adds Two Locals to Tonight's Race". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, NM. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  6. ↑ "2012 NAPA Auto Parts 150". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
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