Trent Hindman

Trent Hindman
Nationality	American
Born	(1995-09-20) September 20, 1995 (age 28) West Long Branch, New Jersey
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Previous series
2013-present 2011-2012 2012 2010-2011 2011 2003-2010	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge USF2000 Formula Renault 2.0 BARC Skip Barber National Championship Ontario Formula Ford Championship Karting
Championship titles
2014 2013 2011	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS SCCA Majors Tour GT2 Ontario Formula Ford Championship
Awards
2011	Team USA Scholarship

Trent Hindman (born September 20, 1995, in West Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American racing driver. Hindman won the 2014 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in the GS class. He also was selected by BMW Motorsport for their junior program in 2015.

Career

Karting

Hindman started karting at eight years old at his local kart track Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. In 2004, Hindman competed in the Junior Sportsman category at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. ^[1] The young driver won the category in 2006 at the local track and also the New Jersey state championship. ^[2] In the same year Hindman also made his debut in the World Karting Association. Trent Hindman won his first national karting championship in 2008. The young talent won the Stars of Karting national championship in the Cadet class. In 2009 Hindman achieved podium classifications in various World Karting Association classes. ^[3]

Formula racing

In 2009 Hindman completed the Skip Barber Racing School with driver coach Steve Welk. He subsequently ran his first race at Road America where he finished fifth. ^[4] Trent finishes fourth in the final point standings of the Skip Barber Southern Series. ^[5] He continued competing in the Skip Barber National Championship throughout 2010 and 2011. In 2011 Hindman won two races at Lime Rock Park and one race at Autobahn Country Club marking his first wins in autosport. He ended up second in the point standings, behind Scott Anderson, but in front of Brandon Newey. ^[6] The talented driver in 2011 selected for the Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development Driver program, was highly successful in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship. Running with Brian Graham Racing Hindman won nine out of twelve races. He also competed at the Formula Ford Festival finishing ninth.

For 2012 Hindman joined the Mazda Road to Indy competing in the USF2000. Running with Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Hindman scored two podium finishes and ended up fifth in the 2012 final standings.

Touring cars

After his USF2000 campaign Hindman focussed on GT racing and touring cars. For 2013 Hindman competed full-time in the amateur based SCCA Majors Tour in the GT2 class. Racing with Fall-Line Motorsports in a Porsche 911 GT3 997 Hindman won eight races and clinched the SCCA Nationwide championship. ^[7] During the season Hindman won the prestigious SCCA June Sprints and achieved a second place at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. He also competed in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in the GS class in a BMW M3 achieving one podium at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The following year Hindman won the championship after winning races at Laguna Seca and Circuit of the Americas.

For 2015 Hindman again raced in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Hindman also made his debut in the 24 Hours of Zolder. At the Belgian racetrack Hindman was part of the BMW Motorsport Junior team competing in a 2016 edition BMW M235i Cup Racer. Together with Louis Deletraz, Victor Bouveng and driver coach Dirk Adorf the team supported by Walkenhorst Motorsport finished fifteenth overall, ninth in class. ^[8]

Personal

Hindman resides in the Wayside section of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he attended Ocean Township High School. ^[9]

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
2013	Road America	Porsche 911 GT3 997	Porsche	GT2	2	2	Running

U.S. F2000 National Championship

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2012	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	SEB 36	SEB 30	STP 5	STP 4	LOR 5	MDO 4	MDO 3	ROA 4	ROA 6	ROA 8	BAL 25	BAL 12	VIR 8	VIR 3	5th	189

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2017	BAR1 Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 2	SEB	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	ELK						15th	32
	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8		SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR 3	LGA		43rd	54
	Paul Miller Racing		Lamborghini Huracán GT3
				Lamborghini 5.2 L V10		SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK		LGA	PET 7
2018	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 2	SEB 8	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 2		25th	87
2019	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 7	MDO 2	DET 11	WGL 1	MOS 2	LIM 2	ELK 5	VIR 2	LGA 8	PET 12		1st	283
2020	Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 8	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL 7	MDO	CLT	PET 6	LGA	SEB 6		27th	93
2021	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 4	SEB 2	MDO	DET	WGL 8	WGL	LIM 8	ELK 3	LGA 3	LBH 3	VIR 4	PET 5	6th	2718
2023	VOLT Racing with Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 11	SEB 8	LBH 10	MON 6	WGL 11	MOS 7	LIM 3	ELK 14	VIR 9	IMS 6	PET 3		8th	2757
2024	Kellymoss with Riley	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET

24 Hours of Zolder

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Louis Delétraz Victor Bouveng Dirk Adorf	BMW M235i Racing Cup	T7	710	15th	7th

References

1. "KARTING Road Course Points Final Points". etownraceway.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
2. "Vega Tires NJ State Championship Race Series Points". Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Archived from the original on May 14, 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
3. "Trent Hindman". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. "Skip Barber Summer Series – Road America". Trent Hindman. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
5. "Trent Hindman". Brian Graham Racing. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
6. "BFGoodrich Skip Barber National Presented By MAZDA 2011 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
7. "National Points Championship" (PDF). SCCA. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
8. "Belgium Racing Derdaele wint derde 24 Hours of Zolder op rij, nummer twee voor Peter Hoevenaars +UITSLAG". Racexpress. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
9. USF2000 – Summer Vacation Over for Hindman Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine , Trent Hindman, August 12, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2015. "While Trent Hindman's senior year at Ocean Township High School doesn't begin until September 5th, his open-wheel education picks up after a six-week break this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course, for Round 6 and 7 of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. 'I can't wait to get back into the car', said Hindman from his Wayside, N.J. home."

External links

• Official website
• Facebook profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nick Longhi Matt Plumb	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS 2014	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Tom Patton	SCCA Majors Tour Nationwide Champion GT2 2013	Succeeded by Randall Kinsland
Preceded by Dean Baker	Ontario Formula Ford Championship 2011	Succeeded by Michael Adams