William Langhorne (born July 29, 1974, in Washington, D.C.), is a race car driver sponsored by Porsche. He is also a former driver in the Indy Racing League. After coming up through karting and the Skip Barber Racing Schools, he drove in the Barber Dodge Pro Series from 1997 to 1999 and Toyota Atlantic in 1999 and 2000. He reached his goal of top-level open-wheel racing when he competed in the 2002 IRL season with 3 starts for Treadway Racing. His best career IRL finish was in 13th position in the Delphi Indy 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway. In 2003, he raced in Formula 3000 for BCN Competicion. In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the ARCA ReMax Series. In 2006 he raced for Molitor Racing in the Porsche Michelin Supercup Series that tours with Formula One.
He is an alumnus of Burke Mountain Academy and Babson College.
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts | Ref |
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2002 | Treadway Racing | G-Force GF05B | Chevrolet Indy V8 | HMS | PHX | FON | NZR | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | MCH | KTY 18 | STL | CHI 13 | TX2 23 | 35th | 36 | [1] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
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2002 | Kadach Tuning + Service | ITA | ESP | AUT | MON | GER | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA Ret | USA 12 | NC | 0‡ | |
2006 | MRS-PC Service Team PZM | BHR | ITA | GER | ESP | MON | GBR | USA 11 | USA 14 | FRA 15 | GER 15 | HUN 16 | ITA 15 | NC | 0‡ | |
2007 | MRS Team | BHR 13 | BHR 15 | ESP 27 | MON 10 | FRA 9 | GBR 24 | GER 19 | HUN 22 | TUR 9 | BEL 17 | ITA 15 | 16th | 33 | ||
2008 | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR | BHR | ESP | TUR | MON | FRA | GBR | GER 21 | HUN 18 | ESP Ret | BEL 16 | ITA 13 | NC | 0‡ | |
2009 | SANITEC Racing | BHR 7 | BHR 12 | ESP Ret | MON 13 | TUR 11 | GBR Ret | GER 15 | HUN 10 | ESP 7 | BEL 11 | ITA 12 | UAE 8 | UAE 14 | 12th | 72 |
2010 | SANITEC GILTRAP Racing | BHR 16 | BHR 16 | ESP 13 | MON 16 | ESP Ret | GBR 16 | GER 14 | HUN Ret | BEL 13 | ITA 14 | 18th | 25 | |||
2011 | SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team | TUR 14 | ESP Ret | MON 16 | GER 13 | GBR 20 | GER 10 | HUN 14 | BEL 19 | ITA 17 | UAE 16 | UAE 16 | 15th | 33 | ||
2012 | MRS GT-Racing | BHR | BHR | MON 13 | ESP | GBR | GER | HUN | HUN | BEL | ITA | 21st | 6 | |||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
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2003 | BCN F3000 | IMO | CAT | A1R | MON 10 | NÜR 12 | MAG 14 | SIL 13 | HOC 12 | HUN | MNZ | NC | 0 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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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 | ARMSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
2004 | Brent Sherman Racing | 04 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL 13 | DSF | CHI | SLM 24 | TAL | 87th | 280 | |||||||||||||||||
2005 | Lee Leslie | 44 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF | TOL 25 | DSF | CHI | 92nd | 285 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bob Schacht Motorsports | 75 | Ford | SLM 11 | TAL |
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