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Darrell Basham
Nationality	American
Born	(1949-03-17) March 17, 1949 (age 75) Henryville, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season	1972
Current team	Fast Track Racing
Car number	11
Former teams	Darrell Basham Racing, James Hylton Motorsports, Jim Patrick Racing
Starts	333
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	7th in 1976
Awards
2003, 2011 2012	Spirit Award Marcum Award
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	113th (1979)
First race	1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Last updated on: October 7, 2023.

Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing.

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

Basham made his ARCA Racing Series debut in 1972. In 1975, Basham posted a career-best finish of fifth twice, both times at Salem Speedway. One year later, he finished a career-best seventh place in the standings.

After driving sporadically over the next two decades, Basham began racing full-time again in 2002. The next season, Basham won the Spirit Award for his dedication and support for ARCA, uplifting spirit by way of example, perseverance, and positive attitude. He finished ninth in the 2009 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona, tying his career-best finish at the track from 33 years earlier. That same year, Basham and his son Jason made ARCA history by becoming the first father/son duo to finish in the top 20 in the standings the same year.

In 2011, Basham competed in all 19 races, having a best finish of 12th at Salem Speedway and finishing 10th in the season point standings. He also won the Spirit Award for the second time.

Basham made his 300th career ARCA start at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 2012, finishing 21st in the event. He had a best finish of 14th place that season at Winchester Speedway, and ultimately finished 11th in the points standings. He was awarded the Marcum Award at the Championship Awards Banquet for his positive efforts and contributions within the ARCA Racing community.

After racing a full schedule in the ARCA Racing Series for the previous 11 seasons, the 63-year-old Basham decided to reduce his schedule for the 2013 season and only compete on short tracks. Basham would run seventeen more races between 2014 and 2019. He did not make any starts for the next three years, but returned to the series for the 2023 season finale at Toledo, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing, where he would finish twelfth, albeit nineteen laps down to race winner William Sawalich.

NASCAR

Basham has competed in a single NASCAR Winston Cup Series event in his career, the 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. He started and finished 24th in the 28-car field, completing 101 of the race's 420 laps before retiring from the event due to rear end failure. Basham also competed in the NASCAR-sanctioned Goody's Dash Series, a racing formula for four-cylinder subcompact cars, in the early and mid 1990s.

Personal life

Basham has three children. His son Jason competed in 60 ARCA Racing Series events between 2003 and 2013. He also has a son named Mike, who also has competed in ARCA, and a brother named Dugan, who worked as a crew chief for his Darrell's team and also made some ARCA starts.

Basham operates a business as an independent trucker, operating his shop and trucking business from shops attached to his home in Henryville; he builds his own racing engines as well. On March 2, 2012, Basham's race shop was destroyed by a tornado that devastated Henryville; Basham was able to salvage his race cars and other parts to reopen in a garage in Marysville, Indiana, and successfully resumed racing in ARCA, christening his car the Spirit of Henryville.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

Goody's Dash Series

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

1. ^ "Basham, Darrell". Automobile Racing Club of America. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
2. ^ "Ty Dillon's Crowning Achievement". National Speed Sport News. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
3. ^ "Countdown to Daytona - Basham 11th in 2012". ARCAracing.com. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
4. "Marcum Award Honors Positive Effort, Contribution". ARCAracing.com. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
5. "Darrell Basham - 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference.info. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
6. Cavin, Curt (February 18, 1995). "Waltrip believes he's ready to come out of hibernation". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, IN.
7. "Jason Basham - ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
8. Ansari, Maira (April 26, 2012). "Business back up and running after tornado". WAVE3-TV. Louisville, KY. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
9. Ansari, Maira (March 5, 2012). "Henryville working to clean up town". KAIT8 TV. Jonesboro, AR. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
10. "Darrell Basham - 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
11. "Darrell Basham - 1993 Season Results - NASCAR Goody's Dash Series". The Third Turn. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
12. "Darrell Basham – 1979 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
13. "Darrell Basham – 1980 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
14. "Darrell Basham – 1981 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
15. "Darrell Basham – 1982 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
16. "Darrell Basham – 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
17. "Darrell Basham – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
18. "Darrell Basham – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
19. "Darrell Basham – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
20. "Darrell Basham – 2000 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
21. "Darrell Basham – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
22. "Darrell Basham – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
23. "Darrell Basham – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
24. "Darrell Basham – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
25. "Darrell Basham – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
26. "Darrell Basham – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
27. "Darrell Basham – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
28. "Darrell Basham – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
29. "Darrell Basham – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
30. "Darrell Basham – 2010 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
31. "Darrell Basham – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
32. "Darrell Basham – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
33. "Darrell Basham – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
34. "Darrell Basham – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
35. "Darrell Basham – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
36. "Darrell Basham – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
37. "Darrell Basham – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
38. "Darrell Basham – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
39. "Darrell Basham – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

External links

• Darrell Basham driver statistics at Racing-Reference

v t e Fast Track Racing
Headquarters: Harrisburg, North Carolina
Personnel	Andy Hillenburg
ARCA Menards Series	Drivers (01) Takuma Koga / Cody Dennison (part-time) (10) Ed Pompa / Brayton Laster / Ryan Huff / Cody Dennison / Christopher Tate / Brad Perez / Matt Kemp / Jayson Alexander / Bryce Haugeberg / Daylan Hairston / TBA (11) Bryce Haugeberg / Brad Perez / Zachary Tinkle / Cody Dennison / Jayson Alexander / TBA (12) Ryan Roulette / Mike Basham / Presley Sorah / Tim Monroe / Eric Caudell / Takuma Koga / TBA (99) Michael Maples Crew chiefs (01) Todd Parrott / Nathan Davis / Dick Doheny (10) David Ifft / Nathan Davis / Todd Parrott / Dick Doheny / Chris Vanscoy / Nyx Harenberg (11) Dick Doheny / Chris Vanscoy / Todd Parrott / Nathan Davis (12) Jeremy Petty / Chris Vanscoy / Nathan Davis / Tim Monroe / Todd Parrott (99) Mike Sroufe
ARCA Menards Series East	Drivers (01) Blaine Donahue / Cody Dennison (part-time) (10) Mike Basham / Ed Pompa / Jayson Alexander / Christopher Tate / TBA (11) Zachary Tinkle (12) Presley Sorah / Mike Basham / Matt Kemp / TBA (99) Michael Maples Crew chiefs (01) Nathan Davis / Dick Doheny (10) Nathan Davis / Dick Doheny / Chris Vanscoy (11) Todd Parrott (12) Chris Vanscoy / Nathan Davis / Tim Monroe (99) Mike Sroufe
ARCA Menards Series West	Drivers (10) Brayton Laster (part-time) (11) Brad Perez (part-time) (12) Ryan Roulette (part-time) (99) Michael Maples (part-time) Crew chiefs (10) Nathan Davis (11) Chris Vanscoy (12) Jeremy Petty (99) Mike Sroufe
Former drivers	This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2024) Mike Affarano Scott Alves Morgen Baird Stanton Barrett Darrell Basham Jason Basham Dexter Bean Malcolm Bennett Tom Berte Roger Blackstock Chris Bristol Robin Bonanno Paul Booher Tom Bartoszek Pierre Bourque Todd Bowsher Jade Buford John Busse Davey Callihan Gary Camelet Johnny Chapman Benny Chastain John Clagett Rick Clifton Bill Coffey Bill Conger Joe Cooksey Michael Covington Dawson Cram Chris Coker Chris Davis Dick Doheny Matt Dooley Bobby Dotter Marc Easton A. J. Fike Dallas Frueh Jon Garrett Richard Garvie A. J. Genail Ryan Glenski Mike Goudie Mike Hamby Denny Hamlin Michael Harper Richard Harriman Zach Herrin Chuck Hiers Tyler Hill Andy Hillenburg Mike Holt Sheldon Holman James Hylton Nick Igdalsky Dick Karth Larry Kennedy Arnout Kok Kelly Kovski Ryan Kreitzer Brayton Laster Terry Lawrence Chris Lawson Jonathan Lewis Brad Lloyd Mark Lowrey Damon Lusk Dean MacInnis Chris Martin Jr. Chase Mattioli John Mazzuchelli Neil McClelland Dave McClure Chad McCumbee Nick McIntosh C. J. McLaughlin Jason Miles Greg Miller L. W. Miller Mason Mingus Tim Mitchell Nate Moeller Jerry Moore Glen Morgan Stephanie Moyer Tony Mrakovich Matt Mullins Willie Mullins Austin Nemire Ashley Parlett Jim Pate Andrés Pérez de Lara Zach Ralston Josh Reaume Gage Rodgers Hermie Sadler Ken Schrader Mike Senica Jeff Sennett Bryan Silas Owen Smith Tyler Speer Todd Stanton James Swanson Rick Tackman Andy Thurman Ron Vandermeir Jr. Brandon Varney Charlie Vest Jason Vieau Tommy Vigh Jr. Fred Ware Clayton Weatherman Ed Wettlaufer Jason White Armani Williams D. L. Wilson Frank Wilson Jr. Wayman Wittman Rich Woodland Jr.
Former personnel	This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2024) Jeremy Petty
ARCA Menards Series Championships	1995 (Hillenburg)
Partnerships and affiliations	Huff Racing Ken Schrader Racing Mullins Racing Veer Motorsports
Commercial Film Projects & Stunt Work	3: The Dale Earnhardt Story At Any Price Chicago P.D. Herbie Fully Loaded Royal Pains Ta Ra Rum Pum Talladega Nights The Righteous Gemstones

• Living people
• 1949 births
• People from Henryville, Indiana
• Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area
• Racing drivers from Indiana
• NASCAR drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• American Speed Association drivers