This biography of a living person relies too much on referencestoprimary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.
Find sources: "Lee Bentham" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Lee Bentham | |
---|---|
Nationality | Canada |
Born | (1970-07-27) July 27, 1970 (age 53) Richmond Hill, Ontario |
Retired | 1999 |
Toyota Atlantic Series | |
Years active | 1995-1999 |
Teams | P-1 Racing Forsythe Championship Racing |
Starts | 43 |
Wins | 3 |
Poles | 4 |
Best finish | 1stin1998 |
Previous series | |
1997 | Indy Lights |
Championship titles | |
1998 | Toyota Atlantic Series |
Lee Bentham (born July 27, 1970) is a Canadian former racing driver from Richmond Hill, Ontario. In 1990 and 1992 he competed in the Formula K karting World Championship series.
He moved to cars in the Toyota Atlantic series in 1995 in a successful partial-season program that managed to place Bentham on the podium twice and finished 8th in points. The following year Bentham captured 7 podiums and was the series runner-up. In 1997, he competed for Forsythe Racing in the Indy Lights series, won on the oval at Gateway International Raceway and finished 5th in points.
1998 was Bentham's breakout year, as he captured three wins and seven podiums on his way to the Toyota Atlantic Championship for Forsythe Championship Racing. 1999 was his final year of top-level racing and was another year in Atlantics where he won a single race and finished 6th in points. Since 2012, Bentham has been the Driver Development Coach for Ed Carpenter Racing in the IndyCar series, having previously coached Josef Newgarden.
(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 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | P-1 Racing | MIA | PHX | LBH | NAZ | MIL | MTL 5 |
TOR 8 |
TRR1 25 |
TRR2 3 |
MDO 2 |
VAN 5 |
LAG 4 |
8th | 72 | |
1996 | P-1 Racing | HMS 2 |
LBH 6 |
NAZ 3 |
MIL 3 |
MTL 3 |
TOR 16 |
TRR1 3 |
TRR2 4 |
MDO 4 |
ROA 3 |
VAN 2 |
LAG 5 |
2nd | 149 | |
1998 | Forsythe Racing | LBH 19 |
NAZ 6 |
GAT 5 |
MIL 2 |
MTL 1 |
CLE 5 |
TOR 2 |
TRR 3 |
MDO 1 |
ROA 19 |
VAN 6 |
LAG 2 |
HOU 3 |
1st | 163 |
1999 | Forsythe Racing | LBH 3 |
NAZ 9 |
GAT DNS |
MIL 1 |
MTL 8 |
ROA 8 |
TRR 25 |
MDO 18 |
CHI 4 |
VAN 24 |
LAG 5 |
HOU 13 |
6th | 71 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Forsythe Racing | HMS 5 |
LBH 14 |
NAZ 22 |
SAV 3 |
STL 1 |
MIL 9 |
DET 22 |
POR 8 |
TOR 27 |
TRO 8 |
VAN 8 |
LAG 5 |
FON 3 |
5th | 88 |
Sporting positions | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Toyota Atlantic Champion 1998 |
Succeeded by |
This biographical article related to Canadian auto racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |