Darren Manning
| Darren Manning | |
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Darren Manning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009.
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
30 April 1975 Knaresborough, England |
| IRL IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2004 |
| Car no. | 23 |
| Former teams | Chip Ganassi Racing, A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
| Starts | 60 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 11th in 2004 |
| Previous series | |
| 2000–2001 2002 2002–2003 2006–2007 |
Formula 3000 CART A1 Grand Prix |
Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is an English motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
Manning was born in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, and began his racing career at the age of 10, competing in British and International karting events. In 1992, he took part in the Brands Hatch Formula First Winter Series, finishing second after recording two wins. His SpeedSport team took him in 1993 to race in the Formula Vauxhall championship again recording 2 victories en route to a second-place finish in the championship. He was also a finalist for the McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. He continued in Formula Vauxhall in 1994 and 1995 and moved up to Formula 3 in 1996 and 1997. Budget constraints meant that he only raced a limited F3 schedule in 1998, but he did achieve two wins including at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix support race.
In 1999 Darren won the All-Japan Formula Three championship, and was the first driver to achieve the "perfect victory" at the Macau Grand Prix since Ayrton Senna by winning from pole position, leading every lap and setting a lap record. He also tested with the Williams F1 team. In 2000 he began working for the BAR Honda F1 team as a test driver while also racing in the FIA International Formula 3000 championship for Arden Team Russia.
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