Darrell Basham

Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and former 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. He had a best finish of 14th place that season at Winchester Speedway, and ultimately finished eleventh 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 eleven seasons, the then-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. 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. 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 NASCAR Winston Cup Series results 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pts Ref 1979 Jim Patrick Racing 34 Mercury RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV24 DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT 113th 91

Goody's Dash Series NASCAR Goody's Dash Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pts Ref 1993 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy DAY NSV SUM VOL MAR LON 411 LAN HCY SUM FLO BGS MYB NRV HCY VOL N/A 0 1995 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy DAY FLO LAN MYB SUM HCY CAR STH BRI SUM GRE BGS MYB NSV FLO NWS VOL HCY HOM 49th 204

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results 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 24 25 Pts Ref 1979 Jim Patrick Racing 34 Mercury AVS DAY NSV FRS SLM DSP IMS TAL FRS NA 0 1980 DAY NWS FRS FRS MCH TAL IMS FRS MCH NA 0 1981 DAY DSP FRS FRS BFS TAL FRS COR 18th 285 1982 NSV DAY TAL FRS CMS WIN NSV TAT TAL FRS BFS MIL SND NA 0 1994 50 Pontiac DAY TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF NA 0 5 Pontiac DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 1996 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL NA 0 1997 DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF GTW SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF ATL NA 0 1999 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Pontiac DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 97th 170 2000 Chevy DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 135th 70 2001 DAY NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 12th 2905 2002 DAY ATL NSH KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT 15th 3565 50 SLM 2003 34 DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 14th 3770 2004 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 11th 4280 Ford CLT 2005 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL BLN LER ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 12th 4000 Pontiac POC MCH KAN KEN POC GTW NSH MCH 2006 Chevy DAY SLM WIN TOL POC MCH BLN ISF TOL DSF SLM TAL 13th 3960 Pontiac NSH KEN KAN KEN POC GTW NSH MCH MIL CHI IOW 2007 Chevy DAY USA SLM WIN TOL IOW BLN ISF MIL GTW DSF SLM TAL TOL 15th 3470 Pontiac NSH KAN KEN POC MCH KEN POC NSH CHI 2008 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 15th 3565 2009 DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 12th 3710 31 KEN 2010 34 DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 14th 3425 2011 Ford DAY 10th 3310 Chevy TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 2012 DAY SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 11th 3065 Ford MOB 2013 Chevy DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 14th 2390 2014 James Hylton Motorsports 48 Ford DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL 30th 875 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN KAN 54th 415 2017 Hixson Motorsports 3 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 107th 115 2018 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI 35th 565 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy IOW Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota ELK BLN POC ISF Dale Shearer Racing 73 Ford DSF IRP SLM KAN 2019 Darrell Basham Racing 34 Chevy DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM 58th 290 Fast Track Racing 1 Toyota IRP KAN 2023 Fast Track Racing 11 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 89th 32