Darrell Basham

Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 34 Chevrolet for Darrell Basham Racing.

Darrell Basham
Nationality	American
Born	(1949-03-17) March 17, 1949 (age 74) Henryville, Indiana
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season	1972
Current team	Darrell Basham Racing
Car number	34
Starts	333
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	7th in 1976
Awards
2003, 2011 2012	Spirit Award Marcum Award
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
Statistics current as of September 20, 2014.
Last updated on: October 7, 2023.

Racing career

ARCA Racing Series

 

Basham's 2013 ARCA car at Road America

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[1]

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.^[1] He also won the Spirit Award for the second time.^[2]

Basham made his 300th career ARCA start at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 2012, finishing 21st in the event.^[3] 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.^[3][4]

 

2018 ARCA car at Madison

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Personal life

Basham has three children.^[1] His son Jason competed in 60 ARCA Racing Series events between 2003 and 2013.^[7]

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.^[1] On March 2, 2012, Basham's race shop was destroyed by a tornado that devastated Henryville;^[8] 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. He also has a son named Mike, who also has competed in ARCA,^[9] and a brother named Dugan, who worked as a crew chief for his Darrell's team.

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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1979	Jim Patrick Racing	34	Mercury	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV 24	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT	113th	91	^[10]

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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
1979	Jim Patrick Racing	34	Mercury	AVS 9	DAY	NSV 8	FRS 11	SLM	DSP	IMS	TAL	FRS																	NA	0	^[11]
1980				DAY 18	NWS	FRS	FRS	MCH	TAL 29	IMS	FRS	MCH																	NA	0	^[12]
1981				DAY DNQ	DSP 16	FRS	FRS 9	BFS 9	TAL 27	FRS	COR																		18th	285	^[13]
1982				NSV	DAY	TAL	FRS	CMS 13	WIN 24	NSV	TAT	TAL	FRS	BFS	MIL	SND													NA	0	^[14]
1994		50	Pontiac	DAY	TAL	FIF	LVL	KIL	TOL	FRS	MCH	DMS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	INF 39	I70	ISF										NA	0	^[15]
		5	Pontiac																	DSF 17	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 27	WIN 24	CLT	ATL	NA	0	^[16]
1997				DAY	ATL	SLM 23	CLT	CLT	POC	MCH	SBS	TOL	KIL	FRS	MIN	POC	MCH	DSF	GTW	SLM 11	WIN 26	CLT	TAL	ISF 20	ATL				NA	0	^[17]
1999	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Pontiac	DAY	ATL	SLM 28	AND	CLT	MCH	POC	TOL	SBS	BLN	POC	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM 30	CLT	TAL	ATL					97th	170	^[18]
2000			Chevy	DAY	SLM	AND	CLT	KIL	FRS	MCH	POC	TOL	KEN	BLN	POC	WIN	ISF	KEN	DSF	SLM 32	CLT	TAL	ATL						135th	70	^[19]
2001				DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM 11	GTY	KEN 28	CLT	KAN	MCH	POC 25	MEM	GLN 33	KEN 18	MCH	POC 19	NSH 12	ISF 22	CHI 17	DSF	SLM 15	TOL 14	BLN 19	CLT 31	TAL 27	ATL 18	12th	2905	^[20]
2002				DAY 41	ATL 14	NSH 27		KEN 20	CLT 28	KAN 27	POC 24	MCH 25	TOL 13	SBO 14	KEN 35	BLN 21	POC 21	NSH 28	ISF 34	WIN 18	DSF 40	CHI 14	SLM 22	TAL 20	CLT 33				15th	3565	^[21]
		50					SLM 31
2003		34		DAY 22	ATL 21	NSH 26	SLM 34	TOL 14	KEN 22	CLT 29	BLN 22	KAN 10	MCH 22	LER 27	POC 26	POC 38	NSH 26	ISF 13	WIN 20	DSF 13	CHI 23	SLM 13	TAL 40	CLT 34	SBO 18				14th	3770	^[22]
2004				DAY 24	NSH 20	SLM 11	KEN 14	TOL 19		KAN 19	POC 13	MCH 26	SBO 13	BLN 17	KEN 24	GTW 15	POC 15	LER 14	NSH 23	ISF 14	TOL 22	DSF 25	CHI 16	SLM 19	TAL 17				11th	4280	^[23]
			Ford						CLT 26
2005			Chevy	DAY DNQ	NSH 24	SLM 16	KEN 28	TOL 19	LAN 16	MIL 24					BLN 16			LER 16			ISF 16	TOL 26	DSF 20	CHI 22	SLM 17	TAL 17			12th	4000	^[24]
			Pontiac								POC 14	MCH 37	KAN 7	KEN 37		POC 16	GTW 21		NSH 18	MCH 40
2006			Chevy	DAY 18		SLM 12	WIN 29		TOL 32	POC 17	MCH 29			BLN 18					ISF 17		TOL 20	DSF 20		SLM 22	TAL 21				13th	3960	^[25]
			Pontiac		NSH 34			KEN 30				KAN 29	KEN 21		POC 18	GTW 20	NSH 18	MCH 28		MIL 21			CHI 24			IOW 18
2007			Chevy	DAY 18	USA 19		SLM 23		WIN 12		TOL 26	IOW 27			BLN 19				ISF 20	MIL 17	GTW 31	DSF 32		SLM 27	TAL DNQ	TOL 19			15th	3470	^[26]
			Pontiac			NSH 28		KAN 28		KEN 26			POC 33	MCH 28		KEN 31	POC 35	NSH 37					CHI 37
2008			Chevy	DAY 14	SLM 16	IOW 23	KAN 35	CAR 22	KEN 35	TOL 15	POC 16	MCH 33	CAY 20	KEN 27	BLN 22	POC 25	NSH 27	ISF 26	DSF 21	CHI 41	SLM 14	NJE 23	TAL 17	TOL 32					15th	3565	^[27]
2009				DAY 9	SLM 25	CAR 36	TAL 20	KEN 23	TOL 10	POC 22	MCH 34	MFD 18	IOW 22		BLN 21	POC 23	ISF 19	CHI 29	TOL 21	DSF 12	NJE 20	SLM 19	KAN 35	CAR 30					12th	3710	^[28]
		31												KEN 26
2010		34		DAY 22	PBE 25	SLM 15	TEX 27	TAL 20	TOL 11	POC 24	MCH 25	IOW 33	MFD 18	POC 28	BLN 20	NJE 18	ISF 19	CHI 20	DSF 18	TOL 22	SLM 16	KAN 23	CAR 31						14th	3425	^[29]
2011			Ford	DAY 25																									10th	3310	^[30]
			Chevy		TAL 31	SLM 12	TOL 21	NJE 26	CHI 17	POC 27	MCH 33	WIN 19	BLN 20	IOW 21	IRP 15	POC 29	ISF 14	MAD 20	DSF 23	SLM 14	KAN 25	TOL 20
2012				DAY 27		SLM 17	TAL 23	TOL 35	ELK 19	POC 24	MCH 28	WIN 14	NJE 23	IOW 22	CHI 28	IRP 21	POC 28	BLN 18	ISF 21	MAD 25	SLM 17	DSF C	KAN 36						11th	3065	^[31]
			Ford		MOB 35
2013			Chevy	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL 23	TOL 19	ELK 15	POC 22	MCH 25	ROA 24	WIN 11	CHI 19	NJE 23	POC 27	BLN 19	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW 22	SLM 15	KEN 22	KAN 26					14th	2390	^[32]
2014	James Hylton Motorsports	48	Ford	DAY	MOB 22	SLM 23	TAL	TOL																					30th	875	^[33]
	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy						NJE 19	POC 20	MCH 23	ELK	WIN	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM 15	KEN 25	KAN
2015				DAY	MOB	NSH	SLM 14	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	CHI	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM 20	KEN 21	KAN						54th	415	^[34]
2017	Hixson Motorsports	3	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM 23	CHI	KEN	KAN						107th	115	^[35]
2018	Kimmel Racing	69	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD 19	GTW	CHI															35th	565	^[36]
	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy												IOW 14
	Fast Track Racing	10	Toyota													ELK 18	BLN	POC	ISF
	Dale Shearer Racing	73	Ford																	DSF 20	IRP	SLM	KAN
2019	Darrell Basham Racing	34	Chevy	DAY	FIF	SLM 13	TAL	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM								58th	290	^[37]
	Fast Track Racing	1	Toyota																			IRP 21	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 12						89th	32	^[38]

References

1. . 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 (March 5, 2012). . KAIT8 TV. Jonesboro, AR. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
9. Ansari, Maira (April 26, 2012). "Business back up and running after tornado". WAVE3-TV. Louisville, KY. 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 – 1979 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
12. "Darrell Basham – 1980 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
13. "Darrell Basham – 1981 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
14. "Darrell Basham – 1982 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
15. "Darrell Basham – 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
16. "Darrell Basham – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
17. "Darrell Basham – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
18. "Darrell Basham – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
19. "Darrell Basham – 2000 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
20. "Darrell Basham – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
21. "Darrell Basham – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
22. "Darrell Basham – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
23. "Darrell Basham – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
24. "Darrell Basham – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
25. "Darrell Basham – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
26. "Darrell Basham – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
27. "Darrell Basham – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
28. "Darrell Basham – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
29. "Darrell Basham – 2010 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
30. "Darrell Basham – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
31. "Darrell Basham – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
32. "Darrell Basham – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
33. "Darrell Basham – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
34. "Darrell Basham – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
35. "Darrell Basham – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
36. "Darrell Basham – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
37. "Darrell Basham – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
38. "Darrell Basham – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

External links

• Darrell Basham driver statistics at Racing-Reference