- Wade Cunningham
Infobox racing driver
name = Wade Cunningham
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nationality = NZL
date of birth = Birth date and age|1984|8|19
place of birth =Auckland
date of death =
retired =
related to =Mitch Cunningham (brother)
last series =Firestone Indy Lights Series
years active = 2005-2008
starts = 46
wins = 5
poles = 7
fastest laps =
teams =Brian Stewart Racing AFS Racing Alliance Motorsports
best finish = 1st
year = 2005
prev series =Formula Ford Zetec USA
prev series years = 2003
titles =Karting World Championship Indy Lights Series
title years = 2003
2005
awards =
award years =Wade Cunningham (born
August 19 ,1984 ) is a racing driver fromAuckland ,New Zealand who has most notably competed in theFirestone Indy Lights Series .and placed third in championship points despite missing two races due to illness. While missing out on the drivers title the team was still able to claim their second consecutive entrants championship.
He drove in the
A1 Grand Prix series as practice driver forA1 Team New Zealand in the round inTaupo , New Zealand [ [http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=30285 SuperPoints A1GP Taupo, New Zealand: Driver sign-on] , A1GP.com, January 18, 2007] and returned to the Indy Pro Series in 2007 for AGR-AFS Racing where he finished 3rd.In December 2007 Cunningham tested an
IndyCar Series machine for the first time at Sebring, driving theAndretti Green Racing IndyCar normally driven byDanica Patrick [cite news| title =Cunningham tests with Andretti Green| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64462| date =2007-12-21 | accessdate =2007-12-22] .Wade's brother Mitch made his Firestone Indy Lights Series debut (formerly the Indy Pro Series) in 2008 for Brian Stewart Racing, the same team with whom Wade had his initial success. Wade has made a handful of starts in the series in 2008, both for Brian Stewart and in the Mid-Ohio double-header for the new Alliance Motorsports team.
References
External links
* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver1983.html Wade Cunningham career statistics]
* [http://www.wadecunningham.com/ Official site]
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