- Lee Bentham
Infobox racing driver
name = Lee Bentham
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nationality = CAN
date of birth = Birth date and age|1970|7|2
place of birth =Richmond Hill, Ontario
date of death =
retired = 1999
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last series =Toyota Atlantic Series
years active = 1995-1999
teams =P-1 Racing Forsythe Championship Racing
starts = 43
wins = 3
poles = 4
fastest laps =
best finish = 1st
year = 1998
prev series =Indy Lights
prev series years = 1997
titles = Toyota Atlantic Series
title years = 1998
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award years =Lee Bentham (born
July 2 ,1970 ) is a Canadian former racing driver fromRichmond Hill, Ontario . In 1990 and 1992 he competed in theFormula K karting World Championship series. He moved to cars in theToyota 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. 1997 was less successful as he only finished 5th in series points. He also competed for Forsythe Racing in theIndy Lights series that season and won on the oval atGateway International Raceway and finished 5th in points. 1998 was Bentham's breakout year as he captured two wins on his way to the Toyota Atlantic championship forForsythe 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. Bentham is currently a driver development coach for Forsythe's effort in the Atlantic series.
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