# Darrell Basham

Darrell Basham (born March 17, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver and 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.
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. He also won the Spirit Award for the second time.
Basham made his 300th career ARCA start at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 2012, finishing 21st in the event. 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.
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. 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. His son Jason competed in 60 ARCA Racing Series events between 2003 and 2013. 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. On March 2, 2012, Basham's race shop was destroyed by a tornado that devastated Henryville; 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 | 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 | |

#### 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 | NGDS | Pts | Ref |
| 1993 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | DAY 17 | NSV | SUM | VOL | MAR | LON | 411 | LAN | HCY | SUM | FLO | BGS | MYB | NRV | HCY | VOL | N/A | 0 | |

### 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 | |
| 1980 | Jim Patrick Racing | 34 | Mercury | DAY 18 | NWS | FRS | FRS | MCH | TAL 29 | IMS | FRS | MCH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NA | 0 | |
| 1981 | Jim Patrick Racing | 34 | Mercury | DAY DNQ | DSP 16 | FRS | FRS 9 | BFS 9 | TAL 27 | FRS | COR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 285 | |
| 1982 | Jim Patrick Racing | 34 | Mercury | NSV | DAY | TAL | FRS | CMS 13 | WIN 24 | 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 39 | I70 | ISF | | | | | | | | | | NA | 0 | |
| 1994 | | 5 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DSF 17 | TOL | SLM | WIN | ATL | | | | | | | | NA | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 1997 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Pontiac | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2000 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | AND | CLT | KIL | FRS | MCH | POC | TOL | KEN | BLN | POC | WIN | ISF | KEN | DSF | SLM 32 | CLT | TAL | ATL | | | | | | 135th | 70 | |
| 2001 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2002 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2002 | Darrell Basham Racing | 50 | Chevy | | | | SLM 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 3565 | |
| 2003 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2004 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2004 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Ford | | | | | | CLT 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 4280 | |
| 2005 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | |
| 2005 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | POC 14 | MCH 37 | KAN 7 | KEN 37 | | POC 16 | GTW 21 | | NSH 18 | MCH 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 4000 | |
| 2006 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | |
| 2006 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Pontiac | | NSH 34 | | | KEN 30 | | | | KAN 29 | KEN 21 | | POC 18 | GTW 20 | NSH 18 | MCH 28 | | MIL 21 | | | CHI 24 | | | IOW 18 | | | | 13th | 3960 | |
| 2007 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | |
| 2007 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Pontiac | | | NSH 28 | | KAN 28 | | KEN 26 | | | POC 33 | MCH 28 | | KEN 31 | POC 35 | NSH 37 | | | | | CHI 37 | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 3470 | |
| 2008 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | |
| 2009 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2009 | Darrell Basham Racing | 31 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 3710 |
| 2010 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2011 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Ford | DAY 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 3310 | |
| 2011 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 3310 | |
| 2012 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2012 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Ford | | MOB 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 3065 |
| 2013 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | 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 | |
| 2014 | James Hylton Motorsports | 48 | Ford | DAY | MOB 22 | SLM 23 | TAL | TOL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 875 | |
| 2014 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 875 | |
| 2015 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2018 | Kimmel Racing | 69 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD 19 | GTW | CHI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 565 | |
| 2018 | Darrell Basham Racing | 34 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | IOW 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 565 | |
| 2018 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | ELK 18 | BLN | POC | ISF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 565 |
| 2018 | Dale Shearer Racing | 73 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DSF 20 | IRP | SLM | KAN | | | | | | | | | | 35th | 565 | |
| 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 | |
| 2019 | Fast Track Racing | 1 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IRP 21 | KAN | | | | | | | | | | 58th | 290 | |
| 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 | |