Sean Guthrie

Sean Guthrie
Nationality	American
Born	April 18, 1988 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Related to	Jim Guthrie (father)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season	2012
Starts	1
Wins	0
Poles	0
Previous series
2006-1010 2005 2004	Firestone Indy Lights Star Mazda Championship SCCA Formula Ford

Sean Guthrie (born April 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of former IndyCar Series driver Jim Guthrie, he is a former Firestone Indy Lights driver and currently competes part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

Career

Guthrie racing in the 2007 Freedom 100

Guthrie began his karting career at the age of eight. He won an IKF championship in 2002 and the SKUSA Long Track Nationals in 2003 and moved up to cars in SCCA Formula Ford in 2004. In 2005 he moved up to the Star Mazda Series and finished 14th in points in a season beset by mechanical problems.^[1] The team, owned by his father, decided to move up to the Indy Pro Series in 2006, but Sean was forced to miss the first three races of the season as he was not yet the league-mandated 18 years old. He competed in 5 races with a best finish of 5th at Kentucky Speedway.^[2] The team returned for 2007 for a full season. After crashing out of the first three races of the season, the team regrouped and finished the Freedom 100 and Sean registered a career-best 4th-place finish at the Milwaukee Mile a week later.^[2] In the Iowa Speedway race Sean suffered a heavy crash and the team's car had to be sent back to the manufacturer Dallara in Italy for repairs. Sean injured both his foot and knee in the accident. Sean made three starts at the end of the season for Playa Del Racing as the team ran in cooperation with Guthrie. Until his suspension in April 2009, he drove for his father's team Guthrie Racing along with teammates Alistair Jackson and Jesse Mason. Sean finished 14th in the 2007 championship and returned to the series, now called the Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2008, finishing 10th in points. In April 2009 he was suspended from the Indy Racing League after the race at Kansas Speedway in which he was penalized for driving through an accident zone too quickly and passing a car under the yellow flag and then refused to respond to the black flag.^[3] He made his return to the Firestone Indy Lights Series on October 9, 2009 at Homestead with Andersen Racing.^[4] After participating in dirt track racing throughout 2010, Guthrie again returned to Indy Lights for the season finale at Homestead with Andersen, finishing 10th.

After driving in drifting for the 2011 season, Guthrie returned to professional motorsports in 2012, driving in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Sandia Motor Speedway in late September,^[5] finishing 22nd and last in his debut in the series.^[6]

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2006	Guthrie Racing	HMS	STP1	STP2	INDY 11	WGL 16	IMS	NSH 8	MIL	KTY 5	SNM1	SNM2	CHI 18					18th	99
2007	Guthrie Racing Playa Del Racing	HMS 19	STP1 16	STP2 23	INDY 19	MIL 4	IMS1 13	IMS2 12	IOW 20	WGL1 15	WGL2 16	NSH 14	MDO 12	KTY 6	SNM1 12	SNM2 13	CHI 6	14th	274
2008	Guthrie Racing	HMS 11	STP1 15	STP2 5	KAN 6	INDY 12	MIL 10	IOW 20	WGL1 13	WGL2 10	NSH 8	MDO1 13	MDO2 7	KTY 7	SNM1 13	SNM2 9	CHI 17	10th	322
2009	Guthrie Meyer Racing	STP 1 22	STP 2 12	LBH 22	KAN 18	INDY	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI			27th	65
	RLR Andersen Racing															HMS 11

References

1. Meet Sean, Sean Guthrie Racing
2. Sean Guthrie, ChampCarStats.com
3. Sean, Jim Guthrie suspended indefinitely by IRL, Associated Press via CNN.com, April 30, 2009
4. Clear to return, IndyCar.com, October 6, 2009, retrieved 06-10-2009
5. Christ, Bob (September 29, 2012). "K&N Pro Series Adds Two Locals to Tonight’s Race". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, NM. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
6. "2012 NAPA Auto Parts 150". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

External links

• Official website
• Sean Guthrie driver statistics at Racing-Reference