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Darren Manning
Darren Manning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2009.
Nationality	British
Born	(1975-04-30)30 April 1975 (age 50) Knaresborough, England
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season	2004
Car number	23
Former teams	Chip Ganassi Racing,A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts	60
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	11th in 2004
Previous series
2000–2001 2002 2002–2003 2006–2007	Formula 3000 ASCAR CART A1 Grand Prix

Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is a Britishmotor racing driver who has raced in theIRLIndyCar Series forChip Ganassi Racing andDreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Manning was born inKnaresborough, North Yorkshire, and began his racing career at the age of ten, competing in British and Internationalkarting events. In 1992, he took part in theBrands Hatch Formula First Winter Series, finishing second after recording two wins. His SpeedSport team took him in 1993 to race in the Formula Vauxhall championship again recording two victories en route to a second-place finish in the championship. He was also a finalist for the McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. He continued in Formula Vauxhall in 1994 and 1995 and moved up toFormula 3 in1996 and1997. Budget constraints meant that he only raced a limited F3 schedule in1998, but he did achieve two wins including atSilverstone for theBritish Grand Prix support race.

In 1999, Manning won theAll-Japan Formula Three championship, and was the first driver to achieve the "perfect victory" at theMacau Grand Prix sinceAyrton Senna by winning from pole position, leading every lap and setting a lap record. He also tested with theWilliams F1 team. In 2000, he began working for theBAR Honda F1 team as a test driver while also racing in theFIAInternational Formula 3000 championship forArden Team Russia.

In 2002, Manning competed in theASCAR (now SCSA) championship. He had a one-off drive in theFIA Sportscar championship atMagny-Cours driving a Tampolli SR2 RTA-2001 in the SR2 class for JCI Developments. He also had a one-off drive atRockingham in theCART series for Team St George, leading eighteen laps on the way to ninth place. This led to a full-time drive forWalker Racing in 2003, taking one top-three finish and ninth overall in the championship.

Manning joinedChip Ganassi'sIRL team for 2004, in place ofTony Renna after Renna's fatal testing accident, finishing eleventh in the championship having achieved eight top-ten finishes, but he was released from his contract in the middle of 2005 after 24 starts, including the 2004 and 2005Indianapolis 500.

Manning raced at the last round of the 2005/6A1 Grand Prix series at Shanghai, because main driverRobbie Kerr had other commitments and Manning helped secureA1 Team Great Britain third place in the overall standings. During 2006, he also drove aNissan 350Z in theFIA GT Championship for RJN Motorsport.

For the2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season, Manning moved into a permanent role in the Great Britain A1GP team, alongside Robbie Kerr andOliver Jarvis.

On 14 November 2006, Manning was named the driver of theA. J. Foyt Enterprises No. 14 car in the IRL IndyCar series for the2007 season, marking his return to the league after a one-year absence.^[1] Manning also drove in the 200724 Hours of Daytona and led his team to a second-place finish, leading the race during a long overnight stint in the rain. He finished thirteenth in IndyCar points in 2007, capturing five top-tens in what was widely considered a significant step forward for the previously struggling Foyt team. In 2008 he finished second atWatkins Glen, with six further top ten finishes en route to fourteenth overall.

In 2009, Manning was racing forDreyer & Reinbold Racing in IndyCar, but left after two races. No reason has been given by either driver or team.

In 2010, Manning drove for Spirit of Daytona Racing in theRolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the No. 90 Daytona Prototype.

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¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

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