Christopher Bingham (born December 15, 1971) is an American professional racing driver fromKirkland, Washington. He is a noted sports car driver but also competed in stock cars, with elevenBusch Series starts and one ARCA start in his career.

Bingham started in motocross at the age of 10, and ventured into car racing after completing an advance driving course at theJim Russell Racing School in 1991.^[1][2] He began his professional racing career in 1994 at the last round of theIMSA championship, finishing 15th at the 2 hours ofPhoenix driving a Tiga DBIV for Bobby Brown Racing.^[3] In 1997, Bingham participated in the24 Hours of Daytona in a GT3-classPorsche and made fourIndy Lights starts, with a best finish of 11th atNazareth Speedway. He returned to Daytona and made his12 Hours of Sebring debut in 1998. In 1999 and 2000 Bingham was the #2 driver for the Hybrid R&DRiley & Scott-Ford Le Mans Prototype team in theAmerican Le Mans Series. He also passed hisIndy Racing League rookie test withMid-America Motorsports but decided not to pursue an entry into the IRL. In 2001 and 2002 Bingham drove the worksSaleen S7R in theGrand-Am Series' GTS class to back to back championships, including 11 class victories.

Bingham decided to foray intoNASCAR in 2003, when Bingham signed a deal to drive forJay Robinson Racing in theBusch Series. He made his debut atNorth Carolina, starting 38th and finishing 34th after transmission issues. DNFs would plague his season, as Bingham fell out of seven of his eleven starts. Even when he did not fall out, Bingham struggled, earning just a career-best finish of 26th atDarlington andTexas. After his inconsistency, Bingham was released following a 33rd atCharlotte.

Bingham returned to the Grand Am Series' Daytona Prototype class in 2004 and began fielding his own entry in 2005. In 2006 he droveDerhaag Motorsports' Daytona Prototype but resigned from the team in August after poor finishes.^[4] Earlier that season he was involved in a fistfight with competitor J. C. France after the two collided atAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez inMexico City and was suspended for one race and placed on probation.^[5] He did not make any appearances in the series in 2007.

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