Wade Grant Cunningham was born on 19 August 1984 and is a racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand who competed in the IndyCar Series from 2011 to 2012.
11 Facts About Wade Cunningham
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Wade Cunningham won the 2005 Indy Lights Series championship in his rookie season for Brian Stewart Racing despite only winning a single race.
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Wade Cunningham continued with the team in 2006 and won 3 more races, including the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and placed third in championship points despite missing two races due to an emergency appendectomy.
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Wade Cunningham narrowly missed the title by 11 points and would have easily clinched his second drivers championship had he started either of those events.
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Wade Cunningham drove in the A1 Grand Prix series as practice driver for A1 Team New Zealand in the round in Taupo, New Zealand, and China.
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Wade Cunningham returned to the Indy Lights Series in 2007 for AGR-AFS Racing where he finished 3rd.
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In December 2007 Wade Cunningham tested an IndyCar Series machine for the first time at Sebring as a reward for his results with their satellite team in the Indy Lights Series, driving the Andretti Green Racing IndyCar normally driven by Marco Andretti.
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Wade Cunningham made a handful of starts in the series in 2008, both for Brian Stewart and in the Mid-Ohio double-header for the new Alliance Motorsports team.
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Wade Cunningham signed on to return to the series full-time in 2009 driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
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Wade Cunningham won again that race in 2010 in a one-race deal for the Schmidt team, becoming the only three-time winner of the Freedom 100.
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Sam Schmidt announced 11 February that Wade Cunningham would make his Izod IndyCar Series debut in 2011 with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in a three race deal.