Career Summary:
- First IndyCar start: July 22, 2007
(Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course)
-
First IndyCar victory: July 6, 2008 (Watkins Glen
International)
- Hunter-Reay is the only driver to score victories in
CART (2003, Surfers Paradise, Australia), Champ Car
(2004, Milwaukee) and the IRL IndyCar Series (2008,
Watkins Glen, NY).
2009
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Finished second in season opener at St. Petersburg
driving for Vision Racing.
● Made debut
with A.J. Foyt Racing at Iowa Speedway as 2009
replacement for injured Vitor Meira
2008
●
Finished eighth in IndyCar Series standings for Rahal
Letterman Racing.
● Won at Watkins
Glen, leading the final nine laps, and had 10 top-10
finishes overall.
● Advanced 14
positions to finish sixth in 92nd Indianapolis 500,
earning Chase Rookie of the Year award.
2007
●
Won Bombardier Learjet Rookie of Year Award despite
joining Rahal Letterman Racing at midseason.
● Finished 19th
in IndyCar Series standings with three top-seven
finishes in six starts.
● Had best
finish of sixth at Michigan.
● Made three
Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype starts for
Riley Matthews Motorsports with best finish of sixth at
Watkins Glen.
● Test driver
for Robby Gordon Motorsport in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Car
of Tomorrow.
● Competed for A1GP Team USA in New Zealand.
2006
●
Made three Rolex Sports Car Series starts, two in GT for
SAMAX Motorsport and one in Daytona Prototype for
SunTrust Racing, with best finish of third in GT Class
at Laguna Seca.
● Selected for
General Motors driver development program for NASCAR.
2005
●
Finished 15th in Champ Car World Series for Rocketsports
Racing with best finish of sixth at Denver and Toronto.
2004
●
Finished ninth in Champ Car World Series for Herdez
Competition with win from pole at Milwaukee.
● Recipient of
the Greg Moore Legacy Award.
2003
●
Finished 14th in Champ Car World Series in rookie season
for American Spirit Team Johansson.
● Scored first
career victory at Surfers Paradise, Australia, becoming
first American rookie in more than 20 years to win a
Champ Car Race.
2002
●
Finished sixth in Toyota Atlantic championship for
Hylton Motorsports with three wins (Laguna Seca, Chicago
and Cleveland) and three poles.
● Set record for
most laps led, most poles, most ‘fastest laps’ and most
‘track records’.
● BBS "Rising
Star" Award & World Com "Fastest Driver" Award for most
‘Fastest Race Laps’.
2001
●
Finished fifth in the Barber Dodge Pro Series with wins
at Lime Rock and Toronto.
2000
●
Was Rookie of the Year in the Barber Dodge Pro Series
after finishing fifth in the point standings.
● Earned two
podium and four top-five finishes.
1999
●
Won Skip Barber Formula Dodge National Championship.
● Won Skip
Barber Formula Dodge Eastern Regional Series
championship.
● Named Barber
Dodge "Scholarship Winner."
1998
●
Rookie of the Year in Skip Barber Formula Dodge Southern
Regional Series championship.
Early Career
●
Competed in go-kart racing and won nine WKA / FIA
National Series championships and Three Grand National
titles.
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Was WKA Competitor of the Year in 1997.