Patrick Lindsey (born April 22, 1982) is an American
racing driver
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, team owner and businessman. Outside racing, he serves as president of the air transport company Mira Vista Aviation.
Career
Lindsey's started his motorsport career in
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...
,
California
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, where he used an old race truck in a drag race. In 2013, he drove together with his teammate
Patrick Long
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Patrick Long (born July 28, 1981) is a professional racing driver, one of 18 Porsche factory racing drivers, and the only American to hold that distinction.
Racing career Sports car racing
Following a successful career in karts and th ...
in the
Rolex Sports Car Series
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on a
Porsche 997
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.
FIA World Endurance Championship
In the
2018-19 FIA WEC season, Lindsey drove for the
Team Project 1
Project 1 Motorsport, formerly known as tolimit Motorsport, is a German auto racing team founded by Hans-Bernd Kamps and Jörg Michaels in 1993 to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and later the Porsche Supercup. Based in Lohne, the te ...
on a
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. At the
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 86e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 16 to 17 June 2018 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close t ...
, he raced alongside his teammates
Jörg Bergmeister
Jörg Bergmeister (born 13 February 1976, in Leverkusen) is a former racing driver from Germany and an ambassador of Porsche.
His late father, Willi Bergmeister, owned a workshop and dealership where Michael Schumacher learned his trade as a ...
and
Egidio Perfetti
Egidio Perfetti (born 5 June 1975 in Sorengo) is a Norwegian racing driver. He is also a director in the family business Perfetti Van Melle, which is an Italian global manufacturer of confectionery and gum, dating back to the 1940s. Today it is ...
.
Lindsey, Bergmeister, and Perfetti won the
6 Hours of Fuji
The 6 Hours of Fuji (formerly the Fuji 1000 Kilometres) is a sports car race held at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. The race was held for the first time in 1967, and in 1977 became part of the new Fuji Long Distance Series. In 1982 a se ...
in the LMGTE Am category. They also won the
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''87e 24 Heures du Mans'') was an 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 15 to 16 June 2019 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le ...
in the same category, clinching the LMGTE Am championship in the process.
Lindsey returned to the FIA WEC in
2022 season, representing
Dempsey-Proton Racing
Proton Competition (also known as Team Felbermayr-Proton) is a German auto racing team founded by Gerold Ried. The team is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. They currently operate a Porsche 911 RSR sports car in the FIA World Endurance C ...
.
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in
''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
IMSA SportsCar Championship results
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key
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Common meanings
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* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
)
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Dallas
Racing drivers from Texas
12 Hours of Sebring drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers
Businesspeople from Dallas