Robert Bunker III (born September 8, 1988) is an American professional racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in a sprint car racing series in 2008. Most notably, he ran part-time in the ARCA Re/Max Series in

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, driving the No. 4

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for

Cunningham Motorsports Cunningham Motorsports (operating at various points in its history as CSG Motorsports and CHS Motorsports) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, but also in the NASCAR Camping Worl ...

. Prior to that, Bunker competed in the

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and

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Series.

Racing career

Bunker began kart racing in 1998. He won his first track championship in 1999, and would follow that up with another one in 2001. In 2000, Bunker began competing on a national level in the World Karting Association, securing three national event wins by 2003. In 2004, he competed in four Formula TR (Formula Renault 1600) events scoring one qualifying pole and two podium finishes in only 4 events. In 2005, Bunker competed in the

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championship for AIM Autosport, finishing 8th in points. That year, he was teammates with current NASCAR Pinty's Series driver Kevin Lacroix. He moved to the

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in 2006 with AIM and finished 13th in points with one podium finish. In 2007, Bunker signed with

and Dodge's driver development program to compete in seven ARCA Re/Max Series races, driving their No. 4 car. He had previously debuted for the team in a test session in November 2006. He finished the season 46th in points with a best finish of 12th at

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. Bunker did not return to the Cunningham team or the ARCA Series altogether in 2008. That year, he joined the Ventura Racing Association (VRA) Sprint Car Series, competing in nine races for Cory Kruseman Racing.

Personal life

Bunker is from

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and graduated from

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Motorsports career results

ARCA Re/Max Series

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

* ''Dead link'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunker, Rob 1988 births ARCA Menards Series drivers Formula BMW USA drivers Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers Living people People from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey Racing drivers from New Jersey Sportspeople from Somerset County, New Jersey