Trent Hindman (born September 20, 1995 in

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in the GS class. He also was selected by BMW Motorsport for their junior program in 2015.

Career

Karting

Hindman started karting at eight years old at his local kart track

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. In 2004, Hindman competed in the Junior Sportsman category at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The young driver won the category in 2006 at the local track and also the

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state championship. In the same year Hindman also made his debut in the

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. Trent Hindman won his first national karting championship in 2008. The young talent won the

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national championship in the Cadet class. In 2009 Hindman achieved podium classifications in various World Karting Association classes.

Formula racing

In 2009 Hindman completed the

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with driver coach Steve Welk. He subsequently ran his first race at Road America where he finished fifth. Trent finishes fourth in the final point standings of the Skip Barber Southern Series. He continued competing in the Skip Barber National Championship throughout 2010 and 2011. In 2011 Hindman won two races at

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and one race at

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marking his first wins in autosport. He ended up second in the point standings, behind Scott Anderson, but in front of

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. The talented driver in 2011 selected for the Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development Driver program, was highly successful in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship. Running with Brian Graham Racing Hindman won nine out of twelve races. He also competed at the

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finishing ninth. For 2012 Hindman joined the Mazda Road to Indy competing in the

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. Running with Cape Motorsports with

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Hindman scored two podium finishes and ended up fifth in the

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final standings.

Touring cars

After his USF2000 campaign Hindman focussed on GT racing and touring cars. For 2013 Hindman competed full-time in the amateur based SCCA Majors Tour in the GT2 class. Racing with Fall-Line Motorsports in a Porsche 911 GT3 997 Hindman won eight races and clinched the

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Nationwide championship. During the season Hindman won the prestigious

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and achieved a second place at the

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. He also competed in the

in the GS class in a BMW M3 achieving one podium at

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. The following year Hindman won the championship after winning races at Laguna Seca and

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. For 2015 Hindman again raced in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Hindman also made his debut in the

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. At the Belgian racetrack Hindman was part of the BMW Motorsport Junior team competing in a 2016 edition BMW M235i Cup Racer. Together with

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, Victor Bouveng and driver coach Dirk Adorf the team supported by Walkenhorst Motorsport finished fifteenth overall, ninth in class.

Personal

Hindman resides in the Wayside section of

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, where he attended

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.USF2000 – Summer Vacation Over for Hindman
, Trent Hindman, August 12, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2015. "While Trent Hindman's senior year at Ocean Township High School doesn't begin until September 5th, his open-wheel education picks up after a six-week break this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course, for Round 6 and 7 of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. 'I can't wait to get back into the car', said Hindman from his Wayside, N.J. home."

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

U.S. F2000 National Championship

( key)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

24 Hours of Zolder

References

External links

Official website

Facebook profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hindman, Trent 1995 births Living people Formula Ford drivers SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Ocean Township High School alumni People from Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey People from West Long Branch, New Jersey Racing drivers from New Jersey Sportspeople from Monmouth County, New Jersey U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers GT World Challenge America drivers Formula Renault BARC drivers Wayne Taylor Racing drivers Meyer Shank Racing drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers 24H Series drivers