# Lee Bentham
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{{Short description|Canadian racing driver (born 1970)}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=November 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Lee Bentham
| image =
| imagesize = 150
| caption =
| nationality = {{CAN}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|27}}
| birth_place = [Richmond Hill, Ontario](/source/Richmond_Hill%2C_Ontario), Canada
| death_date =
| retired = 1999
| relatives =
| last_series = [Toyota Atlantic](/source/Toyota_Atlantic) Series
| years_active = 1995-1999
| teams = P-1 Racing
[Forsythe Championship Racing](/source/Forsythe_Championship_Racing)
| starts = 43
| wins = 3
| poles = 4
| fastest_laps =
| best_finish = '''1st'''
| year = [1998](/source/1998_Formula_Atlantic_season)
| prev_series = [Indy Lights](/source/Indy_Lights)
| prev_series_years = 1997
| titles = Toyota Atlantic Series
| title_years = 1998
| awards =
| award_years =
}}
'''Lee Bentham''' (born July 27, 1970) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) former racing driver from [Richmond Hill, Ontario](/source/Richmond_Hill%2C_Ontario). In 1990 and 1992 he competed in the [Formula K](/source/Formula_K) [karting](/source/karting) World Championship series.
Bentham moved to cars in the [Toyota Atlantic](/source/Toyota_Atlantic) series in 1995 in a successful partial-season program that managed to place Bentham on the podium twice and finished eighth in points. The following year Bentham captured seven podiums and was the series runner-up. In 1997, he competed for Forsythe Racing in the [Indy Lights](/source/Indy_Lights) series, won on the oval at [Gateway International Raceway](/source/Gateway_International_Raceway) and finished fifth in points.
1998 was Bentham's breakout year, as he captured three wins and seven podiums on his way to the Toyota Atlantic Championship for [Forsythe Championship Racing](/source/Forsythe_Championship_Racing). 1999 was his final year of top-level racing and was another year in Atlantics where he won a single race and finished sixth in points. Since 2012, Bentham has been the Driver Development Coach for [Ed Carpenter Racing](/source/Ed_Carpenter_(racing_driver)) in the IndyCar series, having previously coached [Josef Newgarden](/source/Josef_Newgarden).In 2025 he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame.
==Motorsports career results==
===American open–wheel racing results===
(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
====Atlantic Championship====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! Rank
! Points
|-
| [1995](/source/1995_Atlantic_Championship_season)
! P-1 Racing
| [MIA](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Miami_(open_wheel_racing))
| [PHX](/source/Jimmy_Bryan_Memorial)
| [LBH](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Long_Beach)
| [NAZ](/source/Firestone_Indy_225)
| [MIL](/source/IndyCar_Series_at_the_Milwaukee_Mile)
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[MTL](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Montreal)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[TOR](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Toronto)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[TRR1](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|25}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[TRR2](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|[MDO](/source/Indy_200_at_Mid-Ohio)
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[VAN](/source/Molson_Indy_Vancouver)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[LAG](/source/IndyCar_Monterey_Grand_Prix)
{{small|4}}
|
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''8th'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''72'''
|-
| [1996](/source/1996_Atlantic_Championship_season)
! P-1 Racing
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''[HMS](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Miami_(open_wheel_racing))'''
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[LBH](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Long_Beach)
{{small|6}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[NAZ](/source/Firestone_Indy_225)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[MIL](/source/IndyCar_Series_at_the_Milwaukee_Mile)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[MTL](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Montreal)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[TOR](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Toronto)
{{small|16}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[TRR1](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[TRR2](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|4}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[MDO](/source/Indy_200_at_Mid-Ohio)
{{small|4}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[ROA](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Road_America)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|[VAN](/source/Molson_Indy_Vancouver)
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[LAG](/source/IndyCar_Monterey_Grand_Prix)
{{small|5}}
|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''149'''
|-
| [1998](/source/1998_Atlantic_Championship_season)
! [Forsythe Racing](/source/Forsythe_Racing)
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[LBH](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Long_Beach)
{{small|19}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[NAZ](/source/Firestone_Indy_225)
{{small|6}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[GAT](/source/Bommarito_Automotive_Group_500)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|[MIL](/source/IndyCar_Series_at_the_Milwaukee_Mile)
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"|'''[MTL](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Montreal)'''
{{small|1}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[CLE](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Cleveland)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''[TOR](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Toronto)'''
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[TRR](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"|[MDO](/source/Indy_200_at_Mid-Ohio)
{{small|1}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[ROA](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Road_America)
{{small|19}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[VAN](/source/Molson_Indy_Vancouver)
{{small|6}}
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''[LAG](/source/IndyCar_Monterey_Grand_Prix)'''
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[HOU](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Houston)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''163'''
|-
| [1999](/source/1999_Atlantic_Championship_season)
! [Forsythe Racing](/source/Forsythe_Racing)
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[LBH](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Long_Beach)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[NAZ](/source/Firestone_Indy_225)
{{small|9}}
| [GAT](/source/Bommarito_Automotive_Group_500)
{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"|[MIL](/source/IndyCar_Series_at_the_Milwaukee_Mile)
{{small|1}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[MTL](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Montreal)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[ROA](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Road_America)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[TRR](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|25}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[MDO](/source/Indy_200_at_Mid-Ohio)
{{small|18}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[CHI](/source/Chicago_Motor_Speedway)
{{small|4}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[VAN](/source/Molson_Indy_Vancouver)
{{small|24}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[LAG](/source/IndyCar_Monterey_Grand_Prix)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[HOU](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Houston)
{{small|13}}
|
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''6th'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| '''71'''
|}
====Indy Lights====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! Rank
! Points
! Ref
|-
| [1997](/source/1997_Indy_Lights_season)
! [Forsythe Racing](/source/Forsythe_Racing)
|style="background:#dfffdf;"|[HMS](/source/Homestead%E2%80%93Miami_Indy_300)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[LBH](/source/Long_Beach_Grand_Prix)
{{small|14}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"|[NAZ](/source/Firestone_Indy_225)
{{small|22}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|[SAV](/source/1997_Dixie_Crystals_Grand_Prix)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"|[STL](/source/Emerson_Indy_250)
{{small|1}}
|style="background:#cfeaff;"|[MIL](/source/Milwaukee_225)
{{small|9}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[DET](/source/Detroit_Indy_Grand_Prix)
{{small|22}}
|style="background:#cfeaff;"|[POR](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Portland)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"|[TOR](/source/Honda_Indy_Toronto)
{{small|27}}
|style="background:#cfeaff;"|[TRO](/source/Circuit_Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#cfeaff;"|[VAN](/source/Molson_Indy_Vancouver)
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"|[LAG](/source/Monterey_Grand_Prix)
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|[FON](/source/Toyota_Indy_400)
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''5th'''
|style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''88'''
|[{{cite web|title=Lee Bentham – 1997 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/benthle01/1997/IL|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=September 15, 2025}}]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{DriverDB driver|lee-bentham}}
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{{succession box|title=[Toyota Atlantic Champion](/source/Champ_Car_Atlantic)|before=[Alex Barron](/source/Alex_Barron_(driver))|after=[Anthony Lazzaro](/source/Anthony_Lazzaro_(race_car_driver))|years=1998}}
{{s-end}}
{{Forsythe Championship Racing}}
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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Atlantic Championship drivers
Category:Indy Lights drivers
Category:Racing drivers from Ontario
Category:Sportspeople from Richmond Hill, Ontario
{{Canada-autoracing-bio-stub}}
Category:Forsythe Racing drivers
Category:Canadian racing drivers
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