Sean Guthrie

{{about|a racing driver|the Scottish musician|The Supernaturals}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Sean Guthrie | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|04|18}} | birth_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | relatives = Jim Guthrie (father) | current_series = NASCAR K&N Pro Series West | first_year = 2012 | current_team = | car_number = | starts = 1 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = | prev_series = Firestone Indy Lights Star Mazda Championship SCCA Formula Ford | prev_series_years = 2006-2010 2005 2004 | titles = | title_years = | awards = | award_years = }}

'''Sean Guthrie''' (born April 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of former IndyCar Series driver Jim Guthrie, he is a former Firestone Indy Lights driver and formerly competed part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

== Career == [[Image:SeanGuthrie2007.jpg|thumb|left|Guthrie racing in the 2007 Freedom 100]] Guthrie began his karting career at the age of eight. He won an IKF championship in 2002 and the SKUSA Long Track Nationals in 2003 and moved up to cars in SCCA Formula Ford in 2004. In 2005, he moved up to the Star Mazda Series and finished fourteenth in points in a season beset by mechanical problems.<ref>[http://seanguthrie.com/sean/index.cfm?cid=2224 Meet Sean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120045713/http://seanguthrie.com/sean/index.cfm?cid=2224 |date=2009-01-20 }}, Sean Guthrie Racing</ref> The team, owned by his father, decided to move up to the Indy Pro Series in 2006, but Sean was forced to miss the first three races of the season as he was not yet the league-mandated eighteen years old. He competed in five races with a best finish of fifth at Kentucky Speedway.<ref name="ccs">[http://www.champcarstats.com/ips/drivers/GuthrieSean.htm Sean Guthrie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224104/http://www.champcarstats.com/ips/drivers/GuthrieSean.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}, ChampCarStats.com</ref> The team returned for 2007 for a full season. After crashing out of the first three races of the season, the team regrouped and finished the Freedom 100 and Sean registered a career-best fourth place finish at the Milwaukee Mile a week later.<ref name="ccs" /> In the Iowa Speedway race, Guthrie suffered a heavy crash and the team's car had to be sent back to the manufacturer Dallara in Italy for repairs. Sean injured both his foot and knee in the accident. Guthrie made three starts at the end of the season for Playa Del Racing as the team ran in cooperation with Guthrie. Until his suspension in April 2009, he drove for his father's team Guthrie Racing along with teammates Alistair Jackson and Jesse Mason. Sean finished fourteenth in the 2007 championship and returned to the series, now called the Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2008, finishing tenth in points. In April 2009, he was suspended from the Indy Racing League after the race at Kansas Speedway in which he was penalized for driving through an accident zone too quickly and passing a car under the yellow flag and then refused to respond to the black flag.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025021314/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/04/30/Guthrie.ap/index.html Sean, Jim Guthrie suspended indefinitely by IRL], Associated Press via CNN.com, April 30, 2009</ref> He made his return to the Firestone Indy Lights Series on October 9, 2009, at Homestead with Andersen Racing.<ref>[http://www.indycar.com/indylights/news/?story_id=15239# Clear to return] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314021000/https://www.indycar.com/404.html?item=%2Findylights%2Fnews%2F&user=extranet%5CAnonymous&site=indycar |date=2020-03-14 }}, IndyCar.com, October 6, 2009, retrieved 06-10-2009</ref> After participating in dirt track racing throughout 2010, Guthrie again returned to Indy Lights for the season finale at Homestead with Andersen, finishing tenth.

After driving in drifting for the 2011 season, Guthrie returned to professional motorsports in 2012, driving in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Sandia Motor Speedway in late September,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abqjournal.com/sports/2012/09/29/kampn-pro-series-adds-two-locals-to-tonights-race.html|title=K&N Pro Series Adds Two Locals to Tonight's Race|last=Christ|first=Bob|date=September 29, 2012|work=Albuquerque Journal|accessdate=2012-10-01|location=Albuquerque, NM}}</ref> finishing 22nd and last in his debut in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2012_NAPA_Auto_Parts_150_%28Sept.%29/P|title=2012 NAPA Auto Parts 150|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|accessdate=2012-10-01}}</ref>

==Racing record== ===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 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! Rank ! Points |- | 2006 ! Guthrie Racing |HMS |STP1 |STP2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|INDY 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|WGL 16 |IMS |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|NSH 8 |MIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|KTY 5 |SNM1 |SNM2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|CHI 18 | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''18th''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''99''' |- | 2007 ! Guthrie Racing Playa Del Racing |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|HMS 19 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP1 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP2 23 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|INDY 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|IMS1 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|IMS2 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOW 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|WGL1 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|WGL2 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|NSH 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOH 12 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|KTY 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SNM1 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SNM2 13 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|CHI 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''14th''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''274''' |- | 2008 ! Guthrie Racing |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|HMS 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|STP1 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|STP2 5 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|KAN 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|INDY 12 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|MIL 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOW 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|WGL1 13 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|WGL2 10 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|NSH 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MOH1 13 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|MOH2 7 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|KTY 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SNM1 13 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|SNM2 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CHI 17 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''10th''' |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''322''' |- | rowspan=2| 2009 ! Guthrie Meyer Racing |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP1 22 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|STP2 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LBH 22 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KAN 18 |INDY |MIL |IOW |WGL |TOR |EDM |KTY |MOH |SNM |CHI | | |rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''27th''' |rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''65''' |- ! RLR Andersen Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|HMS 11 | |- | 2010 ! Andersen Racing |STP |ALA |LBH |INDY |IOW |WGL |TOR |EDM |MOH |SNM |CHI |KTY |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|HMS {{small|10}} | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''30th''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''20''' |}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Official website|1=http://seanguthrie.com/}} * {{Racing-Reference driver|Sean_Guthrie}}

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