Mitch Cunningham | |
Nationality: | New Zealand |
Birth Date: | 1986 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Auckland (New Zealand) |
Related To: | Wade Cunningham (brother) |
Current Series: | V8SuperTourer |
First Year: | 2012 |
Current Team: | Cunningham Racing |
Car Number: | 32 |
Former Teams: | International Motorsport |
Starts: | 55 |
Wins: | 2 |
Poles: | 0 |
Fastest Laps: | 0 |
Best Finish: | 8th |
Year: | 2014 |
Prev Series: | NZ Touring Cars Championship V8SuperTourers New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Indy Lights Toyota Racing Series Pacific F2000 |
Prev Series Years: | 2015-16 2012-15 2009-11 2008 2007-09 2007 |
Titles: | Toyota Racing Series |
Title Years: | 2008–2009 |
Mitchell John Cunningham[1] (born 5 September 1986 in Auckland), known as Mitch Cunningham, is a New Zealand racing driver. He is the younger brother of Indy Lights champion Wade Cunningham.
Mitch drove in Indy Lights in 2008 on a partial schedule of only road course races. He finished 23rd in points starting 8 of the 16 rounds of the championship.
He next competed in the 2008–2009 Toyota Racing Series championship, winning top honours winning three of the six races.[2]
Mitchell currently races in the New Zealand GT3 Porsche Cup. He is also one of New Zealand's most successful kart racers, having attained notable finishes in Japan and Italy. He has four New Zealand Karting Championships to his name.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Podiums | Points | Position | |
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2007 | Pacific F2000 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 5th | |
2007–08 | Toyota Racing Series | International Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 803 | 6th |
2008 | Indy Lights | Brian Stewart Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 23rd |
2008–09 | Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 18 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1110 | 1st |
2009–10 | New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge | International Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 771 | 8th |
2010–11 | New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge | International Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 824 | 4th |
2012 | V8SuperTourers | International Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 822 | 25th |
2013 | V8SuperTourers | Cunningham Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 929 | 27th |
2014 | V8SuperTourers | Cunningham Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 543 | 8th |
2014–15 | V8SuperTourers | Cunningham Racing | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 938 | 10th |
2015–16 | NZ Touring Cars Championship | Cunningham Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1067 | 3rd |