Wade Cunningham
| Wade Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 New Zealander |
| Born |
19 August 1984 Auckland |
| Related to | Mitch Cunningham (brother) |
| Firestone Indy Lights Series | |
| Years active | 2005–2010 |
| Teams |
Brian Stewart Racing AFS Racing Alliance Motorsports Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
| Starts | 64 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 9 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2005 |
| Previous series | |
| 2004 | Formula Ford Zetec USA |
| Championship titles | |
| 2001 2003 2005 |
Asia-Pacific Championship World Karting Championship Indy Lights Series |
Wade Cunningham (born 19 August 1984) is a racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand who competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series.
Cunningham's professional career began when he won the Karting World Championship in 2003.
The following year he moved to the United States and competed in the Cooper Tires Formula Ford Zetec Championship in which he finished 5th after winning four consecutive poles and seven podium finishes. He won the 2005 Indy Lights Series championship in his rookie season for Brian Stewart Racing despite only winning a single race.
He continued with the team in 2006 and won 3 more races, including the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (becoming the first driver from New Zealand to do so) and placed third in championship points despite missing two races due to an emergency appendectomy. While missing out on the drivers title the team was still able to claim their second consecutive entrants championship because they were able to replace Wade with a reserve driver for those events. He narrowly missed the title by 11 points and would have easily clinched his second drivers championship had he started either of those events.
He drove in the A1 Grand Prix series as practice driver for A1 Team New Zealand in the round in Taupo, New Zealand and China. He returned to the Indy Lights Series in 2007 for AGR-AFS Racing where he finished 3rd.
In December 2007 Cunningham tested an IndyCar Series machine for the first time at Sebring as a reward for his results with their satellite team in the Indy Lights Series, driving the Andretti Green Racing IndyCar normally driven by Marco Andretti.
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