Craig Stanton
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Craig Stanton (born October 31, 1960, in Hollywood, California) is an American race car driver and bicyclist. Stanton won the Grand-Am Koni Challenge championship in 2004 in the GS class, and then won the Grand-Am Rolex Series championship in 2005 in the GT class. Stanton also works as a driving coach.
As of 2013, Craig is driving various Porsches in Grand-Am, ALMS, and World-Challenge this year, participating in all major North American tin-top pro series. Additionally, Stanton will continue coaching amateur and professional drivers.
Stanton started his racing career by spending ten years on a motocross bike. He went on to start racing cars in 1986, with the help of his brother, Mark. During Stanton's first full season as an amateur, he drove in 49 races. During his second season, he drove in 41 races. The two brothers won nine championships in amateur road racing before Stanton made the transition to become a professional.
Road racing
In 2004, Stanton won his first championship as a professional. Driving for TheRaceSite.com, Stanton won the GS class of the Koni Challenge series. During that year, Stanton had six class wins in his Porsche 996. That year, Stanton was also named the 2004 Rising Star.[1]
To follow up his first professional championship, Stanton moved on to the Grand-Am Rolex Sportscar series. There, he won a championship in a GT class Porsche GT3 Cup car with Synergy Racing.[2]
Most recently, Stanton raced a Porsche Carrera Cup car in 2010 and 2011 in the Grand-Am Rolex Sportscar series with Magnus Racing. Together with team owner John Potter, the drivers captured four podium finishes during the two years. Stanton also raced with Potter in 2008 and 2009 as part of the TRG team in a Porsche GT3 Cup car.[3]