James Hinchcliffe was born on the 5th December 1986, in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and is a race car driver, who since 2011 has competed in the Indy Car Series, which is the premier level of open wheel racing in North America. Up to date, he has five wins, has twelve times entered the top three, and 24 times the top five. He also finished in eighth place in the championships in 2012 and 2013. He has been racing since 1996.
How much is the net worth of James Hinchcliffe? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $28.3 million, as of the data presented in early 2018. Indy Car Race is the major source of Hinchcliffe’s fortune.
James Hinchcliffe Net Worth $28.3 million
To begin with, the boy was raised with his two siblings in Oakville, by his parents Jeremy and Arlene, where he was educated at Oakville Trafalgar High School. He was interested in racing since the early childhood.
Concerning his professional career, Hinchcliffe began his motorsport career in karting in 1996, in which he was active until 2002. In 2003, he moved to the Bridgestone F2000 Pro Series, then his main focus in 2004 became the US Formula BMW, and with three wins he was runner-up behind Andreas Wirth. In 2005, he moved into the Star Mazda Series, and finished the season with three wins in the third place in the championship. In 2006, Hinchcliffe entered the Atlantic Championship with Forsythe Racing, and with a win and two other podium finishes, he finished tenth overall at the end of the season, adding steadily to his net worth.
After being in the A1 Team Canadian team in the A1GP, he achieved a second place as his best result. After again participating in A1GP races in the winter of 2007 – 2008, he returned to Forsythe Racing in the Atlantic Championship, scoring a win and coming fourth in the championship. In 2009, Hinchcliffe moved to the Indy Lights, with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, then in 2010 joined the team Moore Racing, and at the race in Long Beach he had his first victory, and with two more wins, he was runner- up behind Jean Karl Vernay in the championship. In 2011, Hinchcliffe entered the Indy Car Series, and in his rookie season finished in twelfth place in the standings. For Indy Car Series 2012, Hinchcliffe moved to Andretti Autosport, driving a Go Daddy-sponsored car that was previously driven by Danica Patrick. At the race in St. Petersburg, he crossed the finish line in fourth place, and in the third race in Long Beach, he achieved his third Indy Car podium finishing third, ending the season eighth overall, while his teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay won the overall standings.
In 2013, Hinchcliffe stayed with Andretti Autosport, and only the champion Scott Dixon scored more victories than Hinchcliffe in the season, but he again finished eighth place overall. In 2014, Hinchcliffe completed his third Indy Car season for Andretti Autosport, with a third place in Lexington his best result, and twelfth place in the drivers’ standings behind his three teammates. In 2015, Hinchcliffe moved within the Indy Car Series to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, and won the second race in Avondale. In practice for the Indianapolis 500, Hinchcliffe was injured when he hit the wall at over 360 km/h, but thanks to medical care, only had to stay in hospital for two weeks. In 2016 Hinchcliffe returned to the Indy Car Series to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, and through a third place in the race on the road course of Indianapolis, he scored the pole position for the Indianapolis 500. He finished the season in 13th place overall. In 2017, he again won at Long Beach, and had two more third place finishes, repeating his position in the first race of 2018.
Aside from racing, in 2016 James took part in season 23 of the TV series “Dancing with the Stars”, finishing second partnered with professional dancer Sharna Burgess. Later that year he appeared in an episode of “Celebrity Family Feud” featuring IndyCar drivers.
Finally, in the personal life of the car racer, he is in relationship with Kirsten Dee.
