David Empringham

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David Empringham (Born December 28th, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian auto racing driver. David is a two-time Toyota Atlantic and one-time IndyLights champion. Most recently, Empringham won the 2005 Grand-Am Cup GS division drivers title, competing for Multimatic Motorsports.

Empringham began his racing career in 1987, competing in the Spenard/David Formula 2000 series. He then competed regularly in the GM Motorsport series (teammate of Canadian racing legend Richard Spenard) for several years, drove a handful of races in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk series, the Porsche Turbo Cup, and Formula Toyota Atlantic.

In 1992, David began competing full-time in the Toyota Atlantic Championship, where he won back to back championships in 1993 and 1994. 1993 saw David win the Championship with "underdog" CANASKA racing and Canadian Tire sponsorship, based out of Toronto, Ontario. 1994 saw David move to the BDJS racing team, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, taking the Canadian Tire sponsorship with him. 1995 saw David narrowly miss the "threepeat", being beat out by Richie Hearn for the title.

1996 saw David make the move to Indy Lights, replacing the late Greg Moore (Moore died at Fontana in a CART race in 1999) in the Player's/Forsythe racing Lola. 1996 saw many wins, a thrilling victory in the fastest Indy Lights race ever run on the high banks of Michigan International Speedway at the Inaugural US 500 in May, and ultimately another Championship for "Emp's" mantle. 1997 saw some successes, but no championship.

In 2001, after several years out of the spotlight, David began competing Part-time in Grand-Am Cup and Grand Am Motorola series races. During the 2005 season, he managed 2 victories and 8 top-ten finishes on his way to the GS series title.