Luiz Garcia Jr.

Luiz Garcia Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver born in Brasilia. He began his racing career in karting, where he won three Brazilian titles (1986, 1987, 1988) and two runner-ups. He raced in the Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 in 1990 and 1991, in which he would become champion in his sophomore season, and British Formula Vauxhall in 1992 (10th) and 1993 (championship runner up, 3 wins, 2 poles). In 1994 and 1995, he raced on European Formula 3. He then raced in the Indy Lights series in 1997 and 1998 finishing 13th and 12th in series points in his two seasons, capturing a single win in 1998 at Cleveland. He made his CART debut at the 1999 season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Dale Coyne Racing. After 7 races with Coyne he moved to Hogan Racing where he made three more starts. In 2000 he returned and ran a full season in the #25 Arciero Project Racing Group Reynard-Mercedes sponsored by Brazilian companies Hollywood and Embratel. He scored 6 points, good enough for 27th in the championship, with a best finish of 11th at the Michigan 500. He returned for the first two races of the 2001 season with Coyne before poor finishes and a lack of funding ended his CART career. He has not driven in a major professional auto race since his last CART appearance.

Luiz Garcia Jr
Born	(1971-05-04) 4 May 1971 (age 52) Brasilia, Brazil

Gallery

• Luiz Garcia Jr, Silverstone, British F3, 1994
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Donington, British F3, 1995
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Donington, British F3000, 1996
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Toronto, Indy Lights, 1997
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Toronto, Indy Lights, 1998
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Laguna Seca, Indy Lights, 1998
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Laguna Seca, Champ Car, 1999
• Luiz Garcia Jr, Long Beach, Champ Car, 2001

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

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CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points	Ref
1999	Payton/Coyne Racing	MIA 24	MOT 19	LBH 24	NZR	RIO 18	STL	MIL	POR 23	CLE 14	ROA 24	TOR	MIS	DET									34th	0	^[1]
	Hogan Racing														MDO 24	CHI DNS	VAN 16	LS 15	HOU DNS	SRF	FON
2000	Arciero Racing	MIA 17	LBH 12	RIO 12	MOT 23	NZR 15	MIL 21	DET 22	POR 14	CLE 20	TOR 12	MIS 11	CHI 17	MDO 25	ROA 24	VAN 15	LS 20	STL 25	HOU 22	SRF 12	FON DNS		27th	6	^[2]
2001	Dale Coyne Racing	MTY 26	LBH 27	TXS	NZR	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	32nd	0	^[3]

British F3 Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
1994	Edenbridge Racing	SIL 12	DON 2	BRH 10	BRH Ret	SIL 9	SIL 12	BRH 12	THR DNS	OUL 10	DON 8	SIL 8	SNE 9	PEM 12	PEM 12	SIL 9	SIL 10	THR 8	SIL Ret	11th	34
1995	David Sears Motorsport	SIL NC	SIL 18	THR 15	THR Ret	DON 17	SIL 10	SIL 10	DON 14	DON 10	OUL 14	BRH Ret	BRH Ret	SNE 4	PEM Ret	PEM Ret	SIL 17	SIL 11	THR 8	15th	16

British F3000 Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1996	Super Nova Racing	OUL Ret	SNE 2	SNE 2	SIL 2	Oul Ret	DON 3	BHI 2	SIL 2	BHI 1	DON 1	2nd	52

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1997	Dorricott Racing	HMS  16	LBH  15	NAZ  24	SAV  4	GAT  17	MIL  19	DET  9	POR  6	TOR  25	TRO  23	VAN  6	LAG  10	FON  10		13th	38
1998	Johansson Motorsports	HMS  22	LBH  10		GAT  20	MIL  11	DET  21	POR  3	CLE  1	TOR  11	MIC  1	TRO  12	VAN  16	LAG  6	FON  6	12th	60

References

1. "Luiz Garcia Jr. – 1999 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
2. "Luiz Garcia Jr. – 2000 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
3. "Luiz Garcia Jr. – 2001 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

• CART statistics at ChampCarStats.com