Luiz Garcia Jr.

Luiz Garcia Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver born in Brasilia. He raced in Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 in 1991 and British Formula Vauxhall in 1992 and 1993.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.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

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
1999 Payton/Coyne Racing United States
MIA
Ret
Japan
MOT
Ret
United States
LBH
Ret
United States
NZR
Brazil
RIO
18
United States
STL
United States
MIL
United States
POR
23
United States
CLE
14
United States
ROA
Ret
Canada
TOR
United States
MIS
United States
DET
34th 0
Hogan Racing United States
MDO
Ret
United States
CHI
DNS
Canada
VAN
16
United States
LS
15
United States
HOU
DNS
Australia
SRF
United States
FON
2000 Arciero Racing United States
MIA
Ret
United States
LBH
12
Brazil
RIO
12
Japan
MOT
Ret
United States
NZR
15
United States
MIL
Ret
United States
DET
Ret
United States
POR
14
United States
CLE
Ret
Canada
TOR
12
United States
MIS
11
United States
CHI
Ret
United States
MDO
Ret
United States
ROA
Ret
Canada
VAN
15
United States
LS
Ret
United States
STL
Ret
United States
HOU
Ret
Australia
SRF
12
United States
FON
DNS
27th 6
2001 Dale Coyne Racing Mexico
MTY
Ret
United States
LBH
Ret
United States
TXS
United States
NZR
Japan
MOT
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
CLE
Canada
TOR
United States
MIS
United States
CHI
United States
MDO
United States
ROA
Canada
VAN
Germany
LAU
United Kingdom
ROC
United States
HOU
United States
LS
Australia
SRF
United States
FON
32nd 0


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