Airton Daré

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Airton Daré (born February 9, 1978 in Bauru, Brazil) is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Airton has a single IRL race win which he captured for Foyt in 2002 at Kansas Speedway. He was also the 2000 IRL Rookie of the Year. Dare has five starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 8th in 2001. His best IRL points finish is 9th in 2002. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, finishing in 18th position. He is also racing stock cars in his native Brazil.

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
2000 G-Force Oldsmobile 21st 25th
2001 G-Force Oldsmobile 30th 8th
2002 Dallara Chevrolet 30th 13th
2003 G-Force Toyota 33rd 24th
2006 Panoz Honda 29th 18th
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