Richard Antinucci

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Richard Antinucci
Nationality	United States
Date of Birth	January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26) (age 27)
Place of Birth	Rome, Italy
Related to	Eddie Cheever (uncle)
2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series
Debut season	2007
Current team	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Car No.	7
Former teams	Cheever Racing
Starts	12
Wins	3
Poles	1
Previous series
2003 2004 2005	British Formula Three All-Japan Formula Three Formula Three Euroseries

Richard Antinucci (born January 26, 1981 in Rome, Italy) is an American race car driver. In 1998 he competed in Italian Formula Ford, moving to the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 1999 and to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2000, where he stayed for one season (although he drove two fill-in races in 2001).

In 2002 he moved to the Manor team in British Formula Three, leaving them in 2003 for the Carlin team in the same series. Mid-season he changed to the rival Promatecme team, although he didn't stay there long as he moved to Japanese Formula Three for the 2004 season.

Antinucci moved to the Formula Three Euroseries for 2005, and although finishing 19th overall in his first season, in 2006 he took several race wins on his way to 5th in the championship, and 2nd place at the end of season Macau Grand Prix, starting from 15th on the grid.

He drove in the Indy Pro Series in 2007 for Cheever Racing, driving for his uncle Eddie Cheever.^[1] Antinucci captured two wins and finished 15th in points despite only racing in the road course events, which accounted for 9 of the 16 races on the schedule. He has signed with defending championship-winning team Sam Schmidt Motorsports for 2008.^[2]