Romain Dumas
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Romain Dumas (born December 14, 1977 in Alès) is a French racing driver.
Dumas started karting in 1992, before moving up to single-seater racing in 1996, in which he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship.
He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. In 2004 he tested a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he never raced in one of this formulas.
In 2001 and 2002 he competed in Euro Formula 3000.
Since 2001 he has participated in every 24 Hours of Le Mans race and since 2004 he has competed in American Le Mans Series. He is currently a Porsche factory driver for Penske Racing, and also driven in the FIA GT Championship.
In 2007 he won first overall in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1st American Le Mans Series (LMP2 Class - Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 8 wins, 4 pole positions), 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (LMP1 Class - Pescarolo Sport, 5rd 1000km Valencia LMS (LMP1 Class - Pescarolo Sport ), 4 races VLN championship with Manthey Racing (2 wins, 1 pole position), 18rd Daytona 24H (12rd DP)
He started 2008 with the P2 class and overall win at the 12 Hours of Sebring in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.
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| Penske Racing | |
| Sprint Cup drivers | Kurt Busch (#2) | Ryan Newman (#12) | Sam Hornish, Jr. (#77) |
| IRL Mobil 1 Team Penske drivers | Hélio Castroneves (#3) | Ryan Briscoe (#6) |
| American Le Mans Series DHL drivers | Sascha Maassen/Emmanuel Collard (#6) | Romain Dumas/Timo Bernhard (#7) |
| Driver development program | Billy Wease |
| Other | Roger Penske |
