Junior Strous

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Junior Strous
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	(1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 Vlaardingen
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active	2009-2010
Teams	Winners Circle Group
Car no.	2
Starts	8
Wins	2
Poles	0
Best finish	19th in 2010
Previous series
2007-08 2007 2006-07 2003, 2006 2006 2003-06 2003-2005 2005 2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2002 2002	Atlantic Championship BRL V6 Dacia Logan Cup Netherlands BMW Compact Cup Benelux Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FR2.0 Netherlands FR2.0 UK Winter Series FR2.0 Nordic Series Fran Am Winter World Formula BMW ADAC Formula Ford 1800 Benelux FF Zetec Netherlands
Championship titles
2003, 06 2004 2004 2005	BMW Compact Cup Benelux FR2.0 Netherlands FR2.0 USA Winter Invitational FR2.0 UK Winter Series
Awards
2008	Gilles Villeneuve Award

Junior Strous (born April 28, 1986 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver from Wassenaar.

Racing career

After a successful childhood in karting, he began testing in Formula Ford Benelux in 2000 and 2001. Junior became the youngest ever Formula Ford Driver to win an international race (spa-Francorchamps) with a B-class car (2 years or older). In 2002 he moved up to Formula BMW ADAC. In 2003 he competed in several Formula Renault series and finished second in the Dutch version of the championship. He was that series' champion in 2004. Between 2001 and 2004 Junior won several touringcar and drift races and championships.

For 2005 he drove in four different Formula Renault series in 2005, finishing 7th in the Eurocup championship (not driving all races), second in the Dutch championship (not driving all races), and winning the UK Winter Series. In 2006 he ventured into touring cars full-time, winning the BMW Compact Cup Benelux and finishing second in the Dacia Logan Cup Netherlands. In 2007 he competed part-time in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship and finished 14th in points (not driving all races because of a broken wrist).

2008 saw his full-time participation in the Atlantic Championship where he finished 5th and won at Circuit Mont-Tremblant for Condor Motorsports. For 2009 he planned to compete full-time in the Firestone Indy Lights Series for Winners Circle Group.^[1] He won the first two races of the season at St. Pete and led the championship through four rounds. However, following the Freedom 100, funding was apparently abruptly cut off to Winners Circle group's technical team partner, despite the strong results.^[2] He signed on to return to Indy Lights in 2010 with Team Moore Racing.^[3] However, less than a month after signing, the team indicated that he had been released from his contract.^[4]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Condor Motorsports	LVG 6	LBH 13	HOU DNS	POR1 9	POR2 8	CLE 13	MTT Ret	TOR Ret	EDM1 DNS	EDM2 DNS	SJO 5	ROA Ret	14th	92
2008	Condor Motorsports	LBH 8	LS 3	MTT 1	EDM1 13	EDM2 9	ROA1 8	ROA2 11	TRR 3	NJ 5	UTA 8	ATL 8		5th	196

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Winners Circle Group	STP1 1	STP2 1	LBH 23	KAN 11	INDY 10	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	HMS	20th	146
2010	HVM Racing	STP 10	ALA 8	LBH 18	INDY	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS			19th	56

References

↑ Junior's Ride, IndyCar.com, January 14, 2009
↑ PDM Racing currently on hold, PDM Racing, June 17, 2009
↑ Strous joins Team Moore Indy Lights squad, Racer, January 26, 2010, Retrieved 2010-02-03
↑ Staat, Willem J. Team Moore Racing ontbindt contract met Junior Strous, Autosport (Netherlands), 17 February 2010, Retrieved 2010-02-18 (Dutch)

External links

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Name	Strous, Junior
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch racing driver
Date of birth	1986-04-28
Place of birth	Vlaardingen
Date of death
Place of death

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