Josh Cartu

Josh Michael Cartu (born March 11, 1979) is a Canadian Ferrari racecar driver test pilot, business entrepreneur, and socialite best known in auto racing circles in the US, Europe and Israel. In his professional career, Cartu has competed with some of the biggest names in that sport. Cartu currently trains with AF Corse Italia, which also includes Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, Michele Rugolo, and Francesco Castellacci. In 2012, Cartu was invited to join the AF Corse Racing Team to train with Amato Ferrari in the GT Sports Car Racing class. Josh Cartu later trained with the Amato Ferrari team for the 2013 European Ferrari Challenge Cup.

In October 2014, Josh Cartu was invited ^[1] by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to participate in the holy cities Formula 1 'Road Show for Peace' event. Racing on behalf of Amato Ferrari, Cartu was accompanied to Israel with legendary Ferrari teammates including former Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella and Marco Cioci.

Race Car Training

Audi Driving Experience Class of 2010 - Audi R8 V10, Ireland

Lamborghini Academy Class of 2012 - Sant'Agata Bolognese Lamborghini Advanced Driver Training: Imola, Italy

Myway Drift School Class of 2012 - BMW RWD Drift School: Hungary MyWay Drift Cup Series (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)

Ferrari Corso Pilota Class of 2012 - Corso Pilota Challenge

Amato Ferrari Class of 2013 - European Ferrari Challenge Cup.

Gumball3000

Cartu is a member of 'Team WolfPack',a celebrity group of drivers owning exotic cars who together participate annually in Gumball3000, a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) international motor rally which takes place on public roads. It was started in 1999 by British entrepreneur, skateboarder and race car driver Maximillion Cooper.^[2] Team Wolfpack won Gumball3000's 2014 'Best Team Award'.^[3]

Philanthropy

In July 2014, at the annual rally of Gumball3000, just moments after winning 'best team award' with follow team-mates "Team WolfPack", Josh Cartu ^[4] donated $60,000 to the Tony Hawk Foundation in effort to build skate parks for troubled youth across America. In September 2014, Josh contributed $10,000 to the ALS Association after having 300 Rise of an Empire star actor Sullivan Stapleton pour 4 buckets of ice over his head ^[5] and soon after published a request to his 600k ^[6] fans to follow in his footsteps by promoting and donating to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

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