Luiz Garcia, Jr.

Luiz Garcia, Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver born in Brasilia. He raced in Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 in 1991 and British Formula Vauxhall in 1992 and 1993.In 1994 and 1995, he raced on European Formula 3. He then raced in the Indy Lights series in 1997 and 1998 finishing 13th and 12th in series points in his two seasons, capturing a single win in 1998 at Cleveland. He made his CART debut at the 1999 season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Dale Coyne Racing. After 7 races with Coyne he moved to Hogan Racing where he made three more starts. In 2000 he returned and ran a full season in the #25 Arciero Project Racing Group Reynard-Mercedes sponsored by Brazilian companies Hollywood and Embratel. He scored 6 points, good enough for 27th in the championship, with a best finish of 11th at the Michigan 500. He returned for the first two races of the 2001 season with Coyne before poor finishes and a lack of funding ended his CART career. He has not driven in a major professional auto race since his last CART appearance.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1999	Payton/Coyne Racing	MIA Ret	MOT Ret	LBH Ret	NZR	RIO 18	STL	MIL	POR 23	CLE 14	ROA Ret	TOR	MIS	DET									34th	0
1999	Hogan Racing														MDO Ret	CHI DNS	VAN 16	LS 15	HOU DNS	SRF	FON		34th	0
2000	Arciero Racing	MIA Ret	LBH 12	RIO 12	MOT Ret	NZR 15	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 14	CLE Ret	TOR 12	MIS 11	CHI Ret	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	VAN 15	LS Ret	STL Ret	HOU Ret	SRF 12	FON DNS		27th	6
2001	Dale Coyne Racing	MTY Ret	LBH Ret	TXS	NZR	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	32nd	0

External links

CART statistics at ChampCarStats.com

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