Logan Gomez

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Logan Gomez
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1988-12-16) December 16, 1988 (age 35)
Crown Point, Indiana
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active2006-2009
Teams Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Guthrie Racing
Alliance Motorsports
Starts36
Wins1
Poles0
Best finish7th in Championship in 2007 & 2008
Previous series
2006 Star Mazda

Logan Gomez (born December 16, 1988) is an American race car driver from Crown Point, Indiana who most notably competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series (formerly the Indy Pro Series).

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Gomez racing in the 2007 Freedom 100 LoganGomez2007.jpg
Gomez racing in the 2007 Freedom 100

He made his debut at the 2006 Liberty Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course while competing in the Star Mazda series full-time. He moved full-time to the Indy Pro Series in 2007 by bringing iSilon Systems backing to fund a ride at Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Gomez finished 7th in points and captured one win in the final race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway by a mere 0.0005 seconds over teammate and series champion Alex Lloyd, [1] a margin which the league claims is the smallest margin of victory in racing history. He returned to Guthrie Racing, the team that he made his debut with in 2006 for the 2008 season, finishing 7th in points with a best finish of 2nd in the second race at Infineon Raceway. For the 2009 Indy Lights season, he ran the first two races of the season (the St. Pete double-header) for Alliance Motorsports but the team did not arrive at the second race weekend in Long Beach.

Indy Lights

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2006 Guthrie Racing HMS STP1 STP2 INDY WGL IMS
10
NSH MIL KTY SNM1 SNM2 CHI 35th20
2007 Sam Schmidt Motorsports HMS
16
STP1
14
STP2
18
INDY
12
MIL
18
IMS1
9
IMS2
6
IOW
6
WGL1
14
WGL2
15
NSH
2
MDO
10
KTY
13
SNM1
6
SNM2
4
CHI
1
7th368
2008 Guthrie Racing HMS
12
STP1
23
STP2
3
KAN
15
INDY
7
MIL
9
IOW
14
WGL1
6
WGL2
4
NSH
6
MDO1
20
MDO2
16
KTY
12
SNM1
5
SNM2
2
CHI
8
7th361
2009 Alliance Motorsports STP 1
24
STP 2
25
LBH KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI 28th33
Sam Schmidt Motorsports HMS
9

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References

  1. "Logan Gomez Wins First Career Indy Pro Series Race". Lucas Oil Products, Inc. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2015.