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Luiz Garcia Jr | |
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| Born | 4 May 1971 Brasília, Brazil |
Luiz Garcia Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver.
He was born in Brasília. He began his racing career in karting, where he won three Brazilian titles (1986, 1987, 1988) and two runner-ups. He raced in the Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 in 1990 and 1991, in which he would become champion in his sophomore season, and British Formula Vauxhall in 1992 (10th) and 1993 (championship runner up, 3 wins, 2 poles).
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.
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
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| 1994 | Edenbridge Racing | SIL 12 | DON 2 | BRH 10 | BRH Ret | SIL 9 | SIL 12 | BRH 12 | THR DNS | OUL 10 | DON 8 | SIL 8 | SNE 9 | PEM 12 | PEM 12 | SIL 9 | SIL 10 | THR 8 | SIL Ret | 11th | 34 |
| 1995 | David Sears Motorsport | SIL NC | SIL 18 | THR 15 | THR Ret | DON 17 | SIL 10 | SIL 10 | DON 14 | DON 10 | OUL 14 | BRH Ret | BRH Ret | SNE 4 | PEM Ret | PEM Ret | SIL 17 | SIL 11 | THR 8 | 15th | 16 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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| 1996 | Super Nova Racing | OUL Ret | SNE 2 | SNE 2 | SIL 2 | Oul Ret | DON 3 | BHI 2 | SIL 2 | BHI 1 | DON 1 | 2nd | 52 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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| 1997 | Dorricott Racing | HMS 16 | LBH 15 | NAZ 24 | SAV 4 | GAT 17 | MIL 19 | DET 9 | POR 6 | TOR 25 | TRO 23 | VAN 6 | LAG 10 | FON 10 | 13th | 38 | |
| 1998 | Johansson Motorsports | HMS 22 | LBH 10 | GAT 20 | MIL 11 | DET 21 | POR 3 | CLE 1 | TOR 11 | MIC 15 | TRO 12 | VAN 16 | LAG 6 | FON 6 | 12th | 60 |
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 | Ref |
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| 1999 | Payton/Coyne Racing | MIA 24 | MOT 19 | LBH 24 | NZR | RIO 18 | STL | MIL | POR 23 | CLE 14 | ROA 24 | TOR | MIS | DET | 34th | 0 | [1] | ||||||||
| Hogan Racing | MDO 24 | CHI DNS | VAN 16 | LS 15 | HOU DNS | SRF | FON | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Arciero Racing | MIA 17 | LBH 12 | RIO 12 | MOT 23 | NZR 15 | MIL 21 | DET 22 | POR 14 | CLE 20 | TOR 12 | MIS 11 | CHI 17 | MDO 25 | ROA 24 | VAN 15 | LS 20 | STL 25 | HOU 22 | SRF 12 | FON DNS | 27th | 6 | [2] | |
| 2001 | Dale Coyne Racing | MTY 26 | LBH 27 | TXS | NZR | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LS | SRF | FON | 32nd | 0 | [3] |
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