Peter Portante

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Peter Portante
2013 SCCA National Championship Formula Continental 24 Peter Portante victory lap.jpg
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornPeter Portante
(1996-02-24) February 24, 1996 (age 27)
Plainville, Connecticut, U.S.
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Previous series
20132015 U.S. F2000 National Championship

Peter Portante (born February 24, 1996) is a professional, American race car driver from Plainville, Connecticut.

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Peter Portante started his racing career at the age of 7 in karts. He quickly established himself as one of the up & coming drivers in the Northeast with the securing of many pole positions and wins on the Legend Car oval circuit and in the NASCAR Late Model division at Stafford Speedway. Catching the open wheel bug, Peter joined the Skip Barber Race Series in 2012 to hone his race craft. After claiming three wins, and a top-10 finish in the series points, Peter was invited to attend the Skip Barber Race Series Championship Shootout for a chance at a scholarship to become a Mazdaspeed backed driver. Peter emerged from the shootout with a scholarship [1] to the 2013 Cooper Tires U.S. F2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda. After signing with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2013 season, Peter earned 2 podium finishes as well as several top ten finishes. Adding to his resume in 2013, Peter won the SCCA Formula Continental National Championship [2] with ArmsUp Motorsports.

Portante raced in the 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship for ArmsUp Motorsports and improved to sixth in the championship and scored a career-best second-place finish at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2009 Allison Legacy Series 10??03614th
2011 Allison Legacy North ??????1st
2012Skip Barber Summer Series1738144926th
SBF2000 Winter Series400006932nd
2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship Belardi Auto Racing 14000213910th
U.S. F2000 Winterfest 50000589th
SBF2000 Winter Series60??216119th
SCCA National Championship Runoffs - Formula Continental 11111N/A1st
2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship ArmsUp Motorsports1400121736th
U.S. F2000 Winterfest 300004215th
2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship ArmsUp Motorsports200002620th
Mazda MX-5 Cup - MX 1200?55525th
2016 F1600 Championship Series K-Hill Motorsports21385117422nd
2017 Atlantic Championship K-Hill Motorsports12735115871st
F2000 Championship Series 111015524th
2018 Atlantic Championship 10000??
F3 Americas Championship Importante Autosport30000127th
2023 F2000 Championship Series Cordova Motorsports2212210714th

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2013 Belardi Auto Racing SEB
13
SEB
31
STP
10
STP
13
LOR
3
TOR
11
TOR
4
MDO
11
MDO
3
MDO
18
LAG
23
LAG
12
HOU
19
HOU
6
10th139
2014 ArmsUp Motorsports STP
13
STP
15
BAR
12
BAR
6
IMS
6
IMS
7
LOR
7
TOR
4
TOR
19
MDO
3
MDO
15
MDO
2
SNM
4
SNM
17
6th173
2015 ArmsUp Motorsports STP
STP
NOL
NOL
BAR
BAR
IMS
IMS
LOR
TOR
TOR
MDO
MDO
MDO
LAG
10
LAG
6
20th26

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References

  1. eFormulaCarNews. "Skip Barber: Portante Wins Race Series Championship Shootout" . Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. The Sports Car Club of America. "Portante Wins Formula Continental Race in Runoffs Debut". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.