Lloyd Read

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Lloyd Read
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1990-11-29) November 29, 1990 (age 32)
Cwmbran, Wales, Great Britain
Debut season2014
Current team Bryan Herta Autosport
Indy Lights
Car number28
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish9 in {{{year}}}
Previous series
2011
2013
Formula Car Challenge
Pro Mazda Championship
Championship titles
2011Formula Car Challenge Pro Formula Mazda

Lloyd Read (born November 29, 1990) is a Welsh racing driver who has lived in California since childhood.

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Born in Newport, Read moved to the United States at the age of six. He raced karts in both the UK and the USA. In 2011 he began racing in Sports Car Club of America amateur competition in Formula Enterprises. He also made his Star Mazda Championship debut. In 2012 he placed second in the Formula Car Challenge driving a Star Mazda car and made two Star Mazda Championship starts. In 2013 Read competed in the Pro Mazda Championship (formerly Star Mazda) full-time for JDC MotorSports. Read placed eighth in points with a best finish of fourth in race 1 in Toronto. [1] On November 18, 2013, Read announced that he would compete in Indy Lights in 2014 with Bryan Herta Autosport/Jeffrey Mark Motorsport. [2]

Read attended Saint Mary's College of California and resides in Danville, California.

Racing record

Pro Mazda Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2013 JDC MotorSports AUS
11
AUS
9
STP
9
STP
9
IND
9
IOW
9
TOR
4
TOR
10
MOS
9
MOS
7
MOH
7
MOH
9
TRO
7
TRO
10
HOU
7
HOU
14
8th198

Indy Lights

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2014 Bryan Herta Autosport
Jeffrey Mark Motorsport
STP
11
LBH
11
ALA
11
ALA
9
IND
10
IND
9
INDY POC TOR MDO MDO MIL SNM SNM 11th101

* Season still in progress.

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References

  1. Lloyd Read - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2013-11-18
  2. Read to Race for Bryan Herta Autosport Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine , eFormulaCarNews, November 18, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-18