Luiz Garcia Jr.

Luiz Garcia Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver born in Brasilia. 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 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 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.

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American open-wheel racing results[]

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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 24	MOT 19	LBH 24	NZR	RIO 18	STL	MIL	POR 23	CLE 14	ROA 24	TOR	MIS	DET									34th	0
1999	Hogan Racing														MDO 24	CHI DNS	VAN 16	LS 15	HOU DNS	SRF	FON		34th	0
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
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

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