Luiz Garcia Jr. (born May 4, 1971) is a Brazilian race car driver.
Biography Garcia 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 (tenth) and 1993 (championship runner up, three wins, two poles).
In 1994 and 1995, Garcia 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.
Garcia made his CART debut at the 1999 season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Dale Coyne Racing. After seven 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 No. 25 Arciero Project Racing Group Reynard-Mercedes sponsored by Brazilian companies Hollywood and Embratel. He scored six points, good enough for 27th in the championship, with a best finish of 11th at the Michigan 500.
Garcia 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.
Racing record British F3 Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 1994 Edenbridge RacingSIL 12DON2BRH10BRHRetSIL9SIL12BRH12THRDNSOUL10DON8SIL8SNE9PEM12PEM12SIL9SIL10THR8SILRet11th34 1995 David Sears MotorsportSIL NCSIL18THR15THRRetDON17SIL10SIL10DON14DON10OUL14BRHRetBRHRetSNE4PEMRetPEMRetSIL17SIL11THR815th16
British F3000 Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 1996 Super Nova RacingOULRetSNE2SNE2SIL2OulRetDON3BHI2SIL2BHI1DON12nd52
American open-wheel racing results (key)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 1997 Dorricott RacingHMS16LBH15NAZ24SAV4GAT17MIL19DET9POR6TOR25TRO23VAN6LAG10FON10 13th38 1998 Johansson MotorsportsHMS22LBH10 GAT20MIL11DET21POR3CLE1TOR11MIC15TRO12VAN16LAG6FON612th60
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 1999 Payton/Coyne RacingMIA24MOT19LBH24NZRRIO18STLMILPOR23CLE14ROA24TORMISDET34th0 Hogan RacingMDO24CHIDNSVAN16LS15HOUDNSSRFFON 2000 Arciero RacingMIA17LBH12RIO12MOT23NZR15MIL21DET22POR14CLE20TOR12MIS11CHI17MDO25ROA24VAN15LS20STL25HOU22SRF12FONDNS27th6 2001 Dale Coyne RacingMTY26LBH27TXSNZRMOTMILDETPORCLETORMISCHIMDOROAVANLAUROCHOULSSRFFON32nd0
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References
External links Luiz Garcia Jr. website (updated to 1998) CART statistics at ChampCarStats.com The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship