Marco Antonio Greco (born December 1, 1963 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and auto racing driver who competed in the Indy Racing League from 1996 to 1999. His best finish in the season points was third in 1996–1997. He made four starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of fourteenth in 1998. He previously competed in the CART World Series in full seasons in 1993 for Sovereign Motorsports and in 1994 for Arciero Racing and partial seasons in 1995 and 1996 for Dick Simon Racing, Galles Racing, and Team Scandia.
Career results
Career summary YearSeriesPosition1987British Formula ThreeNC1988International Formula 3000NC1989British Formula Three4thInternational Formula 3000NC1990International Formula 3000NC1992Indy Lights7th1993Indianapolis 500NCIndyCar30th1994Indy Car29thIndianapolis 50027th1995IndyCar29thIndianapolis 500NC1996Indy Car31st1996 Indianapolis 50026thIndy Racing League36th1996-1997Indy Racing League 3rd19971997 Indianapolis 50016th1998Indy Racing League10th1998 Indianapolis 50014th1999Indy Racing League36th
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 1979 350 cc Yamaha VEN 16 AUT GER ITA SPA YUG NED FIN GBR CZE FRA – 0 1981 500 cc Suzuki AUT GER 29 ITA FRA 24 YUG 18 NED BEL SMR GBR FIN SWE – 0 1982 500 cc Suzuki ARG 20 AUT FRA 17 SPA 19 ITA NED BEL YUG GBR DNQ SWE SMR GER – 0 1983 500 cc Suzuki RSA 16 FRA Ret ITA 18 GER 31 SPA Ret AUT YUG Ret NED BEL GBR SWE SMR – 0 1985 500 cc Honda RSA Ret SPA DNQ GER ITA AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR SWE SMR – 0 1986 500 cc Honda SPA ITA GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR SWE SMR 24 – 0
Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1988 Team Ralt JER VAL PAU SILDNQ MNZDNQ PERDNQ BRHDNQ BIRDNQ NC 0 Spirit/TOM's Racing BUGDNQ ZOLDNQ DIJDNQ 1989 Bromley Motorsport SIL VAL PAU JER PER BRHRet BIR SPA NC 0 GA Motorsports BUGRet DIJRet 1990 Pacific Racing DONDNQ SILDNQ PAU JER MNZ NC 0 GA Motorsports PERRet HOCDNQ BRHDNQ BIR First Racing BUGDNQ NOGDNQ
American Open Wheel (key)
CART Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 1993 Arciero RacingSRF22PHX11LBH25INDYDNQMILDNQDET19POR19CLE22TOR21MIC18NHA17ROA28VAN20MDO18NZR23LSDNQ30th2 1994 Arciero RacingSRFDNQPHX16LBH23INDY27MIL20DET24POR20CLE26TOR15MIC11MDODNQNHA16VAN16ROA21NZR17LS2429th2 1995 Galles RacingMIASRFPHXLBH13NZR21INDYDNQMILDET13TOR20CLE15MICMDO22NHA20VAN25LS2329th2 Dick Simon RacingPOR11ROA23 1996 Dick Simon RacingMIA25RIO12SRFLBHNZR500MILDETPORCLETORMICMDOROAVANLS32nd1
IndyCar Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 1996 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesWDWPHXINDY26 36th 9 1996–97 Arizona Motorsports w/ Team ScandiaNHM7LVS9 3rd 230 Team ScandiaWDW8PHX4INDY16TXS26 Galles RacingPPI13CLT9NH220LV210 1998 Phoenix RacingWDW27PHX20INDY14TXS8NHM13DOV3CLT5PPIR6ATL13TX216LVS8 10th 219 1999 Phoenix RacingWDWPHX12CLT 36th 18 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesINDYDNQTXSPPIATLDOVPP2LVSTX2
Indy 500 results Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1993 Lola ChevroletFailed to Qualify Sovereign 1994 Lola Ford-Cosworth 32nd 27th Arciero 1995 Lola Ilmor-MercedesFailed to Qualify Galles 1996 Lola Ford-Cosworth 22nd 26th Foyt 1997 Dallara Oldsmobile 27th 16th Scandia 1998 G-Force Oldsmobile 14th 14th Phoenix1999DallaraOldsmobileFailed to QualifyFoyt
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