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Gustavo Yacaman

  • » Birthday: February 25, 1991
  • » Hometown: Santiago de Cali, Colombia
  • » Residence: Miami
" ––@gustavo_yacaman via Twitter
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Gustavo Yacaman

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Career Statistics - Firestone Indy Lights *

Year Starts Wins Poles ** Top 5 Top 10 Laps Led Running at Finish
2011 14 1 0 9 9 4 10
2010 13 0 0 4 7 0 10
2009 14 0 0 2 7 0 9
Total: 41 1 0 15 23 4 29
* Under INDYCAR sanction
** Includes all poles, including those awarded based on entrant points

Bio

Birthday: Feb. 25, 1991
Hometown:
Santiago de Cali, Colombia

· Goes by the nickname "Tigrillo," which is Spanish for Tiger.
· Split his time between academic pursuits and training when not racing.
· Likes to go to movies, watch auto racing on television and work on multimedia applications in his free time.

Driver History

2009
· Finished 12th in Firestone Indy Lights for Sam Schmidt Motorsports with a best finish of fourth at Milwaukee.
· Recorded two top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes in 14 races. Missed Chicagoland event with back injury sustained in accident at Infineon.

2008
· Finished ninth in Spanish Formula 3 Championship with a win and two podiums
· Recorded two podiums in three Spanish Formula 3 Championship Copa de Espana races.

2007
· Finished eighth in Spanish Formula 3 Championship with a win and two podiums and two poles.
· Was youngest driver to win a race and compete in F3 in Europe

2006
· Was Rookie of the Year in Spanish Formula BMW after finishing fourth in points.
· Also competed four Spanish Formula 3 events.

2005
· Made his debut racing stock cars racing, set the track record at Tocancipá
· Finished third in the Six Hours of Bogotá

Early Career
· Competed in karting in Colombia winning numerous Colombian and Bogata city karting championships in various classes.
· Competed in Stars of Karting in the United States winning the Junior ICA championship in 2005. Also won the Florida Winter Tour's Junior Rotax division. 

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