E. J. Viso
E. J. Viso at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2009.
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1985-03-19) March 19, 1985 (age 27)
2012 IndyCar Series
Debut season	2008
Current team	KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet
Car no.	59
Former teams	HVM Racing
Starts	49
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	18th in 2008
Previous series
2001 2002 2002 2003-04 2005-07	Skip Barber Formula Dodge British Formula Renault FR 2000 Eurocup British F3 Championship GP2 Series
Championship titles
2003	National Class British F3 Champion

Ernesto José Viso Lossada (born March 19, 1985) is a Venezuelan race car driver. He is commonly referred to as Ernesto Viso or, since his move to American racing, E. J. Viso.

Viso was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He has raced in the 2005 and 2006 GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car for Spyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 Series for Racing Engineering. He currently drives for KV Racing Technology in the IndyCar Series.

Career[link]

Early racing[link]

Viso's career started in karting back in 1993, where he stayed until 2001 when he moved to US Barber Formula Dodge East, becoming champion with confidence. He also raced in the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series at the end of that year, moving to British Formula Renault for 2002. In 2002 he also drove in one race of Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, and at the end of the year in the British Formula Three Winter Series.

2003 saw a move to British Formula Three, where he raced in the B-Class and became champion after a controversial collision with his main rival during the final race of the season. He then moved to the main class in 2004, racing part of the season for the P1 team, his performances attracting the attention of F3000 team Durango who lured him to the series for the remainder of the season.

GP2[link]

In 2005, he raced in the inaugural season of the GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, alongside Hiroki Yoshimoto. In 2006, he again raced in the GP2 Series for the iSport team. He won the San Marino Sunday race and the Spain Sunday race. He also drove the third Spyker MF1 Team car in the Friday practice sessions of the Brazilian Grand Prix.^[1]

Before the 2007 French Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Ernesto Viso would replace the underperforming Sérgio Jimenez at Racing Engineering.^[2] His race ended on the first lap in a spectacular collision with Michael Ammermüller and Kazuki Nakajima in which his car somersaulted over the barriers at tremendous speed, smashing through an advertising hoarding and narrowly missing a bridge (as luck would have it, hitting the board saved him from clouting the bridge and probably more severe injuries), leaving him only a severe concussion and painful arm. This crash was very similar to the one of Marco Campos that happened on the same track in 1995, leading to Campos's death. Campos died of severe head trauma after hitting his head on the concrete barrier. Viso was only inches away from the same fate. For the British round, he was replaced by Filipe Albuquerque.^[3] Viso took part in the following race meeting, but was then replaced by Marcos Martinez.

Viso driving in the Indianapolis 500 in 2008

IndyCar Series[link]

Viso competed in the newly united IndyCar Series in 2008 for HVM Racing. He made his first series start in the first oval race of his career on March 29. His next start, at St. Petersburg, was a superb performance ending with a 4th place finish. At Milwaukee he ended with an 8th place. Shortly after the Watkins Glen race (in which he finished 10th but forced Vitor Meira off the track, causing Meira to run back onto the track to confront Viso on the next lap) he was diagnosed with the Mumps and was forced to withdraw from the next race.^[4] Viso finished 18th overall in the 2008 series and has signed a contract to drive for HVM in 2009. On February 21, 2010 KV Racing confirmed that Viso would drive the #8 car for the team for the entire 2010 season.

For the 2011 IndyCar campaign, Viso remained with KV Racing. He showed flashes of speed, particularly in Brazil where he was in contention for a win. He remained one of the more accident-prone drivers in the series, which led to questions about his seat for 2012^{[citation needed]}. Viso finished 18th in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship on the strength of four top-10 finishes with a season best seventh place showing in Texas Race No. 2. ^[5]

Racing record[link]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete GP2 Series results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One participations[link]

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American open–wheel racing results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar Series[link]

* Season still in progress.

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

³ Pulled out of race after contracting mumps

⁴ The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

[edit] Indianapolis 500

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official website
• IndyCar Driver Page

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Raphael Matos
Raphael Matos at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the first day of qualifying for the 2011 500
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1981-08-28) August 28, 1981 (age 30) Belo Horizonte
2012 IndyCar Series
Debut season	2009
Current team	AFS Racing
Car no.	17
Former teams	de Ferran Dragon Racing
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	13th in 2009
Previous series
2008 2006-2007 2006-2007 2004-2005 2002-2003	Firestone Indy Lights Champ Car Atlantic Series A1 Grand Prix Star Mazda Series Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series
Championship titles
2008 2007 2005 2003	Firestone Indy Lights Series Champ Car Atlantic Series Star Mazda Series Skip Barber Formula Dodge
Awards
2009	IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year

Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver from Belo Horizonte. He currently participates in the IZOD IndyCar Series for AFS Racing. He was the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series champion and the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion. He lives in Miami.

Career highlights[link]

Early career[link]

Matos came to the United States in 2002 after karting in Brazil and began competing in Skip Barber Formula Dodge, winning the championship in 2003.. In 2004, he moved up to the Star Mazda Series and in 2005 he won the Star Mazda championship. In 2006 he moved up the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Series where he drove for the Sierra Sierra team and captured one victory on his way to 4th place in the points standings.

Matos celebrating an Atlantics victory in Houston in 2007

He also competed in 4 Indy Pro Series races for Guthrie Racing and swept the two races held in March at St. Petersburg, Florida. During the fall he was named a driver for A1 Team Brazil in the A1 Grand Prix series and made his debut at the series' race in Beijing in the 2006-2007 season. He raced a Lola B07/40-Mazda in the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2007 Petit Le Mans.^[1]

Matos driving in the 2008 Firestone Freedom 100

Atlantics championship and Indy Lights[link]

Matos continued with the Sierra Sierra team in Atlantics in 2007 and clinched the championship with several races remaining in the season, securing for himself the 2 Million US Dollar "scholarship" for a ride in Champ Car for the 2008 season.

However, Matos decided to pass on the scholarship and sign with Andretti Green Racing to drive in the Indy Racing League's Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2008, where he won the series championship.^[2]

Prior to the 2008 Indy Lights season, he drove a Mazda RX-8 for the SpeedSource team in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, taking first in the GT class and a 9th place overall finish, sharing the car with Nick Ham, David Haskell and Sylvain Tremblay. After the season, he drove for Michael Shank Racing on the winning team in the DP class (with Ian James and John Pew) at the SunRichGourmet.com 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park.

IndyCar Series[link]

Matos driving in the 2009 Indianapolis 500

Matos competed in the full 2009 IndyCar Series season for Luczo-Dragon Racing.^[3] He qualified third in his second race, the Long Beach Grand Prix and finished eight. He was the fastest rookie qualifier in his first Indy 500 and ran in the lead pack, but had a crash with Vitor Meira in which Meira was injured. Matos finished 22nd. Matos captured seasonal Rookie of the Year honors by a wide margin over former F1 driver Robert Doornbos. Matos' best finish was 6th at the Milwaukee Mile. He was running at the finish of each of the last ten races of the season, consistency that led to 13th in the championship despite few top ten finishes. Interestingly, Raphael qualified 12th in both the 2009 and 2010 Indy 500 and he also crashed in both races in roughly the same location at the exit of turn 1. He failed to qualify the AFS entry for the 2011 Indianapolis 500.

Motorsports career results[link]

Complete American Le Mans Series results[link]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

American open–wheel racing results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Atlantic Championship[link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2006	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	LBH 2	HOU 11	MTY 23	POR 6	CLE1 5	CLE2 Ret	TOR 9	EDM Ret	SJO 1	DEN 2	MTL 7	ROA 2	4th	205
2007	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	LVG 1	LBH 1	HOU 1	POR1 4	POR2 6	CLE 1	MTT 2	TOR 3	EDM1 1	EDM2 1	SJO 4	ROA 2	1st	341

Indy Lights[link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2006	Guthrie Racing	HMS	STP1 1	STP2 1	INDY	WGL 13	IMS 4	NSH	MIL	KTY	SNM1	SNM2	CHI					10th	154
2008	AGR-AFS Racing	HMS 8	STP1 1	STP2 12	KAN 19	INDY 10	MIL 3	IOW 7	WGL1 1	WGL2 2	NSH 5	MDO1 1	MDO2 18	KTY 6	SNM1 2	SNM2 6	CHI 3	1st	510

IndyCar Series[link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2009	Luczo Dragon Racing	STP 20	LBH 8	KAN 20	INDY 22	MIL 6	TXS 12	IOW 16	RIR 8	WGL 12	TOR 10	EDM 18	KTY 16	MDO 9	SNM 9	CHI 9	MOT 9	HMS 14		13th	312
2010	de Ferran Dragon Racing	SAO 4	STP 8	ALA 14	LBH 20	KAN 16	INDY 29	TXS 16	IOW 14	WGL 4	TOR 21	EDM 13	MDO 7	SNM 21	CHI 29	KTY 16	MOT 18	HMS 17		14th	290
2011	AFS Racing	STP 7	ALA 20	LBH 11	SAO 25	INDY DNQ	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NWH	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	29th*	67*

Indianapolis 500[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Raphael Matos at Racing Reference
• IndyCar Driver Page
• Champ Car Atlantic Series bio

Paul Tracy
Paul Tracy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Second Qualification Day for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1968-12-17) December 17, 1968 (age 43) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
2012 IZODIndyCar Series
Debut season	2002
Car no.	8, 23
Former teams	Team Green Vision Racing A.J. Foyt Enterprises KV Racing Technology
Starts	20
Best finish	22nd in 2009
Previous series
1986 1988-1990 1991-2007 2006-2007 , 2012 2006 2008	Can-Am Series American Racing Series CART/Champ Car World Series Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Championship titles
1990 2003	American Racing Series CART/Champ Car World Series
Awards
1990 1993 1999 2000	Bruce McLaren Trophy Most Improved Driver All-Star Team All-Star Team

Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a professional automobile racer who has competed in CART, the ChampCar World Series and the IndyCar Series. He is nicknamed "PT" and also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill".