| Raphael Matos | |
 Raphael Matos during a press conference for the 2008 SpeedJam at the Homestead-Miami Speedway |
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| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Date of Birth | August 28, 1981 |
| Place of Birth | Belo Horizonte |
| 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series | |
| Debut season | 2006 |
| Current team | AGR-AFS Racing |
| Car No. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Belo Horizonte ( Portuguese for "beautiful horizon", (bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi) is the capital of Minas Gerais state located in the Firestone Indy Lights is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Andretti Green Racing (AGR is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. | 27 |
| Former teams | Guthrie Racing |
| Starts | 7 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Best finish | 10th in 2006 |
| Previous series | |
| 2006-2007 2006-2007 2004-2005 2002-2003 |
Champ Car Atlantic Series A1 Grand Prix Star Mazda Series Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007 | Champ Car Atlantic Series |
Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian race car driver from Belo Horizonte who currently resides in Miami. Guthrie Racing is a Firestone Indy Lights Series team The team started in 2005 and is owned by 1997 Indy Racing League (IRL “Rookie of the Year” honoree The 2006 Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series started the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 26th and finished September The Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda is a Formula racing series with races throughout North America History The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai, initially in 2004 The Star Mazda Series is a stand alone series of open-wheel race cars of a single formula conducted by Star Race Cars that started in the early 1990s with the current car released The Skip Barber Race Series is an amateur racing series run by the Skip Barber Racing School. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Belo Horizonte ( Portuguese for "beautiful horizon", (bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi) is the capital of Minas Gerais state located in the He was the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion and currently competes in the Firestone Indy Lights Series. The Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda is a Formula racing series with races throughout North America Firestone Indy Lights is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. He is signed to the Andretti Green Racing driver development program. Andretti Green Racing (AGR is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. A Driver development program is a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers
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Career highlights
Early career
He came to the United States in 2002 after Karting in Brazil and began competing in Formula Dodge and Skip Barber amateur competition. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 2004, he moved up to the Star Mazda Series and in 2005 he won the Star Mazda championship. The Star Mazda Series is a stand alone series of open-wheel race cars of a single formula conducted by Star Race Cars that started in the early 1990s with the current car released 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. The Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda is a Formula racing series with races throughout North America He also competed in 4 Indy Pro Series races for Jim Guthrie Racing and swept the two races held in March at St. Petersburg, Florida. Firestone Indy Lights is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. This article is about the racecar driver for the singer-songwriter see Jim Guthrie. St Petersburg (often shortened to St Pete) is a city in Pinellas County Florida, United States. 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. A1 Team Brazil is the Brazilian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series History The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai, initially in 2004 He raced a Lola B07/40 Mazda in the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2007 Petit Le Mans. The Petit Le Mans ( French for little Le Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton Georgia
Atlantics championship and Indy Lights
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. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis The 2008 Champ Car World Series season was to have been the 30th season of the series 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. Andretti Green Racing (AGR is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. Firestone Indy Lights is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. The 2008 Indy Racing League Firestone Indy Lights Series season, formerly the Indy Pro Series, began [1]
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. The Mazda RX-8 is a Sports car manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation. The Rolex 24 at Daytona (frequently referred to by its historical title the 24 Hours of Daytona) is a 24-hour sports car Endurance race held annually at
References
- ^ Andretti Green, AFS To Field Two-Car Indy Pro Team - Matos Added to Driver Lineup, PaddockTalk, January 18, 2008
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Champ Car Atlantic Champion 2007 |
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