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Racing Career - 1980's | ||
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1989 - Drove for Douglas Shierson Racing, claimed a 6th place finish at Long Beach . . . finished 3rd at Indianapolis . . . finished 4th at Milwaukee . . . was named to replace injured driver Scott Pruett at Truesports for 1990 season . . . 1988 - Won 24 hours of Daytona with the Jaguar Team . . . competed in IndyCars with 8 top-10 finishes . . . 1987 - Won Jaguar's first World Sportscar and World Endurance Championship titles with five victories in eight starts for Tom Walkinshaw Racing . . . replaced driver Roberto Guerrero for final two IndyCar events at Laguna Seca . . . Guerrero drew pole position for him in inaugural Marlboro Challenge, finished 3rd . . . 1986 - Started all 17 events for Dick Simon Racing and finished 13th in driver standings . . . voted Most Improved Driver by his peers with eight top-10 finishes . . . ran 13th in his second Indy 500 start . . . took 4th in Michigan and Pocono 500-milers . . . started 2nd on grid at Miami finale . . . 1985 - IndyCar debut in season opener at Long Beach, finished 20th . . . fastest rookie qualifier at Indy 500, his first oval track start . . . gridded 23rd and finished 18th . . . competed in Dick Simon's Break Free March, best finish was an 8th at Elkhart Lake . . . 1984 - Raced in Brasil, winning Formula 2 event at Rio de Janeiro . . . became the 1st Brasilian to win the South American Formula 2 Championship . . . 1983 - F1 driver for Ligier . . . finished 7th in the U.S. Grand Prix of Long Beach . . . 1982 - F1 driver for March Engineering . . . finished 9th at Long Beach and 8th in the Belgian Grand Prix . . . 1981 - Competed in the British Formula 3 Championship . . . had 12 finishes in the top-3 . . . finished 3rd overall in the series . . . 1980 - Competed in the British Formula Ford Series . . .
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