About Me
he Began racing in 1987 in go-karts, winning three championships and representing Mexico in the World Karting Championships in Spain (1989), Italy (1990), and France (1991) ... Honored with the prestigious “Best Driver of the Americas†award ... Fluent in Spanish and English - also speaks some Italian and French ... Hobbies: golf, karting, water skiing ... Racing hero: Ayrton Senna ... Spent one year at Culver Military Academy in Indiana as a part of his high school education ... Marched in the Inauguration Parade for George H.W. Bush in 1989 as a member of the Black Horse Troop ...
2006
racing with rocketsports
racing with dale coyne racing
racing with forsythe
2005Joined Forsythe Championship Racing right before the start of the season, and took new mount to a fifth-place finish in the Long Beach season opener. Scored six top-five finishes highlighted by a second-place finish in Denver. Started a season-high third on three occasions including the season opener. Had a top-five finish in sight before being victimized in accidents in each of the last two events. Have nine podium finishes in 64 career starts. Ended the year ninth in the standings with 198 points.2004
put together the best overall finish of his three years racing the Champ Car World Series. Making his countrymen proud, he put his car on the outside of row one for the start of the race in Monterrey with a podium finish. matched season-best run of third in Montreal and Australia, earning a total of three podium finishes for his Herdez squad. Finishing 11 out of 14 races in the top ten, including six top-fives, was enough to earn him a career-best fifth-place finish in the season standings.2003
Followed up Rookie-of-the-Year winning campaign in 2002 with a breakout year in 2003, one that saw him sophomore become a consistent threat to run up front…Strung three straight top-five finishes together early in the year including a second-place run at Lausitz that saw him finish just 0.084 seconds behind the leader…The Lausitz run was part of a nine-race point-scoring streak…Led the first-ever 1-2 finish for Herdez when he climbed from eighth on the starting grid to win the Grand Prix Americas in Miami…Followed Miami win with a third-place run in Mexico City for year’s fourth podium…Led 76 laps on the year,he scored a career-best 118 championship points and finished sixth in the series standings2002
Took his first career Champ Car victory in the Honda Indy 300, leading the final four laps. Victory also enabled him to move into the lead for the 2002 Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year standings. Best start of the season was 12th at the Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix and the Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.2001
Third-year Dayton Indy Lights competitor finished career-best fourth in championship standings driving for PacWest Lights…Season was highlighted by pole positions at Long Beach and Kansas, and second place finishes at Milwaukee, Toronto, and St. Louis.2000
Completed second full season in Indy Lights as the senior driver for Team Go/Mexico Quaker Herdez ... he scored points at every race up until the California finale when he slowed at the finish after collecting his teammate Luis Diaz who flipped in a heavy accident after contact with Felipe Giaffone ... None of the drivers was injured ... he Scored a season’s best third-place finish at Milwaukee after qualifying fifth,my first podium result since winning in his oval debut at Miami in 1999 ... Finished fifth at Detroit and Vancouver and sixth at Portland and Gateway ... Qualified seventh at Long Beach but finished 10th after late race contact incident with Jonny Kane forced a pit stop ... Held onto finish fifth at Detroit despite hitting the wall exiting the final turn on the last lap ... Improved 11 positions and won the Dayton Move to the Front Award at Michigan ... Scored nine top-10 finishes and three top-five showings ... Finished eighth in the championship with 67 points.1999
Began his first full season in the Dayton Indy Lights Championship with a win from the pole in the Dayton Tire Challenge opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Team Go/Mexico Quaker Herdez ... The win and pole came in his oval debut ... Followed the Miami victory with a charge from 17th to sixth at Long Beach to win the Dayton Move to the Front Award ... Later endured a string of DNFs through the balance of the season that ended with six finishes in 12 races ... Only driver to finish in the top five in both superspeedway races ... Season total of 66 points placed me llth in the championship and third in the Rookie of the Year standings.1998
Competed in the Vancouver and Laguna Seca races with Team Go/Mexico Quaker Herdez, his first Indy Lights races since one-race debut in 1992 ... Finished 14th at Vancouver and seventh ad Laguna Seca ...he Won the Mexican Formula 3 Championship with six victories and six poles.1997
Finished third in the Mexican Formula 3000 Championship, winning at Mexico City and Guadalajara.1996
Finished third in the Mexican Formula 3000 Championship, earning one win at Zacatecas ... Also led the Mexican Formula 3 championship, recording two wins, before moving to the Formula 3000 series.1995
Raced in the Mexican Formula 3 Nissan Championship, finishing third and winning races at Pachuca and Guadalajara ... Also contested the Mexican prototype sports car series, finishing fourth in the championship and winning at Guadalajara.1994
Raced in the Mexican Formula 3 Nissan Championship with wins at Monterrey and Mexico City.1993
Made four starts in the Mexican Formula 3 Championship.1992
Made one Indy Lights start at Laguna Seca with Brian Stewart Racing where he ran as high as fifth before retiring with mechanical problems ... Won U.S. Formula Russell Mazda Championship with nine wins in 12 races.EARLY CAREER
Raced go-karts from 1987 through 1991, winning three Mexican championships and representing the country in the World Karting Championships in Spain (1989) Italy (1990) and France (1991).
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