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Mario Domínguez

For the Spanish footballer, see Mario Domínguez (footballer).

Mario Domínguez (born December 1, 1975, in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver. He has competed in the CART and CCWS Champ Car series and later the IndyCar Series.

Mario Domínguez
Mario Domínguez at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2008
Nationality Mexican
Born (1975-12-01) December 1, 1975 (age 48)
Mexico City
IRL IndyCar Series career
Debut season2008
Racing licence FIA Silver
Starts7
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish27th in 2008
Mario Domínguez
CART/CCWS Championship Car
Years active2002-2007
TeamsHerdez Competition
Forsythe Championship Racing
Dale Coyne Racing
Rocketsports Racing
PKV Racing
Minardi Team USA
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Starts86
Wins2
Poles1
Best finish5th in 2004
Previous series
1999-2001
1993, 1998
1996-1997
1994-1995

1992		Indy Lights
Mexican Formula Three Championship
Mexican Formula 3000 Championship
Mexican Formula Three Nissan Championship
U.S. Formula Russell Mazda Championship
Championship titles
1998
1992		Mexican Formula Three Championship
U.S. Formula Russell Mazda Championship
Awards
2002CART Champ Car Rookie of the Year

Early career

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Domínguez first began racing in 1987 driving go-karts. He won three go-karting championships and represented Mexico in the World Karting Championships in Spain (1989), Italy (1990) and France (1991). He then raced in numerous developmental series in Mexico, eventually winning the Mexican Formula Three Championship in 1998 and moving to the American Indy Lights series full-time in 1999, finishing 8th in the championship in 2000 and 4th in the series' final year, 2001. He was slated to make his Champ Car debut in the first race of the 2001 season in his home county's race in Monterrey for the new Millennium Motorsports team, but the car never appeared.

Champ Car

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Domínguez made his Champ Car debut the following year in 2002 and became Rookie of the Year, with his first Champ Car victory in 2002 at the Honda Indy 300, although this was in a rain-shortened race largely dictated by the safety car. He was more competitive in 2003, winning the Grand Prix Americas in Miami. In 2004 Domínguez had his best season to date by finishing 5th in the final standings. This success with Herdez Competition allowed him to sign with the Forsythe team for 2005. However, Domínguez saw limited success at Forsythe. After the first four races of the 2006 season where he crashed into his teammate Paul Tracy on the first lap twice, Domínguez and Forsythe parted ways. Before the next Champ Car race in Portland, Domínguez signed on to Dale Coyne Racing to drive the Sonny's BBQ Ford Lola-Cosworth. For the final 3 races of the season, Domínguez secured sponsorship from Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex to race for the slightly more competitive Rocketsports team. Along with Champ Car racing, Mario tested a Jordan Grand Prix Formula One racing car at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England, in 2005.

In 2007 he signed with Forsythe for the first three races of the season after obtaining sponsorship from Telmex, but was dropped after just a few rounds in favour of Oriol Servià. He remained out of a Champ Car ride until he replaced an injured Tristan Gommendy at PKV Racing at the Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton. The following week at the San Jose Grand Prix, he signed on with Pacific Coast Motorsports to fill in for Ryan Dalziel, who was injured in a bicycling accident. Dalziel recovered enough to return to racing two weeks later at Generac Grand Prix at Road America, returning Mario to the sidelines. But at the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder, Mario was again called on as a substitute after Dan Clarke of Minardi Team USA was suspended for the weekend after causing a multi-car crash in a practice session.

 
Dominguez practicing for the 2008 Indy 500 - he ultimately crashed during his last qualification attempt

IndyCar Series

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In 2008, Dominguez announced that he would enter the remainder of the 2008 IndyCar Series season with Pacific Coast Motorsports, after placing third in the final Champ Car race at Long Beach.[1] He was bumped from the field at the 2008 Indianapolis 500 and made his first true start in the series in the following race at the Milwaukee Mile. Since his 21st-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in June, Dominguez's team skipped the next events to re-evaluate their program to be more competitive when they return. They returned on a road course only schedule and participated in the Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Edmonton, and Infineon races to close out the season. His best finish of the season came at Watkins Glen in 13th place. He finished 27th in points.

FIA GT

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In 2009, Mario has been offered a drive for the K Plus K Motorsport without the need to bring sponsorship. This will not be his first sportscar events, since he did a couple for a Risi Competizione American Le Mans Series team in 2006, delivering good results.

Motorsports Career Results

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American open–wheel racing results

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

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
1992 Landford Racing PHX LBH DET POR MIL NHA TOR CLE VAN MDO NAZ LS
17 		NC 0 [2]
1998 Herdez Competition Team MIA LBH NAZ STL MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS TRO VAN
14 		LS
7 		FON 25th 6 [3]
1999 Team Mexico Quaker Herdez MIA
1 		LBH
6 		NAZ
17 		MIL
16 		POR
15 		CLE
9 		TOR
20 		MIS
4 		DET
17 		CHI
5 		LS
16 		FON
5 		11th 66 [4]
2000 Team Mexico Quaker Herdez LBH
10 		MIL
3 		DET
5 		POR
6 		MIS
7 		CHI
11 		MDO
11 		VAN
5 		LS
10 		STL
6 		HOU
12 		FON
16 		8th 67 [5]
2001 PacWest Lights MTY
4 		LBH
4 		TXS
6 		MIL
2 		POR
11 		KAN
10 		TOR
2 		MDO
6 		STL
2 		ATL
4 		LS
10 		FON
5 		4th 120 [6]

CART/Champ Car

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Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2002 Herdez Competition 16 Lola B02/00 Ford XF MTY
17 		LBH
14 		MOT
11 		MIL
17 		18th 37
55 LS
15 		POR
10 		CHI
11 		TOR
18 		CLE
17 		VAN
10 		MDO
16 		ROA
8 		MTL
17 		DEN
14 		ROC
13 		MIA
11 		SRF
1 		FON
16 		MXC
18 		[7]
2003 Herdez Competition Lola B02/00 Ford XFE STP
14 		MTY
13 		LBH
5 		BRH
3 		LAU
2 		MIL
8 		LS
10 		POR
10 		CLE
5 		TOR
12 		VAN
10 		ROA
14 		MDO
16 		MTL
5 		DEN
7 		MIA
1 		MXC
3 		SRF
10 		6th 118 [8]
2004 Herdez Competition Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
5 		MTY
3 		MIL
8 		POR
17 		CLE
8 		TOR
17 		VAN
6 		ROA
5 		DEN
4 		MTL
3 		LS
11 		LVS
7 		SRF
3 		MXC
8 		5th 244^ [9]
2005 Forsythe Racing 7 Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
5 		MTY
13 		MIL
7 		POR
4 		CLE
17 		TOR
13 		EDM
5 		SJO
5 		DEN
2 		MTL
10 		LVS
4 		SRF
18 		MXC
12 		9th 198 [10]
2006 Forsythe Racing Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH
4 		HOU
3 		MTY
6 		MIL
14 		9th 202 [11]
Dale Coyne Racing 19 POR
14 		CLE
6 		TOR
11 		EDM
8 		SJO
5 		DEN
13 		MTL
10
Rocketsports Racing 8 ROA
12 		SRF
2 		MXC
17
2007 Forsythe Racing 7 Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE LVS
9 		LBH
17 		HOU
6 		POR CLE MTT TOR 18th 78 [12]
PKV Racing 22 EDM
17
Pacific Coast Motorsports 28 SJO
12 		ROA SRF
12 		MXC
8
Minardi Team USA 4 ZOL
17 		ASN
  • ^ New points system implemented in 2004

IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2008 Pacific Coast Motorsports Panoz DP01 96 Cosworth XFE HMS STP MOT1
DNP 		LBH1
3 		KAN 27th 112 [13]
Dallara Honda INDY
DNQ 		MIL
26 		TXS
21 		IOW RIR WGL
13 		NSH MDO
19 		EDM
24 		KTY SNM
16 		DET CHI SRF2
1 Run on same day.
2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win) 		Top 10s
(Non-podium) 		Indianapolis 500
Wins 		Championships
1 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ Lewandowski, Dave. PCM on board, IndyCar.com, April 24, 2008
  2. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 1992 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 1998 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 1999 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2000 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2001 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2002 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  8. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2005 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2007 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "Mario Domínguez – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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