Brazilian racing driver
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Marcos Gomes |
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Nationality | Brazilian |
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Born | (1984-07-26) July 26, 1984 (age 40) Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil |
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Debut season | 2007 |
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Current team | Cavaleiro Sports |
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Racing licence | FIA Gold |
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Years active | 2006- |
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Car number | 29 |
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Starts | 149 |
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Championships | 1 (2015) |
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Wins | 12 |
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Podiums | 39 |
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Poles | 11 |
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Fastest laps | 0 |
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Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently set to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series for Cavaleiro Sports,[1] where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock Car champion Paulo Gomes and brother of the also racing driver Pedro Gomes.
Racing career
On July 5, 2009 he won the fifth round of the season at Interlagos by Action Power, winning their fourth win in the category. At dawn on July 6, soon after the victory at Interlagos, the truck of Action Power team had an accident on the Highway Régis Bittencourt, destroying all the equipment including the car of Marcos Gomes.[2] On occurred, the team officially announced that he was out of the season.[3] Gomes joined RCM Motorsport for the rest of the season, but the team stayed with the Action Power name.[4] In 2012, Gomes was suspended for six months after he failed a drug test.[5]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
K&N Pro Series East
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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