Dev Gore (born 31 July 1997 in

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) is an American professional racing driver competing in international

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Background

Gore started his racing career at the age of 18 years old. After an initial taste of karting in 2015, he entered the Florida Winter Tour and the Rotax Grand Nationals in the DD2 category. In 2016, he moved into US DD2 National and US Open DD2 and was crowned champion. Gore raced for Team USA at the Rotax Grand Finals. He is a graduate of Bertil Roos Racing School. In 2021 he will compete in the DTM for the Rosberg team. He calls his car "Toothless" based on one of the two main characters from the film trilogy

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Junior career

Gore was a participant in the MAXSpeed Driver Advancement Program in 2017 and made his debut in the Cooper Tires

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, part of the Mazda Road to Indy development program. Gore finished the 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 in 13th place in the overall standings, among a total of 36 drivers. He moved to the European racing scene in 2018, driving for Carlin in the second half of the

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. He finished in the top ten in four of eight occasions. During the following winter, Gore raced in the

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with Giles Motorsport, scoring a best finish of fourth at Hampton Downs and finishing 13th in the standings.

Sportscar career

In April 2019, it was announced that Gore would race with

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in the Blancpain GT Endurance Cup. He drove in the opening three races, which included a fifth place at

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alongside

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and Lewis Williamson. After a year out of racing, Gore entered the

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in 2021 when the series switched to a GT3 rule set, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo for Team Rosberg. Gore struggled throughout the year, scoring no points and qualifying no higher than 13th at

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. Despite being the only main driver to go without points throughout the year, he remained with the team for the 2022 season. Though qualifying still remained a weakness, Gore's results improved as he benefited from a timely pit stop during the safety car to rise up to the front at

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, before going on to finish second. He also scored fourth place in a chaotic race at the

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, helping him to finish 17th in the standings.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Gore was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

American open–wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gore, Dev Living people 1997 births Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Carlin racing drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Strakka Racing drivers Team Rosberg drivers Racing drivers from Oklahoma City