Oswaldo "Ozz" Negri Jr. (born May 29, 1964) is a Brazilian racing driver from

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Racing career

Formula Three and Indy Lights

He raced part-time in the British Formula Three Championship from 1987 to 1989 with few good results. He returned to his native Brazil in 1990 to race in

Brazilian Formula Three Championship Fórmula 3 Brasil was a Brazilian Formula Three racing competition, organised by the Vicar and CBA. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. The series was disputed from 1989 until 1995 and was re ...

, where he won the championship, and

Formula 3 Sudamericana Formula 3 Sudamericana was a South American Formula Three championship. It was inaugurated in 1987 and primarily held races in Brazil and Argentina, with a small number of events held in other countries across the continent. Its most notable gr ...

where he finished 9th. With newfound confidence he returned to British F3 in 1992 and finished 4th. In 1993 he went to the Mexican Formula Three Championship and raced there until 1996. In 1997 he raced in

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part-time for Genoa Racing and finished 20th. In 1998 he won the Mexican version of Indy Lights, Indy Lights Panamericana. He made one Indy Lights start in 1999 and finished 3rd in Indy Lights Panamericana in 2000.

Grand-Am sports cars

DP60 Ozz Negri John Pew 2011 Road America

Negri moved to sports car racing in 2003 racing in the Grand-Am

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. He joined Michael Shank Racing and raced full-time in the series in 2004 and finished 12th in points, winning the league's rising star award which he shared with

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. He captured his first victory in 2006 at

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and finished second in the

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. He finished 8th in points in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he finished 10th, winning in the first race held at the

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. He stayed with the team in 2009 and finished 8th in points. In 2010 he finished 10th in points and in 2011 improved to a career-best sixth. He won the 24 Hours of Daytona in

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for Michael Shank Racing with teammates A. J. Allmendinger, John Pew, and Justin Wilson. It was his first Rolex Sports Car Series win since 2008.

Racing record

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

* Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results

External links

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