Roberto "Robbie" Pecorari (born May 12, 1987) is an American racing driver from Aston, Pennsylvania. One of America's most successful young karters, he won numerous regional and national

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and Stars of Karting championships before moving up to cars in late 2003. In 2004 he competed in numerous open-wheel developmental series, including Skip Barber Formula Dodge, where he finished fifth in series points. and the

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. In 2005 he competed in Star Mazda full-time and finished second in the championship, winning two races and rookie of the year honors. In 2006 he competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Series for

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, winning at

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and finishing 11th in points. For

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''crash.net'', January 27, 2007, retrieved 2022-07-12 where he finished eighth in points with one win at Nashville Superspeedway. The series changed names to the Firestone Indy Lights Series for

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and Pecorari was left without a full-time ride. After missing the first race, Pecorari drove for 3 different teams on a part-time schedule, making 12 starts with a runner-up finish at

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and finished 16th in points. In April 2009 he participated in an

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Rookie Driver test session for A1 Team USA.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

USF2000 National Championship results

Star Mazda Championship

Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights

External links

References

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