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Troy Castaneda (born November 15, 1989) is an American racing driver from
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. After karting from 2004 to 2006, Castaneda competed in the Formula Russell series in 2007 and the Italian Formula Master Championship in 2008. In 2009 he returned to karting, winning the US Rotax Nationals points championship and finishing second in the national championship event. He also competed in the Rotax World Finals where he finished fifth. Castaneda made his professional racing debut with Bryan Herta Autosport on the Streets of St. Petersburg in the Firestone Indy Lights series in March 2012. He had previously tested in the fall of 2011 at the
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with the team.Andretii Autosport Tops Indy Lights and USF2000 Charts on Day Two of Indy Test
''eFormulaCarNews'', October 29, 2011, Retrieved 2012-03-20 Castaneda finished ninth in his debut at St. Pete but crashed out of the race due to a mechanical failure in his second start at
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. He was replaced in the BHA car by
Nick Andries Nicholas Andries (born November 19, 1990) is an American open-wheel racing driver from Pinellas Park, Florida. Career After karting from the age of 5 in 1995 to 2008, Andries competed in the Skip Barber Scholarship Shootout in 2008 winning on ...
for the third race of the season in Long Beach. Castaneda is also an International
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and actor. He is currently represented by ICONS in South Africa, Wilhelmina Hawaii, STARS in San Francisco, Dreamodels in Hong Kong and MSA Models in Los Angeles. He is represented theatrically with Ayers Talent Agency and with Osbrink commercially.


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* * 1989 births Racing drivers from Sacramento, California Indy Lights drivers Living people {{US-autoracing-bio-stub Bryan Herta Autosport drivers