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Anthony Lazzaro (race car driver)

Anthony Lazzaro
Anthony Lazzaro 2014 Road America cropped.jpg
Lazzaro, 2014 Pirelli World Challenge race at Road America
Nationality  United States
Born (1963-08-26) August 26, 1963 (age 53)
Charleston, South Carolina)
United SportsCar Championship
Years active 20142015
Teams Extreme Speed Motorsports, Scuderia Corsa, CORE Autosport
Starts 5
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 25th in 2015
Previous series
19992013
19982013
20012002
2001, 2005
2000, 2003
2000
1999
1996–1999
American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Indy Racing League
Nextel Cup Series
Busch Series
Craftsman Truck Series
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
Toyota Atlantic
Championship titles
1999 Toyota Atlantic
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish 66th (2001)
First race 2001 Global Crossing at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
11 races run over 2 years
Best finish 55th (2000)
First race 2000 Alltel 200 (Rockingham)
Last race 2003 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 91st (2000)
First race 2000 Sears Craftsman 175 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
IndyCar Series career
6 races run over 2 years
Best finish 30th (2002)
First race 2001 Gateway Indy 250 (Gateway)
Last race 2002 Gateway Indy 250 (Gateway)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2003
Teams Risi Competizione
Best finish 26th
Class wins 0

Anthony Lazzaro (born August 26, 1963) is a NASCAR and sports car racing driver. He is usually classified as a NASCAR road course ringer, however he has made other starts in the Nextel Cup Series. He also has open-wheel oval racing experience.

Lazzaro started in karting, winning numerous World Karting Association championships between 1987 and 1992.

Lazzaro came-up through the open-wheel ranks, first racing in the Olds Pro Series in 1993, winning at Road Atlanta, Watkins Glen, Dallas and again at Road Atlanta. He won the pole at Mid Ohio and a podium finish of third with other podium finishes at the Moroso National S2000 and at Trois Rivieres. He was also the Hooter Formula Cup Champion in 1995, winning 6 of the 14 races and 9 poles.

As a rookie in 1996, in the Toyota Atlantic Series, he won the race at the Milwaukee Mile. He won races in 1997 (Homestead-Miami Speedway) and 1998 (Road America, Laguna Seca Raceway, Houston). His rise culminated in a Toyota Atlantic championship in 1999. That year he won 4 races (Nazareth, Gateway International Raceway, Trois-Rivieres, Laguna Seca Raceway).

Lazzaro first began racing stock cars in the ARCA in 1999. At the ARCA event at the Talladega Superspeedway that year, Lazzaro was injured in a multi-car wreck late in the race after he made contact with Bil Baird and spun down to the grass, before his Thunderbird lifted off the ground and slammed the Turn 3 banking before being t-boned by Skip Smith. Lazzaro suffered a compression fracture of the thoracic T3 vertebra in the crash that eliminated half a dozen cars.


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