Gabby Chaves
| Gabby Chaves | |||||||
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 Colombian |
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| Born | Gabriel Chaves July 3, 1993 Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Achievements | 2014 Indy Lights Champion | ||||||
| Awards | 2015 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 16 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Team(s) | No. 98 (Bryan Herta Autosport) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Grand Prix of Long Beach | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of September 3, 2015. | |||||||
Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born July 7, 1993) is a Colombian-American racecar driver.
After winning numerous karting titles, Chaves began racing cars in 2007 in various Skip Barber series in the United States. In 2008 he made his pro debut in Formula BMW Americas and finished 4th in Formula BMW Pacific and finished 14th in the Formula BMW World Finals. In 2009 he competed in a full season of Formula BMW Americas for Eurointernational and won the title, capturing 5 wins and 3 poles.
Chaves brought his career to Europe in 2010, where he raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship with Eurointernational. He finished 10th in points and captured rookie of the year honors. In 2011 he signed to race with the Addax Team in the GP3 Series. Chaves finished 19th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.
In 2012, Chaves return to the United States and signed with JDC Motorsports to race in the Star Mazda Championship. Chaves finished second in points with wins at the final two races of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights in 2013, having signed for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He was runner-up with one win and ten podiums, and was part of the closest finish in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (when Peter Dempsey grabbed the Freedom 100 victory as part of a four-wide photo finish. Dempsey finished ahead of Chaves by a mere 0.0026 seconds).
He signed on with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2014 Indy Lights season and won the championship, capturing four wins (including the Freedom 100) and 11 podiums in 14 races.
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