Juncos Racing
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Ricardo Juncos |
| Current series |
Firestone Indy Lights Pro Mazda Championship |
| Current drivers |
Indy Lights: José Gutiérrez William Owen Timothé Buret TBA |
| Teams' Championships |
2014 Pro Mazda Championship 2014 Cooper Tires Winterfest |
| Drivers' Championships |
2010 Conor Daly 2014 Spencer Pigot |
Indy Lights:
12. Spencer Pigot
18. Kyle Kaiser
Juncos Racing is an American racing team in the Indy Lights and Pro Mazda Championship series in the Mazda Road to Indy ladder for IndyCar. Owned by Ricardo Juncos who formed the team in 1997, the team initially was based in Argentina before limited racing opportunities in that country led to the team moving to the United States. The team is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ricardo Juncos, a second generation and former Formula Renault driver, grew up with a deep passion and desire for racing. At the age of 14, Juncos made his first steps in the racing community driving karts in Argentina. Through his success in karts Juncos was able to join the Formula Renault class competing throughout South America. After funding became difficult as many drivers experience over their career, Juncos began working for many race teams in order to continue his own racing career. During this time Juncos was able to learn all aspects of the car in and out, along with schooling in mechanical and electrical engineering.
Stationed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. and headed by Ricardo Juncos, in 1997 Juncos Racing became a full-service formula racing team. The team competed from 1997 through 2003 in the Formula Renault 1600 Championship, Formula Renault 2000 Championship, and the National Sport Prototype Championship of Argentina In 2003, the team relocated to Miami, Florida as a full-service karting team. During the first few years in the U.S., the team picked up 19 local, regional, and national karting titles. Juncos Racing moved operations north to Indiana, where they developed into a formula open-wheel racing team in 2008. After being formed in 1997 by Ricardo Juncos in Argentina, the team competed from 1997 through 2003 in the Formula Renault 1600 Championship, Formula Renault 2000 Championship, and the National Sport Prototype Championship of Argentina.
In 2009, the team entered the Star Mazda series. The team was surprisingly strong its first season, finishing second the driver’s championship and third in the team championship with driver Peter Dempsey . In 2010 Juncos driver Conor Daly won the Star Mazda championship, winning seven of the thirteen races. Juncos' other driver Tatiana Calderón finished tenth. In 2011 Daly left the team to advance to the Indy Lights series, and the team replaced him with driver João Victor Horto. Horto would finish the season fourth, and Calderón sixth. Calderón did finish third in the race at Barber Motorsports Park, becoming the first woman to achieve a podium finish in the series.
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