Marcos Gomes | |
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Nationality | Brazilian |
Born |
Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) |
July 26, 1984
career | |
Debut season | 2006 |
Current team | Medley Full Time |
Car no. | 29 |
Starts | 80 |
Wins | 4 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2008 |
Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the , where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock Car champion Paulo Gomes and brother of the also racing driver Pedro Gomes.
On July 5, 2009 he won the fifth round of the season at Interlagos by Action Power, winning their fourth win in the category. At dawn on July 6, soon after the victory at Interlagos, the truck of Action Power team had an accident on the Highway Régis Bittencourt, destroying all the equipment including the car of Marcos Gomes. On occurred, the team officially announced that he was out of the season.
Marcos Gomes joins RCM Motorsport for the rest of season, but the team stay the Action Power name. In 2012 Gomes was suspended for six months after he failed a drug test.
† - ineligible for points.