Peter Portante

Peter Portante (born February 24, 1996) is a professional, American race car driver from Plainville, Connecticut.

Peter Portante started his racing career at the age of 7 in karts. He quickly established himself as one of the up & coming drivers in the Northeast with the securing of many pole positions and wins on the Legend Car oval circuit and in the NASCAR Late Model division at Stafford Speedway. Catching the open wheel bug, Peter joined the Skip Barber Race Series in 2012 to hone his race craft. After claiming three wins, and a top-10 finish in the series points, Peter was invited to attend the Skip Barber Race Series Championship Shootout for a chance at a scholarship to become a Mazdaspeed backed driver. Peter emerged from the shootout with a scholarship[1] to the 2013 Cooper Tires U.S. F2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda. After signing with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2013 season, Peter earned 2 podium finishes as well as several top ten finishes. Adding to his resume in 2013, Peter won the SCCA Formula Continental National Championship[2] with ArmsUp Motorsports.

Portante raced in the 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship for ArmsUp Motorsports and improved to sixth in the championship and scored a career-best second-place finish at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

History

Year Series Championship
result
2003-2010 Most Wins and Championships in Wild Thing Karting
2011 Allison Legacy North 1st
2012 Skip Barber Summer Series 6th
2012 Skip Barber Championship Shootout 1st
2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship 10th
2013 SCCA National Championship Runoffs - Formula Continental 1st
2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship 6th

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2013 Belardi Auto Racing SEB
13
SEB
31
STP
10
STP
13
LOR
3
TOR
11
TOR
4
MDO
11
MDO
3
MDO
18
LAG
23
LAG
12
HOU
19
HOU
6
10th 139
2014 ArmsUp Motorsports STP
13
STP
15
BAR
12
BAR
6
IMS
6
IMS
7
LOR
7
TOR
4
TOR
19
MDO
3
MDO
15
MDO
2
SNM
4
SNM
17
6th 173
2015 ArmsUp Motorsports STP
STP
NOL
NOL
BAR
BAR
IMS
IMS
LOR
TOR
TOR
MDO
MDO
MDO
LAG
10
LAG
6
20th 26

References

  1. eFormulaCarNews. "Skip Barber: Portante Wins Race Series Championship Shootout:". Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. The Sports Car Club of America. "Portante Wins Formula Continental Race in Runoffs Debut". Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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