1. Heamin Choi was born on January 11,1984 and is a race car driver.
22 Facts About Heamin Choi
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Heamin Choi is the first Korean driver to race in the American Open Wheel Series, and the first Korean driver to participate in any race held in the United States.
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Heamin Choi has won the 2005 BAT Championship, 2006 Korea GT championship, and 2013 Super Race GT driver's title.
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Heamin Choi was the Samsung Everland scholarship driver through year 2003 to 2005.
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Heamin Choi's racing career started at age 15 with his debut at the 1999 Carman Park Kart Grand Prix.
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In 2001, Heamin Choi joined Hankook Tire's Ventus Motor Sports team, which run formula cars, touring cars, and off-road rallycross cars.
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Heamin Choi was trained by Myung Mok Lee, who is known as the champion of the Korea Touring Car Championship.
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In 2002, Heamin Choi marked his debut for the pro formula race in Korea, finishing 6th in his first race qualification and 6th in championship.
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In 2003, Heamin Choi was selected as the Samsung Everland Speedway Scholarship driver for the first time and finished 5th at the BAT Championship.
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In 2004, Heamin Choi joined the Hyundai Oilbank racing team finishing as a runner-up in the Formula Korea championship.
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In 2005, Heamin Choi won the driver's championship title of BAT Championship.
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Heamin Choi participated in IMSA Star Mazda Championship at Laguna Seca Race with JDC Motorsports.
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Heamin Choi finished 19th in the race, passing nine cars during the race.
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In 2009, Heamin Choi participated in the Korean Stock Car race and finished 4th.
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Heamin Choi finished 9th in his second event at St Petersburg and with his continuous progress, he was ranked 6th in his first qualifying at Lucas Oil raceway oval track.
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In 2013, Heamin Choi took part in the Formula 3 test with Double R racing in England and in the Super Formula pre-season testing at Fuji Speedway in Japan.
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Therefore, Heamin Choi decided to race in Korean GT championship and achieved Driver's Title.
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In 2014, Heamin Choi participated in the first Korean Le Mans series and won the race with his Korean stock car.
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In 2015, Heamin Choi came back to the US to participate in Indy Lights series.
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Heamin Choi finished 11th in his debut event at Laguna Seca.
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In 2016, Heamin Choi participated in all oval races of the season in Indy Lights.
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Heamin Choi finished in the top 10 at Iowa speedway and 12th at Laguna Seca.