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18 Facts About Pablo Donoso

1.

Pablo Donoso Prado was born on December 3,1984 and is a professional racing driver from Santiago de Chile.

2.

Pablo Donoso raced in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and passed the Rookie Test for the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series on February 29,2008 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

3.

Pablo Donoso moved to Argentina where he raced in the prestigious Formula Renault until 2002.

4.

Pablo Donoso then moved to Europe, racing in European Formula BMW Junior with a total of 4 wins, 2 poles, and 4 podiums.

5.

That year Pablo Donoso got one win at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz circuit with the Vergani Racing Team.

6.

Pablo Donoso raced in the series with Andersen Walko Racing, competing against drivers like Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, Jonathan Klein and Raphael Matos among others.

7.

Pablo Donoso won at Infineon Raceway from the pole position, his only victory of the season, with several podiums.

8.

Pablo Donoso believed that this series could be a step to finally get to a world-class category like NASCAR or the IndyCar Series.

9.

The IndyCar team Hemelgarn Racing fielded a car for him in two rounds of the 2006 USAC Silver Crown season and Pablo Donoso delivered two 2nd places at the Iowa Speedway and Kansas Speedway.

10.

Pablo Donoso raced the 2007 series with Tracy Hines as his teammate.

11.

On Friday 29th, Pablo Donoso passed the IndyCar Series rookie test at Homestead Miami Speedway using Darren Manning's car under Johnny Rutherford's supervision.

12.

Pablo Donoso was not entered in the Indianapolis 500 with Foyt's team, the seat instead going to Jeff Simmons.

13.

Pablo Donoso continued in Indy Lights with Team Moore Racing beginning with the Freedom 100.

14.

At the race after the Freedom 100, Pablo Donoso won his first series pole at the Milwaukee Mile.

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Pablo Donoso scored his first podium finish in Indy Lights competition in the time-shortened second Mid Ohio 100 race.

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Pablo Donoso finished 3rd in a race won by James Davison.

17.

Pablo Donoso returned to Team Moore for the next pair of races at Infineon Raceway and captured his first series win in the weekend's second race as he started from the pole due to the field inversion from race 1.

18.

Pablo Donoso signed to race in the Indy Lights in 2009 with Brian Stewart Racing.