Josele Garza

Josele Garza Martínez (born March 15, 1962, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican professional race car driver. He started seven Indianapolis 500 races. Garza was the 1981 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after starting sixth, leading 13 laps, and finishing 23rd at the age of nineteen. At nineteen years, two months, and nine days, Garza is the second youngest driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and was not surpassed until 2003 by A. J. Foyt IV. USAC rules at the time required drivers to be 21 years of age, but Garza's racing license listed him as being 22 years old. Garza claims he does not know how the error occurred, but he did not notify officials of the error. He finished tenth in the 1984 Indianapolis 500.

Garza was winless in 88 CART races. His best career finish was a second place at the 1986 Michigan 500. In 1987, he tested a Brabham Formula One car, during free practice of the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix. After he finished his career in CART, he tested with Minardi in F1 during 1987-1988 but never got the required sponsorship to be awarded a race seat and he never made his debut in F1. He came back to Mexico and later he became a team owner in Mexican F2 and F3000 and sometimes raced when his drivers were not up to standard, or absent for some reason.

Racing record

Complete USAC Mini-Indy Series results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Points 1980 David Psachie MIL19 POC1 MOH16 MIN12 MIN22 ONT24 3rd 532

Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1986 Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Brabham BT55 BMW Straight-4 (t/c) BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEXPO AUS – –

CART

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1981 Garza Racing PHX21 MIL14 ATL12 ATL18 MCH19 RIV12 MIL8 MCH23 WGL24 MEX18 PHX6 21st 30 1982 Garza Racing PHX13 ATL16 MIL8 CLE14 MCH22 MIL8 POC15 RIV13 ROA4 MCH9 PHX18 13th 56 1983 Machinists Union Racing ATL INDY MIL CLE17 MCH19 ROA11 POC9 RIV20 MOH23 MCH17 CPL11 LAG12 PHX 22nd 9 1984 Machinists Union Racing LBH23 PHXDNS INDY10 MILDNS POR7 MEA23 CLE17 MCH11 ROA7 POC25 MOH11 SAN4 MCH10 PHX8 LAG13 LVS1013th42 1985 Machinists Union Racing LBH28 INDY31 MIL7 POR12 MEA27 CLE6 MCH19 ROA18 POC26 MOH11 SAN6 MCH6 LAG7 PHX10 MIA9 12th 46 1986 Machinists Union Racing PHX23 LBH7 INDY18 MIL7 POR17 MEA8 CLE7 TOR23 MCH2 POC7 MOH14 SAN MCH ROA LAG PHX MIA24 14th 45 1987 Machinists Union Racing LBH5 PHX6 INDY17 MIL22 POR6 MEA24 CLE16 TOR17 MCH12 POC11 ROA11 MOH8 NAZ8 LAG8 MIA18 11th 46

Indianapolis 500 results Josele Garza at the 2016 Brickyard SVRA Pro-Am race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Year Chassis Engine Start Finish 1981 Penske Cosworth 6th 23rd 1982 March Cosworth 33rd 29th 1983 Penske Cosworth 18th 25th 1984 March Cosworth 24th 10th 1985 March Cosworth 18th 31st 1986 March Cosworth 17th 18th 1987 March Cosworth 25th 17th