Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno (born 24 January 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the

Stock Car Pro Series Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...

, driving the No. 0

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for Crown Racing. He is best known for winning the

Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...

championship five times.

Career

Born in

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, Bueno started his

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career in 1988 and won the São Paulo states championship in 1992. His father, Galvão Bueno is a Brazilian sports commentator, very famous in Brazil as the host of the

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races, National football team matches and key

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matches, and friend with Brazilian sport stars. Therefore, Cacá grew up near Brazilian sports idols such as

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. Although Formula One champion Senna was his idol, Bueno preferred

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and debuted to Stock Car Brasil in 2002. He finished third in his first championship and became vice-champion for three consecutive years (2003–2005). He won the Stock Car Brasil championship in 2006 at last and became double-champion in 2007. He won the championship again in 2009, 2011 and 2012. He also has competed in the

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, an Argentine touring car series, and ended the 2001 season in 3rd place. In recent years, he competed in the 2007 season in parallel with Stock Car Brasil. He made his

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debut for

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. He retired from the first race due to an engine fire, which also stopped him from starting the second race. In August 2010, Bueno ran a Chevrolet Vectra on the Bonneville Salt Flats at speeds over 340 km/h (~210 mph).

Racing record

Career summary

Stock Car Brasil results

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA GT Series results

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Personal life

* His brother Paulo Eduardo ''Popó'' Bueno is also a racing driver. * Cacá Bueno supports the Brazilian football team

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References

External links

Cacá Bueno official blog

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