César Tiberio Jiménez (born July 4, 1969) is a Mexican racing driver. He is the son of Filiberto Jiménez and champion in several categories in Mexico (

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, MasterCard Truck Series).

Family

He is the son of driver and promoter Filiberto Jiménez, who built the

Autódromo Monterrey The Autódromo Monterrey is a racetrack in Apodaca, Nuevo León, México, in the Monterrey metropolitan area. The track currently is operated by DIPSA and host races for NASCAR México, drag racing, karting and Volks is a Japan-based corpo ...

. His brother Gilberto and nephew Gilbo are also drivers.

Career

Tiberio debuted in Formula K at 17 years old. He won in Formula Three International on 1991 and 1992. In 1993 he ran in the

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, but did not have much success. He later ran in the Indy Lights Panamericana.

Promoter

He took the place of his father in promoting racing events in the

, and built the Museo del Automovilismo Deportivo Regiomontano in Monterrey inaugurated on August 23, 2008.

Racing record

American Open Wheel

( key)

Indy Lights

References

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