Evagoras Papasavvas (born December 25, 2007) is an American

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. He most recently competed in the

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driving for

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Racing career

USF2000

2022

On November 30, 2021, it was announced that Papasavvas would make his debut in single seaters in the 2022 U.S. F2000 National Championship driving for

. Due to an injury sustained racing karts, he had to miss the first half of the season. Papasavvas would make his debut at the ninth round held at

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, but would retire during the race. He would finish 23rd in the standings.

2023

In late 2022, it was announced that Papasavvas would race in the

once again with Jay Howard Driver Development. He would receive his maiden podium in the series at the first race held at St. Petersburg. At Mid-Ohio, Papasavvas would qualify on pole by over 2 tenths of a second over championship leader

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. However, since he missed the checkered flag and completed an extra lap before returning to the pit lane, he would receive a two-place grid penalty which resulted in a third place starting spot behind Sikes and Ethan Ho. Papasavvas managed to pass Ho into the first corner and got the lead from Sikes at turn 4 on lap 1. On the last lap of the race, Sikes fought with Papasavvas for the lead out of turn 4, however Sikes went wide into turn 5 which allowed Papasavvas to retake the lead into turn 6. Papasavvas would hold on to grab his first win in the championship at his hometown track.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF2000 Championship

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) * Season still in progress.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Papasavvas, Evagoras 2007 births Living people Racing drivers from Washington (state) U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers American people of Cypriot descent Sportspeople from Kirkland, Washington