2013 SCCA National Championship Formula Continental 24 Peter Portante victory lap

Peter Portante (born February 24, 1996) is a professional,

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race car driver from

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. Peter Portante started his racing career at the age of 7 in karts. He quickly established himself as one of the up & coming drivers in the Northeast with the securing of many pole positions and wins on the Legend Car oval circuit and in the NASCAR Late Model division at

Stafford Speedway Stafford Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile paved oval located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Stafford Speedway holds weekly racing every Friday night May through September. This track is known as the home of the SK Modifieds and driv ...

. Catching the open wheel bug, Peter joined the Skip Barber Race Series in 2012 to hone his race craft. After claiming three wins, and a top-10 finish in the series points, Peter was invited to attend the Skip Barber Race Series Championship Shootout for a chance at a scholarship to become a Mazdaspeed backed driver. Peter emerged from the shootout with a scholarship to the 2013 Cooper Tires

U.S. F2000 National Championship The USF2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires is an American racing series using the American variation of the Formula Ford formula, "F2000", that resumed operation for the 2010 season. As of 2022, it is sanctioned by the United States Auto ...

Powered by Mazda. After signing with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2013 season, Peter earned 2 podium finishes as well as several top ten finishes. Adding to his resume in 2013, Peter won the SCCA Formula Continental National Championship with ArmsUp Motorsports. Portante raced in the

2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship The 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship was a season of the U.S. F2000 National Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that is the first step in IndyCar's Road to Indy ladder. It was the fifth full season of the series since its revival i ...

for ArmsUp Motorsports and improved to sixth in the championship and scored a career-best second-place finish at the

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Racing record

Career summary

U.S. F2000 National Championship

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Portante, Peter 1996 births Racing drivers from Connecticut People from Plainville, Connecticut Living people SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Atlantic Championship drivers Formula Regional Americas Championship drivers Belardi Auto Racing drivers