Juan Manuel Fangio II

Fangio's 1990 IMSA GTP car

Juan Manuel Fangio II (born September 19, 1956 in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former auto racing champion and the nephew of auto racer Juan Manuel Fangio.

Fangio II grew up meeting some of auto racing's most famous champions of his uncle's era. He inherited his uncle's passion for motorsports.

He debuted as a professional auto racer in IMSA in 1985. He had an award winning career, winning two GTP driver's championships, as well as 2 manufacturer titles when he was racing for Toyota and All American Racers. Fangio II further established his legacy in the world of auto racing by winning the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring two times (as did his uncle), posting 21 GTP wins, and establishing an IMSA record with 19 solo victories.

Fangio II won pole position ten times during his career. He made most of his driving career in the United States and was chosen in 1992 and 1993 as an "All-American" by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA), an organization which also named Fangio their 1992 driver of the year.

His boss, and also a personal friend, was Dan Gurney. While Fangio II also participated in the CART circuit, he did not win any races, a fact that he regretted.

In 1997, Fangio II called Gurney to let him know that he was retiring. He told Gurney, "I have discovered that regardless of what my passion says, despite what I command my mind to do, I am no longer able to give my whole being, my total focus at the exclusion of everything else to this sport that I love. 99% is not enough, I shall stop."

Said Gurney: "A gentleman in a driver's suit with a core of steel exuding an aura of Latin American dignity and honor even in the worst of circumstances will be missing from the grid".

Fangio II currently resides in Balcarce, Argentina.

Career results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1985	Corbari Italia	SIL	THR Ret	EST 11	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA 6	DIJ 14	PER Ret	ZEL	ZAN	DON	16th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1993	C1	38	M	Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5L V10	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Jan Lammers	353	8th	5th

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1995	PacWest Racing	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO 7	NHM 15	VAN Ret	LS 13	24th	6
1996	All American Racers	MIA Ret	RIO 17	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	NZR Ret	500 Ret	MIL 19	DET 18	POR 14	CLE 13	TOR Ret	MIS 14	MDO Ret	ROA 8	VAN 19	LS Ret		23rd	5
1997	All American Racers	MIA 20	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	NZR Ret	RIO Ret	STL Ret	MIL Ret	DET 10	POR 22	CLE Ret	TOR 19	MIS 11	MDO Ret	ROA 10	VAN 12	LS 15	FON Ret	23rd	9

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
1999	Doyle-Risi Racing	LMP	Ferrari 333 SP	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	P	SEB ovr:6 cls:6	ATL	MOS	SON	POR	PET	MON	LSV	90th	0

External links

• On his retirement
• Biography on AAR's site

Sporting positions
Preceded by Geoff Brabham	IMSA GT champion 1992-1993	Succeeded by Wayne Taylor