Rodolfo Lavín

Rodolfo (Martínez) Lavín (born July 30, 1977) is a Mexican racing driver from San Luis Potosí. He most notably raced in the Champ Car World Series.

In Mexico, Lavín raced in Formula Azteca and Formula 3. With funding in the form of sponsorship from Corona, with whom his father is on the board, Lavin raced in Indy Lights from 1996–2000 and Toyota Atlantics from 2001–2002. Lavín was not particularly successful in either series, with no wins, but a best finish of 6th in Indy Lights and 2nd in Toyota Atlantics. However, he did manage to set the record for most starts in Indy Lights, with 58.

Regardless, he moved up to the Champ Car series in 2003, driving a disadvantaged Reynard chassis for Walker Racing. He had a mediocre rookie season, but managed to sign with Forsythe Championship Racing, a top Champ Car team, for the 2004 season. In 2004, Lavín notched one front row start and one podium; however, he was not a consistent front-runner, and was usually behind teammates Paul Tracy and Patrick Carpentier. Lavín found himself out of a ride at the start of the 2005 season, but he joined the HVM team halfway through the season, and posted several respectable results.

He tried to get a Corona Sponsorship for the 2007 Champ Car Season but no deal was made.

He is currently living in San Luis Potosí and he is one of the owners from the Santa Ursula Camp.

Motorsports Career Results

Complete American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1996	Leading Edge Motorsport	MIA 16	LBH 19	NAZ DNQ	MIS 14	MIL 15	DET 12	POR 14	CLE 15	TOR 13	TRO 18	VAN 12	LS 21			25th	2
1997	Indy Regency Racing	MIA 20	LBH 16	NAZ 21	SAV 25	STL 15	MIL 22	DET 19	POR 19	TOR 22	TRO 22	VAN 26	LS 25	FON 17		30th	0
1998	Indy Regency Racing	MIA 8	LBH 18	NAZ DNS	STL 24	MIL 13	DET 18	POR 17	CLE	TOR 18	MIS 17	TRO	VAN 21	LS 23	FON	27th	5
1999	Brian Stewart Racing	MIA 16	LBH 9	NAZ 9	MIL 19	POR 18	CLE 15	TOR 17	MIS 8	DET 11	CHI 14	LS 13	FON 9			17th	19
2000	Brian Stewart Racing	LBH 7	MIL 8	DET 13	POR 12	MIS 16	CHI 5	MDO 17	VAN 10	LS 16	STL 8	HOU 6	FON 5			11th	48

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2001	Michael Shank Racing	LBH 7	NAZ 3	MIL Ret	MTL Ret	CLE 11	TOR 8	CHI 4	TRR 7	ROA 8	VAN 5	HOU Ret	LS 6	7th	69
2002	Michael Shank Racing	MTY 7	LBH 11	MIL 2	LS 7	POR 12	CHI 9	TOR 8	CLE 11	TRR 8	ROA Ret	MTL 11	DEN Wth	9th	76

CART/Champ Car World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2003	Walker Racing	Reynard 02i	Ford XFE V8t	STP 18	MTY 15	LBH 18	BRH 15	LAU 9	MIL 14	LS 19	POR 11	CLE 14	TOR 15	VAN 8	ROA 19	MDO 12	MTL 15	DEN 19	MIA 18	MXC 18	SRF 8	FON NH	18th	17
2004	Forsythe Championship Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH 10	MTY 13	MIL 9	POR 18	CLE 9	TOR 14	VAN 15	ROA 2	DEN 11	MTL 11	LS 12	LVS 4	SRF 15	MXC 13						14th	156^
2005	CTE-HVM Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO 13	DEN 5	MTL 14	LVS 5	SRF 13	MXC 15							18th	72

• ^ New points system introduced in 2004.

External links

• Rodolfo Lavín's biography