Richard Antinucci

Richard Antinucci
Richard Antinucci
Nationality	American
Born	January 26, 1981 (age 43); Rome, Italy
Related to	Eddie Cheever (uncle)
Firestone Indy Lights Series
Years active	2007-2008
Teams	Cheever Racing; Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts	25
Wins	4
Poles	2
Best finish	2nd in 2008
Previous series
2005-06; 2005; 2004; 2003	Formula 3 Euro Series; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; All-Japan Formula Three; British Formula 3

Richard Antinucci (born January 26, 1981) is an American former race car driver.

Career

In 1998 he competed in Italian Formula Ford, moving to the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 1999 and to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2000, where he stayed for one season (although he drove two fill-in races in 2001).

In a bad-tempered 2002 season, he moved to the Manor Motorsport team in British Formula 3, leaving them in 2003 for the Carlin team in the same series. Mid-season he changed to the rival Promatecme team, although he did not stay there long as he moved to Japanese Formula Three for the 2004 season.

Antinucci moved to the Formula Three Euroseries for 2005, and although finishing 19th overall in his first season, in 2006 he took several race wins on his way to 5th in the championship, and 2nd place at the end of season Macau Grand Prix, starting from 15th on the grid.

He drove in the Indy Pro Series in 2007 for Cheever Racing, driving for his uncle Eddie Cheever.^[1] Antinucci captured two wins and finished 15th in points despite only racing in the road course events, which accounted for 9 of the 16 races on the schedule. He signed with defending championship-winning team Sam Schmidt Motorsports for 2008.^[2] Antinucci won two races and was the runner-up to champion Raphael Matos at season end by 32 points.

Antinucci made his IndyCar Series debut on July 5, 2009 driving for Team 3G at Watkins Glen International.^[3]

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	Team Midland Euroseries	Dallara F305/001	Toyota	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 7	PAU 1 8	PAU 2 14	SPA 1 DSQ	SPA 2 14	MCO 1 9	MCO 2 14	OSC 1	OSC 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	19th	3
2006	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F305/045	Mercedes	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 DNS	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 2	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 Ret	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 23	NOR 1 DSQ	NOR 2 EX	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 2	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 16	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 1	BUG 1 8	BUG 2 1	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 8	5th	38

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2007	Cheever Racing	HMS	STP1 Ret	STP2 15	INDY	MIL	IMS1 6	IMS2 9	IOW	WGL1 8	WGL2 5	NSH	MDO 1	KTY	SNM1 2	SNM2 1	CHI	15th	273
2008	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	HMS 2	STP1 2	STP2 1	KAN 13	INDY 2	MIL 16	IOW 9	WGL1 2	WGL2 1	NSH 12	MDO1 3	MDO2 Ret	KTY 4	SNM1 3	SNM2 7	CHI Ret	2nd	478

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2009	Team 3G	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL 19	TOR 21	EDM 22	KTY	MDO 18	SNM 15	CHI	MOT	HMS	27th	63

References

^ Cheever confirms seat for nephew Antinucci Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Crash.net, February 15, 2007
^ SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTS GIVES A DESERVING BIRTHDAY GIFT, Sam Schmidt Motorsports press release, February 1, 2008
^ Antinucci to make IndyCar Series debut with Team 3G at The Glen , IndyCar.com, June 8, 2009

[1] Cheever confirms seat for nephew Antinucci Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Crash.net, February 15, 2007

[2] SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTS GIVES A DESERVING BIRTHDAY GIFT, Sam Schmidt Motorsports press release, February 1, 2008

[3] Antinucci to make IndyCar Series debut with Team 3G at The Glen , IndyCar.com, June 8, 2009

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